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||1961: Henri Breuil dies ... archaeologist, who was an authority on Paleolithic cave paintings, especially in France and Spain. He was ordained a priest (1900). At various important sites, he diligently recorded cave art in colour reproductions. When making interpretations, and related them, he was careful to avoid unsubstantiated conclusions regarding the religious or social aspects of the primitive painters. In a classic paper (1912), he made a reclassification of Paleolithic industries. In 1940, he was the first to visit and describe [[Lascaux (nonfiction)|Lascaux]]. After WW II, he travelled extensively in Africa for nearly six years examining and creating images of the art in thousands of rock shelters. Pic. | ||1961: Henri Breuil dies ... archaeologist, who was an authority on Paleolithic cave paintings, especially in France and Spain. He was ordained a priest (1900). At various important sites, he diligently recorded cave art in colour reproductions. When making interpretations, and related them, he was careful to avoid unsubstantiated conclusions regarding the religious or social aspects of the primitive painters. In a classic paper (1912), he made a reclassification of Paleolithic industries. In 1940, he was the first to visit and describe [[Lascaux (nonfiction)|Lascaux]]. After WW II, he travelled extensively in Africa for nearly six years examining and creating images of the art in thousands of rock shelters. Pic. | ||
File:Peter Mazur.jpg|link=Peter Mazur (nonfiction)|1963: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Peter Mazur (nonfiction)|Peter Mazur]] uses non-equilibrium thermodynamics to defeat the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in single combat. | |||
||1967: Jovan Karamata dies ... mathematician. He is remembered for contributions to analysis, in particular, the Tauberian theory and the theory of slowly varying functions. Pic. | ||1967: Jovan Karamata dies ... mathematician. He is remembered for contributions to analysis, in particular, the Tauberian theory and the theory of slowly varying functions. Pic. | ||
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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.
1749: Mathematician, geophysicist, naval architect, and cryptid hunter Pierre Bouguer publishes Traité du navire cryptide, his landmark study of aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.
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.
1888: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird born. He will be one of the inventors of the mechanical television.
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."
1963: Physicist and crime-fighter Peter Mazur uses non-equilibrium thermodynamics to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.
2014: Scientists announce the identification of possible interstellar dust particles from the Stardust capsule, which returned to Earth in 2006.
2018: "At least two, probably four, perhaps eight" previously unknown hues of green revealed during a routine Chromatographic survey of Green Tangle 4.