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||Gian-Carlo Rota (d. April 18, 1999) was an Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher. | ||Gian-Carlo Rota (d. April 18, 1999) was an Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher. | ||
||Curt Meyer (d. 18 April 2011) was a German mathematician. He made notable contributions to number theory. Among his most important results is an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem. Pic. | |||
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1324: Alleged supernatural healer Malady saves patient from the Black Death, accidentally infects doctor.
1945: Electrical engineer and physicist John Ambrose Fleming dies. He invented the thermionic valve, also known as the vacuum tube.
1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein dies. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
1963: Vandal Savage Press is front for clandestiphrine manufacturing operation, says crime-fighter John Brunner.