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||1530 – Giambattista Benedetti, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1590)
||Giambattista Benedetti (b. August 14, 1530) was an Italian mathematician from Venice who was also interested in physics, mechanics, the construction of sundials, and the science of music. Pic (book cover).


File:Paolo Sarpi.jpg|link=Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|1552: Statesman, scientist, and historian [[Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|Paolo Sarpi]] born. He will be a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.
File:Paolo Sarpi.jpg|link=Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|1552: Statesman, scientist, and historian [[Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|Paolo Sarpi]] born. He will be a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.

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  • 1552: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi born. He will be a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.

    1552: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi born. He will be a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.

  • 1738: Mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer, and crime-fighter Pierre Bouguer uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against geology.

    1738: Mathematician, geophysicist, astronomer, and crime-fighter Pierre Bouguer uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against geology.

  • 1777: Physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted born. He will discover that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism.

    1777: Physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted born. He will discover that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism.

  • 1843: Artist Eugène Delacroix publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on his study of the optical effects of color. He will soon use these functions to detect and prevent art-related crimes against mathematical constants.

    1843: Artist Eugène Delacroix publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on his study of the optical effects of color. He will soon use these functions to detect and prevent art-related crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1888: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird born. He will be one of the inventors of the mechanical television.

    1888: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird born. He will be one of the inventors of the mechanical television.

  • 1889: Signed first edition of The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling sells for eighty thousand dollars (US) at charity benefit auction in Periphery.

    1889: Signed first edition of The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling sells for eighty thousand dollars (US) at charity benefit auction in Periphery.

  • 1909: Inventor, engineer, and philanthropist William Stanley dies. He designed and manufactured precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes.

    1909: Inventor, engineer, and philanthropist William Stanley dies. He designed and manufactured precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes.

  • 1910: "The Safe-Cracker does not show me committing a math crime," says art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel. "I was looking for evidence that I was framed. And I found it."

    1910: "The Safe-Cracker does not show me committing a math crime," says art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel. "I was looking for evidence that I was framed. And I found it."

  • 2014: Scientists announce the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the Stardust capsule, which returned to Earth in 2006.

    2014: Scientists announce the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the Stardust capsule, which returned to Earth in 2006.

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