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||1576: Georg Joachim Rheticus dies ... mathematician and cartographer. Pic: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5583107.Georg_Joachim_Rheticus | ||1576: Georg Joachim Rheticus dies ... mathematician and cartographer. Pic: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5583107.Georg_Joachim_Rheticus | ||
||1679: Thomas Hobbes dies ... philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book ''Leviathan'', which expounded an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, the physics of gases, theology, ethics, and general philosophy. Pic. | |||
||1680: Thomas Bartholin dies ... physician, mathematician, and theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of the lymphatic system in humans and for his advancements of the theory of refrigeration anesthesia, being the first to describe it scientifically. Pic. | ||1680: Thomas Bartholin dies ... physician, mathematician, and theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of the lymphatic system in humans and for his advancements of the theory of refrigeration anesthesia, being the first to describe it scientifically. Pic. | ||
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1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám dies.
1681: Mathematician and APTO field agent Seki Takakazu publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1798: Physician and physicist Luigi Galvani dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.
1820: Physicist John Tyndall dies of chloral hydrate overdose. He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.
1942: Mathematician and crime-fighter Nathan Jacobson uses structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).
2005: Chemist, composer, and criminal investigator George Brecht uses conceptual art to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.
2016: London Has Swollen wins Sundance Film Festival award.