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||1916: William Ramsay dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1916: William Ramsay dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1924: Ingram Olkin born ... statistician and academic ... is known for developing statistical analysis for evaluating policies, particularly in education, and for his contributions to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory. Pic.
||1920: Ray William Clough, (July 23, 1920 – October 8, 2016), was Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian Professor of structural engineering in the department of civil engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and one of the founders of the finite element method (FEM). His article in 1956 was one of the first applications of this computational method. He coined the term “finite elements” in an article in 1960. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ray+william+clough


File:Hans Hahn.jpg|link=Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|1934: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|Hans Hahn]] publishes new analysis of set theory which soons finds application in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Hans Hahn.jpg|link=Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|1934: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|Hans Hahn]] publishes new analysis of set theory which soons finds application in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].

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  • 1754: Joseph-Louis Lagrange publishes his first work, in the form of a letter in Italian. A month later he realized that he had rediscovered Leibniz's formula for the nth derivative of a product.

    1754: Joseph-Louis Lagrange publishes his first work, in the form of a letter in Italian. A month later he realized that he had rediscovered Leibniz's formula for the nth derivative of a product.

  • 1829: William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.

    1829: William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.

  • 1885: The well-known illustration Interview with Wallace War-Heels is stolen by math criminals, who demand computational ransom.

    1885: The well-known illustration Interview with Wallace War-Heels is stolen by math criminals, who demand computational ransom.

  • 1934: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hans Hahn publishes new analysis of set theory which soons finds application in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1934: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hans Hahn publishes new analysis of set theory which soons finds application in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1928: Astronomer and academic Vera Rubin born. She will discover the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.

    1928: Astronomer and academic Vera Rubin born. She will discover the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.

  • 1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta uses Telstar to communicate with AESOP.

    1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta uses Telstar to communicate with AESOP.

  • 1962: Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.

    1962: Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.

  • 2017: AESOP re-broadcasts Walter Cronkite's 1962 trans-Atlantic television program.

    2017: AESOP re-broadcasts Walter Cronkite's 1962 trans-Atlantic television program.

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