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||1908: Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey born ... mathematical physicist who worked primarily in the fields of atomic and atmospheric physics. | ||1908: Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey born ... mathematical physicist who worked primarily in the fields of atomic and atmospheric physics. | ||
||1909: Rudolf Kompfner born ... engineer and physicist, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT). Pic: https://ethw.org/File:Kompfner.jpg | |||
||1911: John Todd born ... professor of mathematics and a pioneer in the field of numerical analysis. | ||1911: John Todd born ... professor of mathematics and a pioneer in the field of numerical analysis. | ||
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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and preventprevent Crimes against mathematical constants.
1718: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi born. She will write the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.
1830: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.
1888: The Orcagna scrying engine previews Nikola Tesla's speech on alternating current technology.
1888: Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter Jacques-Louis Lions publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."