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||2012 – Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943) | ||2012 – Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943) | ||
||Richard Lewis Arnowitt (d. June 12, 2014) was an American physicist known for his contributions to theoretical particle physics and to general relativity. Pic. | |||
||Pierre Dolbeault (d. June 12, 2015) was a French mathematician. | ||Pierre Dolbeault (d. June 12, 2015) was a French mathematician. | ||
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1577: Astronomer and mathematician Paul Guldin born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution.
1936: Data from Canterbury scrying engine used to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1937: Mathematician and academic Vladimir Arnold born. He will help develop the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems.
1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program, although this is widely debated.
1945: Physicist James Franck brings the Franck Report to Washington. The report recommends that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II.
1981: Arnold's cat map is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist Vladimir Arnold.