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File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to communicate with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]].
File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to communicate with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]].
||1917: Wah Ming Chang born ... designer, sculptor, and artist. With the encouragement of his adopted father, James Blanding Sloan, he began exhibiting his prints and watercolors at the age of seven to highly favorable reviews. Chang worked with Sloan on several theatre productions and in the 1940s, they briefly created their own studio to produce films. He is known later in life for his sculpture and the props he designed for Star Trek: The Original Series, including the tricorder and communicator. Pic.


||1918: George William Whitehead, Jr. born ... professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is known for his work on algebraic topology. He invented the J-homomorphism, and was among the first to systematically calculate the homotopy groups of spheres. Pic: http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/whitehead-george.pdf
||1918: George William Whitehead, Jr. born ... professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is known for his work on algebraic topology. He invented the J-homomorphism, and was among the first to systematically calculate the homotopy groups of spheres. Pic: http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/whitehead-george.pdf

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  • 1820: Physicist John Tyndall born. He will study diamagnetism, and make discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.

    1820: Physicist John Tyndall born. He will study diamagnetism, and make discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.

  • 1835: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray born. He will do pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.

    1835: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray born. He will do pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.

  • 1917: Mathematician and crime-fighter Ferdinand Georg Frobenius publishes theory of elliptic functions with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1917: Mathematician and crime-fighter Ferdinand Georg Frobenius publishes theory of elliptic functions with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1887: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson born. He will make important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

    1887: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson born. He will make important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

  • 1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm to communicate with Edward Lorenz.

    1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm to communicate with Edward Lorenz.

  • 1922: Engineer, inventor, and academic Alexander Graham Bell dies. He patented the telephone in 1876.

    1922: Engineer, inventor, and academic Alexander Graham Bell dies. He patented the telephone in 1876.

  • 1939: Albert Einstein writes President F. D. Roosevelt that "some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard ... leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable--though much less certain--that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may be constructed." Roosevelt quickly starts the Manhattan Project.

    1939: Albert Einstein writes President F. D. Roosevelt that "some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard ... leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable--though much less certain--that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may be constructed." Roosevelt quickly starts the Manhattan Project.

  • 2017: Green Ring voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2017: Green Ring voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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