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File: | File:Delmedigo.jpg|link=Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]] born. He will write ''Elim'' (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory. | ||
File: | File:Recreations_Mathematiques_et_Physiques.png|link=Jacques Ozanam (nonfiction)|1640: Mathematician [[Jacques Ozanam (nonfiction)|Jacques Ozanam]] born. Ozanam's ''Récréations mathématiques et physiques'' (1694) will later be translated into English and remain popular into the modern era. | ||
||1801: Julius Plücker born ... mathematician and physicist. Pic. | ||1801: Julius Plücker born ... mathematician and physicist. Pic. | ||
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||1970: Sydney Chapman dies ... mathematician and geophysicist. Pic. | ||1970: Sydney Chapman dies ... mathematician and geophysicist. Pic. | ||
||1977: Wernher von Braun dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic. | ||1977: Wernher von Braun dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic. | ||
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||2013: Hans Hass dies ... biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater. Pic. | ||2013: Hans Hass dies ... biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater. Pic. | ||
File: | File:Self portrait (16 June 2022) 20220616_193948.jpg|link=Self portrait (16 June 2022)|2022: '''[[Self portrait (16 June 2022)|Self portrait]]'''. | ||
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1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist Joseph Solomon Delmedigo born. He will write Elim (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.
1640: Mathematician Jacques Ozanam born. Ozanam's Récréations mathématiques et physiques (1694) will later be translated into English and remain popular into the modern era.
1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.
1839: Mathematician Julius Petersen born. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
1915: Mathematician and academic John Tukey born. He will make important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.
2022: Self portrait.