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||1839: Gaspard de Prony dies ... mathematician and engineer, worked on hydraulics. Pic.
||1839: Gaspard de Prony dies ... mathematician and engineer, worked on hydraulics. Pic.
File:George Boole.jpg|link=George Boole (nonfiction)|1840: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[George Boole (nonfiction)|George Boole]] develops new system of symbolic logic which assists mathematicians in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1851: Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
||1851: Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
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||2010: Nicolae Popescu dies ... mathematician and Emeritus Professor. Pic search.
||2010: Nicolae Popescu dies ... mathematician and Emeritus Professor. Pic search.
File:Tractor.jpg|link=Tractor (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Tractor (nonfiction)|Tractor]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1654: Pascal wrote to Fermat, questioning his solution to the 'problem of the points,' a probability problem.

    1654: Pascal wrote to Fermat, questioning his solution to the 'problem of the points,' a probability problem.

  • 1781: Astronomer and mathematician Johann Kies dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.

    1781: Astronomer and mathematician Johann Kies dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.

  • 1932: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

    1932: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

  • 1976: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian.

    1976: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian.

  • 1996: Mathematician and Doctor of Medicine Marcel-Paul Schützenberger dies. Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory.

    1996: Mathematician and Doctor of Medicine Marcel-Paul Schützenberger dies. Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory.

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