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||On the night of March 11, 1437 A.D., in what is now modern-day Seoul, a new star appeared in the sky, seemingly out of nowhere. The newcomer shone for 14 days before fading into the darkness. Korean astronomers noted the mysterious star and its brief stint in the sky in their records.  
||1437: In what is now modern-day Seoul, a new star appeared in the sky, seemingly out of nowhere. The newcomer shone for 14 days before fading into the darkness. Korean astronomers noted the mysterious star and its brief stint in the sky in their records.  


||Christoph Grienberger (also variously spelled Gruemberger, Bamberga, Bamberger, Banbergiera, Gamberger, Ghambergier, Granberger, Panberger) (d. 11 March 1636) was an Austrian Jesuit astronomer, after whom the crater Gruemberger on the Moon is named.
||1636: Christoph Grienberger dies ... Jesuit astronomer, after whom the crater Gruemberger on the Moon is named.


File:Urbain Le Verrier.jpg|link=Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|1811: Mathematician and astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|Urbain Le Verrier]] born.  He  will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.
File:Urbain Le Verrier.jpg|link=Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|1811: Mathematician and astronomer [[Urbain Le Verrier (nonfiction)|Urbain Le Verrier]] born.  He  will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.


||Philip James de Loutherbourg RA (d. 1812), whose name is sometimes given in the French form of Philippe-Jacques, the German form of Philipp Jakob, or with the English-language epithet of the Younger, was a Franco-British painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon".
||1812: Philip James de Loutherbourg dies ... painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon".


||1818: Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville born.
||1818: Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville born.
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File:Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1823: Publication of ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1823: Publication of ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||Salvatore Pincherle (b. March 11, 1853) was an Italian mathematician. He contributed significantly to (and arguably helped to found) the field of functional analysis, established the Italian Mathematical Union (Italian: "Unione Matematica Italiana"), and was president of the Third International Congress of Mathematicians. The Pincherle derivative is named after him.
||1853: Salvatore Pincherle born ... mathematician. He contributed significantly to (and arguably helped to found) the field of functional analysis, established the Italian Mathematical Union (Italian: "Unione Matematica Italiana"), and was president of the Third International Congress of Mathematicians. The Pincherle derivative is named after him.


File:Harry Laughlin.jpg|link=Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|1880: American eugenicist and sociologist [[Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|Harry H. Laughlin]] born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.
File:Harry Laughlin.jpg|link=Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|1880: American eugenicist and sociologist [[Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|Harry H. Laughlin]] born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.


||1890 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (d. 1974)
||1890: Vannevar Bush born ... engineer and academic.


||Michael Polanyi, FRS (b. 11 March 1891) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements.
||1891: Michael Polanyi born ... polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements.


||Archibald Scott Couper (d. 11 March 1892) was a Scottish chemist who proposed an early theory of chemical structure and bonding. He developed the concepts of tetravalent carbon atoms linking together to form large molecules, and that the bonding order of the atoms in a molecule can be determined from chemical evidence. Pic.
||1892: Archibald Scott Couper dies ... chemist who proposed an early theory of chemical structure and bonding. He developed the concepts of tetravalent carbon atoms linking together to form large molecules, and that the bonding order of the atoms in a molecule can be determined from chemical evidence. Pic.


||Lucien Lévy (b. 11 March 1892) was a French radio engineer and radio receiver manufacturer. He invented the superheterodyne method of amplifying radio signals, used in almost all AM radio receivers. His patent claim was at first disallowed in the United States in favour of the American Edwin Howard Armstrong, but on appeal Lévy's claim as inventor was accepted in the US. Pic.
||1892: Lucien Lévy born ... radio engineer and radio receiver manufacturer. He invented the superheterodyne method of amplifying radio signals, used in almost all AM radio receivers. His patent claim was at first disallowed in the United States in favour of the American Edwin Howard Armstrong, but on appeal Lévy's claim as inventor was accepted in the US. Pic.


||1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990)
||1899: Norman Hilberry born ... physicist, best known as the director of the Argonne National Laboratory from 1956 to 1961. In December 1942 he was the man who stood ready with an axe to cut the scram line during the start up of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor to achieve criticality. Pic.


||1920 – Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Nicolaas "Nico" Bloembergen (March 11, 1920 – September 5, 2017) was a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy.[1] During his career, he was a professor at both Harvard University and later at the University of Arizona. Bloembergen shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Schawlow, along with Kai Siegbahn for his laser spectroscopy work.
||1915: J. C. R. Licklider born ... computer scientist and psychologist.


||1920 – Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
||1920: Nicolaas Bloembergen born ... physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a professor at both Harvard University and later at the University of Arizona. Bloembergen shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Schawlow, along with Kai Siegbahn for his laser spectroscopy work.


||1921 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
||1920: Julio Garavito Armero dies ... astronomer, mathematician, and engineer.


||1925 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983) physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics.
||1921: Frank Harary born ... mathematician and academic.


||1944 – Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
||1925: Margaret Oakley Dayhoff born ... biochemist and academic ... physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics.


||1886 – Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic (d. 1950). Pic.
||1944: Edgar Zilsel dies ... historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle.
 
||1886: Arthur Jeffrey Dempster born ... physicist and academic. Pic.


File:Philo T Farnsworth.jpg|link=Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|1971: Inventor [[Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|Philo Farnsworth]] dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
File:Philo T Farnsworth.jpg|link=Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|1971: Inventor [[Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|Philo Farnsworth]] dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.


||Walter Andrew Shewhart (d. March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the father of statistical quality control  
||1967: Walter Andrew Shewhart dies ... physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the father of statistical quality control  


File:Sir Charles Oatley.jpg|link=Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|1996: Engineer and inventor [[Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|Charles William Oatley]] dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.
File:Sir Charles Oatley.jpg|link=Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|1996: Engineer and inventor [[Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|Charles William Oatley]] dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.
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||2009: Arthur Dodd Code dies ... astronomer who designed orbiting observatories. Pic.
||2009: Arthur Dodd Code dies ... astronomer who designed orbiting observatories. Pic.


||2015 – Gerald Hurst, American chemist and academic (b. 1937) arson
||2015: Gerald Hurst dies ... chemist and academic ... arson.
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Revision as of 09:03, 7 September 2018

  • 1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

    1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

  • 1821: Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake publishes his award-winning illustrations of demons and angels. A generation later, mathematicians will discover hidden clues to imminent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1821: Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake publishes his award-winning illustrations of demons and angels. A generation later, mathematicians will discover hidden clues to imminent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

    1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

  • 1823: Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

    1823: Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1880: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

    1880: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

  • 1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.

    1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.

  • 1996: Engineer and inventor Charles William Oatley dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.

    1996: Engineer and inventor Charles William Oatley dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.

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    2002: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell dies. He invented the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.

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