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File:Johannes Schöner.jpg|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1477: [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
File:Johannes Schöner.jpg|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1477: [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
File:Pedro Mejía.jpg|link=Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|1541: Writer, humanist, and historian [[Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|Pedro Mexía]] publishes ''Silva de varia algoritmo de gnomon'' ("A Miscellany of Several [[Gnomon algorithms]]"), which quickly raises awareness of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] across Europe.


||1545: George Spalatin dies ... pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt ... humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation. Pic.
||1545: George Spalatin dies ... pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt ... humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation. Pic.
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File:John Riedl.jpg|link=John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|1962: Computer scientist and academic [[John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|John T. Riedl]] born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.  
File:John Riedl.jpg|link=John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|1962: Computer scientist and academic [[John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|John T. Riedl]] born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.  


File:Cryptographic numen modelled as nano-wire.jpg|link=Cryptographic numen|1966: Reverse engineering of [[Cryptographic numen]] unexpectedly reveals new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
File:Tom Kilburn.jpg|link=Tom Kilburn (nonfiction)|1967: Mathematician, computer scientist, and stand-up comic [[Tom Kilburn (nonfiction)|Tom Kilburn]] publishes new theory of [[Cryptographic numina]] which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Robert J. Van de Graaff.jpg|link=Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist [[Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|Robert J. Van de Graaff]] dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.
File:Robert J. Van de Graaff.jpg|link=Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist [[Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|Robert J. Van de Graaff]] dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.


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File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: Polymath [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: Polymath [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
||1998: Francis Harry Hinsley dies ... historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic.


||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic.
||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic.
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||2013: André Cassagnes dies ... technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926).  Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Andr%C3%A9+Cassagnes
||2013: André Cassagnes dies ... technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926).  Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Andr%C3%A9+Cassagnes
File:Pink City.jpg|link=Pink City (nonfiction)|2018: Chromatographic analysis of ''[[Pink City (nonfiction)|Pink City]]'' "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of [[Pink (nonfiction)|pink]].
|File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|2017: Updated edition of ''[[On Halting Problems]]'' published, with new chapter of [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques for detecting and preventing algorithm hijacking and related [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


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Latest revision as of 12:55, 17 January 2022

  • 1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

    1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

  • 1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

    1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

  • 1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

    1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

  • 1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

    1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

  • 1970: Polymath Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.

    1970: Polymath Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.

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