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||1946: Paul Langevin dies ... physicist and academic (b. 1872) | ||1946: Paul Langevin dies ... physicist and academic (b. 1872) | ||
||1952: Otto Szász dies ... mathematician who worked on real analysis, in particular on Fourier series. He proved the Müntz–Szász theorem and introduced the Szász–Mirakyan operator. Pic. | |||
File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1953: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect. | File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1953: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect. |
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1601: Mathematician Robert Fludd uses Gnomon algorithm to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
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1901: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell born. He will invent the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.
1953: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
2015: Steganographic analysis of still images from the Toledo giant red ball incident video unexpectedly reveals a computer virus which "specifically targets this type of red ball, and undoubtedly caused its erratic behavior."