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||1727: Ferdinand Berthoud born ... scientist and watchmaker. Pic. | ||1727: Ferdinand Berthoud born ... scientist and watchmaker. Pic. | ||
||1741: New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741. | ||1741: New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741. Pic. | ||
||1796: Jakob Steiner born ... mathematician who worked primarily in geometry. Pic. | ||1796: Jakob Steiner born ... mathematician who worked primarily in geometry. Pic. | ||
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||1862: Dorr Felt born ... inventor and industrialist who was known for having invented the Comptometer, an early computing device, and the Comptograph, the first printing adding machine. Pic. | ||1862: Dorr Felt born ... inventor and industrialist who was known for having invented the Comptometer, an early computing device, and the Comptograph, the first printing adding machine. Pic. | ||
||1871: Augustus De Morgan dies ... mathematician and academic ... formulated De Morgan's laws and introduced the term mathematical induction, making its idea rigorous. Pic. | ||1871: Augustus De Morgan dies ... mathematician and academic ... formulated De Morgan's laws and introduced the term mathematical induction, making its idea rigorous. Pic. | ||
||1877: Edgar Cayce born ... mystic and psychic. | ||1877: Edgar Cayce born ... mystic and psychic. Pic. | ||
||1891: Walter | ||1891: Walter A. Shewhart born ... physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the father of statistical quality control. Pic. | ||
||1895: Ion Barbu born ... mathematician and poet. Pic. | ||1895: Ion Barbu born ... mathematician and poet. Pic. | ||
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File:Curie_and_radium_by_Castaigne.jpg|link=Radium (nonfiction)|1899: Marie and Pierre Curie use [[Radium (nonfiction)|radium compounds]] to detect and counteract crimes against both [[Crimes against physical constants|physical constants]] and [[Crimes against chemical constants|chemical constants]]. | File:Curie_and_radium_by_Castaigne.jpg|link=Radium (nonfiction)|1899: Marie and Pierre Curie use [[Radium (nonfiction)|radium compounds]] to detect and counteract crimes against both [[Crimes against physical constants|physical constants]] and [[Crimes against chemical constants|chemical constants]]. | ||
||1905: Thomas Townsend Brown born ... physicist and engineer. | ||1905: Thomas Townsend Brown born ... physicist and engineer, ionic propulsion. Pic search. | ||
||1907: Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot dies ... chemist and politician noted for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances, providing a large amount of counterevidence to the theory of Jöns Jakob Berzelius that organic compounds required organisms in their synthesis. Pic. | ||1907: Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot dies ... chemist and politician noted for the Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry. He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances, providing a large amount of counterevidence to the theory of Jöns Jakob Berzelius that organic compounds required organisms in their synthesis. Pic. | ||
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File:William C. Davidon.jpg|link=William C. Davidon (nonfiction)|1927: Physicist, mathematician, and activist [[William C. Davidon (nonfiction)|William C. Davidon]] born. Davidon will develop the first quasi-Newton algorithm, now known as the Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula. | File:William C. Davidon.jpg|link=William C. Davidon (nonfiction)|1927: Physicist, mathematician, and activist [[William C. Davidon (nonfiction)|William C. Davidon]] born. Davidon will develop the first quasi-Newton algorithm, now known as the Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula. | ||
File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|1927: Journalist, writer, literary editor, and actor [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] born. | File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|1927: Journalist, writer, literary editor, and actor [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] born. Plimpton will be famous for "participatory journalism": competing in professional sporting events, playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, performing a circus trapeze act, and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur. | ||
||1930: James J. Andrews born ... mathematician and academic. Pic: http://urbanareas.net/info/andrews-james-j-mathematician/ | ||1930: James J. Andrews born ... mathematician and academic. Pic: http://urbanareas.net/info/andrews-james-j-mathematician/ | ||
Revision as of 04:00, 18 March 2020
1604: Mathematician Robert Fludd publishes new work on cellular automata theory and its application to crimes against mathematical constants.
1640: Painter, mathematician, astronomer, and architect Philippe de La Hire born. La Hire will be the favorite pupil of Desargues, and develop conic sections and epicycloids based on the teaching of Desargues.
1899: Marie and Pierre Curie use radium compounds to detect and counteract crimes against both physical constants and chemical constants.
1927: Physicist, mathematician, and activist William C. Davidon born. Davidon will develop the first quasi-Newton algorithm, now known as the Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula.
1927: Journalist, writer, literary editor, and actor George Plimpton born. Plimpton will be famous for "participatory journalism": competing in professional sporting events, playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, performing a circus trapeze act, and then recording the experience from the point of view of an amateur.
1963: Mathematician Tan Lei born. Tan Lei will specialize in complex dynamics and functions of complex numbers, making contributions to the study of the Mandelbrot set and Julia set.
1964: Mathematician and crime-fighter Gaston Maurice Julia discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which anticipate the later work of Tan Lei in using the Julia set to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2016: Green Spiral 9 declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.