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File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|525 BC: Supervillain [[Gnotilus]] defends himself from sneak attack by the [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]]. | |File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|525 BC: Supervillain [[Gnotilus]] defends himself from sneak attack by the [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]]. | ||
File:Gerolamo Cardano.jpg|link=Gerolamo Cardano (nonfiction)|1521: Polymath [[Gerolamo Cardano (nonfiction)|Gerolamo Cardano]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to prevent [[Gnotilus]] from secreting [[geometry solvent]]. | File:Gerolamo Cardano.jpg|link=Gerolamo Cardano (nonfiction)|1521: Polymath [[Gerolamo Cardano (nonfiction)|Gerolamo Cardano]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to prevent [[Gnotilus]] from secreting [[geometry solvent]]. | ||
||1547 – Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (b. 1465) | |||
||1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) | |||
||1734 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (b. 1671) | |||
||1798 – Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1844) | |||
||1818 – Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic (d. 1897) | |||
File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity. | File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity. | ||
||1887 – Werner Kolhörster, German physicist and academic (d. 1946) | |||
||1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. | |||
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1895: [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. | File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1895: [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. | ||
||1898 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957) | |||
File:John von Neumann.gif|link=John von Neumann (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist [[John von Neumann (nonfiction)|John von Neumann]] born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. | File:John von Neumann.gif|link=John von Neumann (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist [[John von Neumann (nonfiction)|John von Neumann]] born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. | ||
||1919 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854) | |||
File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle. | File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle. | ||
||1967 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875) | |||
||1989 – Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894) | |||
File:Donald Knuth.jpg|link=Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|1997: Computer scientist and mathematician [[Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|Donald Knuth]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]]. | File:Donald Knuth.jpg|link=Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|1997: Computer scientist and mathematician [[Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|Donald Knuth]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]]. | ||
John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)| | |||
||2001 – Samuel Abraham Goldblith, American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919) | |||
File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|2002: [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to counteract effects of [[geometry solvent]]. | |||
||2012 – Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (b. 1956) | |||
||2013 – Halton Arp, American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927) | |||
File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2017: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]]. | File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2017: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]]. | ||
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Revision as of 21:13, 3 September 2017
1521: Polymath Gerolamo Cardano uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to prevent Gnotilus from secreting geometry solvent.
1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.
1933: Carnivorous dirigibles break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.
1997: Computer scientist and mathematician Donald Knuth invents new type of scrying engine.
2002: John Ambrose Fleming uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to counteract effects of geometry solvent.
2017: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.