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||1882: Paul Koebe born.  His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. Pic.
||1882: Paul Koebe born.  His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. Pic.


File:Friedrich Reinitzer.jpg|link=Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|1888: Botanist, chemist, and private detective [[Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|Friedrich Reinitzer]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which convert cholesteryl benzoate into what will later be called [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]]; although the discovery attracts attention, interest soon fades when it becomes clear that practical applications remain "at least a century away." [In fact, [[Time Crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals (nonfiction)]] were first observed in 2017.]
File:Friedrich Reinitzer.jpg|link=Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|1888: Botanist, chemist, and private detective [[Friedrich Reinitzer (nonfiction)|Friedrich Reinitzer]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which convert cholesteryl benzoate into what will later be called [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]].


||1889: Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen dies ... geologist and academic. He studied the coal-formation of Westphalia and northern Europe generally, and contributed to the theory and practice of mining and metallurgical works in Rhenish Prussia. Pic.
||1889: Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen dies ... geologist and academic. He studied the coal-formation of Westphalia and northern Europe generally, and contributed to the theory and practice of mining and metallurgical works in Rhenish Prussia. Pic.

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  • 1564: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei born. He will be called the "father of modern physics".

    1564: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei born. He will be called the "father of modern physics".

  • 1589: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

    1589: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

  • 1739: Mathematician, astronomer and poet Eustachio Manfredi dies. Manfredi's observations of asteroids provided early evidence, albeit unsought, of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun.

    1739: Mathematician, astronomer and poet Eustachio Manfredi dies. Manfredi's observations of asteroids provided early evidence, albeit unsought, of the revolution of the Earth around the Sun.

  • 1861: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead born. He will be a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.

    1861: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead born. He will be a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.

  • 1888: Botanist, chemist, and private detective Friedrich Reinitzer discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which convert cholesteryl benzoate into what will later be called time crystals.

    1888: Botanist, chemist, and private detective Friedrich Reinitzer discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which convert cholesteryl benzoate into what will later be called time crystals.

  • 1937: Physicist and APTO field engineer Chien-Shiung Wu discovers a new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use the not-conservation of parity to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1937: Physicist and APTO field engineer Chien-Shiung Wu discovers a new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use the not-conservation of parity to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1946: ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

    1946: ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

  • 1959: Physicist and academic Owen Willans Richardson dies. He won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law.

    1959: Physicist and academic Owen Willans Richardson dies. He won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law.

  • 1988: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman dies. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamic he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

    1988: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman dies. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamic he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.

  • 2011: The Stardust spacecraft flies by comet Tempel 1.

    2011: The Stardust spacecraft flies by comet Tempel 1.

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