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||1979: Philip Van Horn Weems dies ... United States Navy officer, inventor of navigational instruments and methods, including the Weems Plotter and the Second Setting Watch, and author of navigational textbooks. Star Altitude Curves. Pic: https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/multimedia-asset/philip-van-horn-weems-0 | ||1979: Philip Van Horn Weems dies ... United States Navy officer, inventor of navigational instruments and methods, including the Weems Plotter and the Second Setting Watch, and author of navigational textbooks. Star Altitude Curves. Pic: https://timeandnavigation.si.edu/multimedia-asset/philip-van-horn-weems-0 | ||
||2000: Gerald James Whitrow dies ... mathematician, cosmologist, and historian. | ||2000: Gerald James Whitrow dies ... mathematician, cosmologist, and historian. His main contributions were in the fields of cosmology and astrophysics, but his interests included the history and philosophy of science, with a particular focus on the concept of time. Pic | ||
||2003: Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. | ||2003: Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. | ||
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File:Alexander Shulgin 2009.jpg|link=Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|2014: Pharmacologist and chemist [[Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|Alexander Shulgin]] dies. He discovered, synthesized, and personal bioassayed over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. | File:Alexander Shulgin 2009.jpg|link=Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|2014: Pharmacologist and chemist [[Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|Alexander Shulgin]] dies. He discovered, synthesized, and personal bioassayed over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. | ||
||2015: Irwin Rose dies ... biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||2015: Irwin Rose dies ... biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
File:Blue Foliage.jpg|link=Blue Foliage (nonfiction)|2019: Signed first edition of ''[[Blue Foliage (nonfiction)|Blue Foliage]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a consortium of [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorists based in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]." | File:Blue Foliage.jpg|link=Blue Foliage (nonfiction)|2019: Signed first edition of ''[[Blue Foliage (nonfiction)|Blue Foliage]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a consortium of [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorists based in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]." | ||
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1896: Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
1922: Game theory experts predict that Lloyd Shapley will be born "within two years at the most."
1923: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley born. He will define game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."
2014: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin dies. He discovered, synthesized, and personal bioassayed over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.
2019: Signed first edition of Blue Foliage purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a consortium of Gnomon algorithm theorists based in New Minneapolis, Canada."