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File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1612: [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]] became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star. | File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1612: [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]] became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star. | ||
File: | File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1663: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken. | ||
||1706: Pierre Bayle dies ... philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, publication beginning in 1697. Bayle was a French Calvinist. As a forerunner of the Encyclopedists and an advocate of the principle of toleration, his works subsequently influenced the development of the Enlightenment. Pic. | |||
||1713: Abbé Nicolas Louis de La Caille born ... astronomer. Pic. | ||1713: Abbé Nicolas Louis de La Caille born ... astronomer. Pic. | ||
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||1818: Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic born. Pic. | ||1818: Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic born. Pic. | ||
|| | ||1852: Civil engineer and mathematician Leonardo Torres y Quevedo born ... invented the Telekine, an early wireless remote-control device. Pic. | ||
||1873: William Draper Harkins born ... chemist, notably for his contributions to nuclear chemistry. Harkins researched the structure of the atomic nucleus and was the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion, four years before Jean Baptiste Perrin published his theory in 8919-20. His findings enabled, among other things, the development of the H-bomb. Pic search. | |||
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 born ... physicist and academic. Pic search | ||1887: Werner Kolhörster born ... physicist and academic. Pic search. | ||
||1893: Professor James Dewar gave six well-illustrated lectures on “Air gaseous and liquid,” at the Royal Institution, London, between this day and 9 Jan 1894. Some of the air in the room was liquified in the presence of the audience and it remained so for some time, when enclosed in a vacuum jacket. Again, 1 Apr 1898. Pic. | ||1893: Professor James Dewar gave six well-illustrated lectures on “Air gaseous and liquid,” at the Royal Institution, London, between this day and 9 Jan 1894. Some of the air in the room was liquified in the presence of the audience and it remained so for some time, when enclosed in a vacuum jacket. Again, 1 Apr 1898. Pic. | ||
||1894: F. L. Lucas born ... classical scholar, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, political polemicist, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II. Pic. | |||
||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. Pic. | ||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. Pic. | ||
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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 born ... meteorologist and academic. Pic search | ||1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby born ... meteorologist and academic. Pic search. | ||
File: | File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|1902: APTO industrial chemists classify the [[Hazmatterhorn]] as a Crime Against Chemical Constants. Although derived from the word ''Matterhorn'', the term Hazmatterhorn is applicable to any mountain of hazardous materials. | ||
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. | ||
||1916: Tarleton Hoffman Bean dies ... ichthyologist. Pic. | |||
||1919: Johannes Rydberg dies ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||1919: Johannes Rydberg dies ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1931: Irene Joliot-Curie reported her study of the unusually penetrating radiation released when beryllium was bombarded by alpha particles seen by the German physicists, Walter Bothe and H. Becker in 1930. Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie) agreed with them that the radiation was energetic gamma rays. She further discovered that if the emitted radiation passed through paraffin (or other hydrogen containing materials), large numbers of protons were released. Since this was, in fact, a previously unknown result for gamma rays, she lacked an explanation. It was to be the experiments of James Chadwick performed during 7-17 Feb that would discover the radiation was in fact new particles - neutrons. Pic. | ||1931: Irene Joliot-Curie reported her study of the unusually penetrating radiation released when beryllium was bombarded by alpha particles seen by the German physicists, Walter Bothe and H. Becker in 1930. Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie) agreed with them that the radiation was energetic gamma rays. She further discovered that if the emitted radiation passed through paraffin (or other hydrogen containing materials), large numbers of protons were released. Since this was, in fact, a previously unknown result for gamma rays, she lacked an explanation. It was to be the experiments of James Chadwick performed during 7-17 Feb that would discover the radiation was in fact new particles - neutrons. Pic. | ||
||1967: Katharine McCormick dies ... biologist and philanthropist. Pic. | ||1967: Katharine McCormick dies ... biologist and philanthropist. Pic. | ||
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||1989: Hermann Oberth dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic. | ||1989: Hermann Oberth dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic. | ||
||2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith dies ... lieutenant, biologist, and engineer. Pic search | ||2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith dies ... lieutenant, biologist, and engineer. Pic search. | ||
||2005: The first in a network of satellites, named Galileo, was launched by a consortium of European goverments and companies. It was expected that by 2011, Galileo was to consist of 30 satellites providing worldwide coverage as an alternative to the U.S. monopoly with its Global Positioning System (GPS). At a cost of $4 billion, it was Europe's biggest-ever space project, with one-third contributed by governments and the balance from eight companies. Since the American GPS is controlled by the military, the European satellite network is designed to ensure independance for civilian use, but also offer more precision for a paid service. Customers are expected to include service for small airports, transportation, and mobile phone manufacturers to build in navigation capabilities. | ||2005: The first in a network of satellites, named Galileo, was launched by a consortium of European goverments and companies. It was expected that by 2011, Galileo was to consist of 30 satellites providing worldwide coverage as an alternative to the U.S. monopoly with its Global Positioning System (GPS). At a cost of $4 billion, it was Europe's biggest-ever space project, with one-third contributed by governments and the balance from eight companies. Since the American GPS is controlled by the military, the European satellite network is designed to ensure independance for civilian use, but also offer more precision for a paid service. Customers are expected to include service for small airports, transportation, and mobile phone manufacturers to build in navigation capabilities. | ||
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||2011: James Earl Baumgartner dies ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic. | ||2011: James Earl Baumgartner dies ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic. | ||
||2012: Mark Crispin dies ... computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP. Pic search | ||2012: Mark Crispin dies ... computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP. Pic search. | ||
||2013: Halton Arp dies ... astronomer. He was known for his 1966 ''Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies'', which (it was later theorized) catalogues many examples of interacting and merging galaxies, though Arp disputed the idea, claiming apparent associations were prime examples of ejections. Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory and for advocating a non-standard cosmology incorporating intrinsic redshift. Pic. | ||2013: Halton Arp dies ... astronomer. He was known for his 1966 ''Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies'', which (it was later theorized) catalogues many examples of interacting and merging galaxies, though Arp disputed the idea, claiming apparent associations were prime examples of ejections. Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory and for advocating a non-standard cosmology incorporating intrinsic redshift. Pic. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:40, 7 February 2022
1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.
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.
1902: APTO industrial chemists classify the Hazmatterhorn as a Crime Against Chemical Constants. Although derived from the word Matterhorn, the term Hazmatterhorn is applicable to any mountain of hazardous materials.
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.
2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.