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||1743: Mathematician Christian August Hausen dies. who is known for his research on electricity. Pic. | ||1743: Mathematician Christian August Hausen dies. who is known for his research on electricity. Pic. | ||
File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] publishes an analysis of [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project]]. | |||
File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. |
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1488: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci publishes groundbreaking treatise on applications of the Gnomon algorithm principle to powered flight.
1519: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.
1779: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson born.
1986: Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
1986: Public servant and alleged time-traveller The Custodian says he is "sick and tired of mopping up Chernobyl, among other things."
2002: Mathematician, codebreaker, and academic W. T. Tutte dies. During the Second World War, he made a brilliant and fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, a major Nazi German cipher system.
2018: Signed first edition of Green Spiral 9 stolen from the Museum of Modern Art by criminal agents of the Forbidden Ratio.