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||1852: Civil engineer and mathematician Leonardo Torres y Quevedo born ... invented the Telekine, an early wireless remote-control device. Pic. | ||1852: Civil engineer and mathematician Leonardo Torres y Quevedo born ... invented the Telekine, an early wireless remote-control device. Pic. | ||
||1873: William Draper Harkins born ... chemist, notably for his contributions to nuclear chemistry. Harkins researched the structure of the atomic nucleus and was the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion,[1][2] four years before Jean Baptiste Perrin published his theory in | ||1873: William Draper Harkins born ... chemist, notably for his contributions to nuclear chemistry. Harkins researched the structure of the atomic nucleus and was the first to propose the principle of nuclear fusion,[1][2] four years before Jean Baptiste Perrin published his theory in 8919-20. His findings enabled, among other things, the development of the H-bomb. Pic search. | ||
File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity. | File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity. | ||
||1887: Werner Kolhörster born ... physicist and academic. Pic search | ||1887: Werner Kolhörster born ... physicist and academic. Pic search. https://www.google.com/search?q=Werner+Kolhörster | ||
||1893: Professor James Dewar gave six well-illustrated lectures on “Air gaseous and liquid,” at the Royal Institution, London, between this day and 9 Jan 1894. Some of the air in the room was liquified in the presence of the audience and it remained so for some time, when enclosed in a vacuum jacket. Again, 1 Apr 1898. Pic. | ||1893: Professor James Dewar gave six well-illustrated lectures on “Air gaseous and liquid,” at the Royal Institution, London, between this day and 9 Jan 1894. Some of the air in the room was liquified in the presence of the audience and it remained so for some time, when enclosed in a vacuum jacket. Again, 1 Apr 1898. Pic. | ||
||1895: Frank Laurence Lucas born ... classical scholar, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, political polemicist, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II. Pic. | |||
||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. Pic. | ||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines. Pic. | ||
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File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1895: [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. | File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1895: [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. | ||
||1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby born ... meteorologist and academic. Pic search | ||1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby born ... meteorologist and academic. Pic search. | ||
File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1902: Physicist and crime-fighter [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to counteract effects of [[geometry solvent]]. | File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1902: Physicist and crime-fighter [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to counteract effects of [[geometry solvent]]. | ||
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||1989: Hermann Oberth dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic. | ||1989: Hermann Oberth dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic. | ||
||2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith dies ... lieutenant, biologist, and engineer. Pic search | ||2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith dies ... lieutenant, biologist, and engineer. Pic search. | ||
||2005: The first in a network of satellites, named Galileo, was launched by a consortium of European goverments and companies. It was expected that by 2011, Galileo was to consist of 30 satellites providing worldwide coverage as an alternative to the U.S. monopoly with its Global Positioning System (GPS). At a cost of $4 billion, it was Europe's biggest-ever space project, with one-third contributed by governments and the balance from eight companies. Since the American GPS is controlled by the military, the European satellite network is designed to ensure independance for civilian use, but also offer more precision for a paid service. Customers are expected to include service for small airports, transportation, and mobile phone manufacturers to build in navigation capabilities. | ||2005: The first in a network of satellites, named Galileo, was launched by a consortium of European goverments and companies. It was expected that by 2011, Galileo was to consist of 30 satellites providing worldwide coverage as an alternative to the U.S. monopoly with its Global Positioning System (GPS). At a cost of $4 billion, it was Europe's biggest-ever space project, with one-third contributed by governments and the balance from eight companies. Since the American GPS is controlled by the military, the European satellite network is designed to ensure independance for civilian use, but also offer more precision for a paid service. Customers are expected to include service for small airports, transportation, and mobile phone manufacturers to build in navigation capabilities. | ||
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||2011: James Earl Baumgartner dies ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic. | ||2011: James Earl Baumgartner dies ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic. | ||
||2012: Mark Crispin dies ... computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP. Pic search | ||2012: Mark Crispin dies ... computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP. Pic search. | ||
||2013: Halton Arp dies ... astronomer. He was known for his 1966 ''Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies'', which (it was later theorized) catalogues many examples of interacting and merging galaxies, though Arp disputed the idea, claiming apparent associations were prime examples of ejections. Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory and for advocating a non-standard cosmology incorporating intrinsic redshift. Pic. | ||2013: Halton Arp dies ... astronomer. He was known for his 1966 ''Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies'', which (it was later theorized) catalogues many examples of interacting and merging galaxies, though Arp disputed the idea, claiming apparent associations were prime examples of ejections. Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory and for advocating a non-standard cosmology incorporating intrinsic redshift. Pic. | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 22 April 2020
1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
1613: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain Anarchimedes uses corrupt Gnomon algorithm configuration files to remotely measure the trans-quantum state of physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei.
1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.
1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter Leopold Kronecker publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
1902: Physicist and crime-fighter John Ambrose Fleming uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to counteract effects of geometry solvent.
1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.
1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter Tullio Levi-Civita uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent the theory of relativity.
1933: Carnivorous dirigibles break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.
2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.