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||1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)
||1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)


||1880 – Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)
||1880: Henry Drysdale Dakin born ... chemist and academic.


||Gunnar Nordström (b. 12 March 1881) was a Finnish theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström is often designated by modern writers as The Einstein of Finland due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to Einstein. Pic.
||1881: Gunnar Nordström born ... theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström is often designated by modern writers as The Einstein of Finland due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to Einstein. Pic.


File:Alfred North Whitehead.jpg|link=Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and philosopher [[Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|Alfred North Whitehead]] develops new process philosophy using [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], which will later be used to reverse the effects of certain [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Alfred North Whitehead.jpg|link=Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and philosopher [[Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|Alfred North Whitehead]] develops new process philosophy using [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], which will later be used to reverse the effects of certain [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1898: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] dies. He developed an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.
File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1898: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] dies. He developed an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.


||William Allen Whitworth (d. 12 March 1905) was an English mathematician and a priest in the Church of England.
||1904: Lyudmila Keldyshborn ... mathematician known for set theory and geometric topology. Pic: https://www.peoplemaven.com/p/8w2rB0/lyudmila-keldysh


||1907 – Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)
||1905: William Allen Whitworth dies ... mathematician and a priest in the Church of England.


||1914 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman (b. 1846)
||1907: Dorrit Hoffleit born ... astronomer and academic.


||László Fejes Tóth (b. 12 March 1915) was a Hungarian mathematician who specialized in geometry. Together with H.S.M. Coxeter and Paul Erdős, he laid the foundations of discrete geometry. Pic.
||1914: George Westinghouse dies ... engineer and businessman.


||1920 – Roland Fraïssé, French mathematical logician (d. 2008)
||1915: László Fejes Tóth born ... mathematician who specialized in geometry. Together with H.S.M. Coxeter and Paul Erdős, he laid the foundations of discrete geometry. Pic.
 
||1920: Roland Fraïssé born ... mathematical logician.


File:Radium Jane.jpg|link=Radium Jane|1923: Celebrity time-traveller [[Radium Jane]] falls asleep, relapses into her [[Janet Beta]] state.  
File:Radium Jane.jpg|link=Radium Jane|1923: Celebrity time-traveller [[Radium Jane]] falls asleep, relapses into her [[Janet Beta]] state.  

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  • 1824: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff born. He will contribute to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.

    1824: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff born. He will contribute to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.

  • 1882: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead develops new process philosophy using Gnomon algorithm functions, which will later be used to reverse the effects of certain crimes against mathematical constants.

    1882: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead develops new process philosophy using Gnomon algorithm functions, which will later be used to reverse the effects of certain crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1898: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer dies. He developed an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

    1898: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer dies. He developed an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

  • 1923: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane falls asleep, relapses into her Janet Beta state.

    1923: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane falls asleep, relapses into her Janet Beta state.

  • 2016: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."

    2016: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."

  • 2016: Game theory program erases itself, unable to bear the death of Lloyd Shapley.

    2016: Game theory program erases itself, unable to bear the death of Lloyd Shapley.

  • 2017: Synthetic organism Ultravore consumes twenty kilograms of plutonium dust with no apparent ill effect.

    2017: Synthetic organism Ultravore consumes twenty kilograms of plutonium dust with no apparent ill effect.

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