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||Marino Ghetaldi (b. 2 October 1568) was a Ragusan scientist. A mathematician and physicist who studied in Italy, England and Belgium, his best results are mainly in physics, especially optics, and mathematics. | |||
File:Bernardino Telesio.jpg|link=Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|1588: Philosopher and scientist [[Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|Bernardino Telesio]] dies. While his natural theories were later disproven, his emphasis on observation influenced the emergence of the scientific method. | File:Bernardino Telesio.jpg|link=Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|1588: Philosopher and scientist [[Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|Bernardino Telesio]] dies. While his natural theories were later disproven, his emphasis on observation influenced the emergence of the scientific method. |
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1588: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio dies. While his natural theories were later disproven, his emphasis on observation influenced the emergence of the scientific method.
1589: Physician, archaeologist, and crime-fighter Michele Mercati publishes study of prehistoric stone tools, including evidence of prehistoric crimes against mathematical constants.
2006: Mathematician and academic Paul Halmos dies. He made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, statistics, operator theory, ergodic theory, and functional analysis (in particular, Hilbert spaces).
2007: Signed first edition of The Safe-Cracker provides clues which lead to the arrest and imprisonment of math criminals.