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File:Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen.jpg|link=J. Hans D. Jensen (nonfiction)|1973: Nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize laureate [[J. Hans D. Jensen (nonfiction)|J. Hans D. Jensen]] dies. He shared half of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with Maria Goeppert-Mayer for their proposal of the nuclear shell model.  
File:Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen.jpg|link=J. Hans D. Jensen (nonfiction)|1973: Nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize laureate [[J. Hans D. Jensen (nonfiction)|J. Hans D. Jensen]] dies. He shared half of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with Maria Goeppert-Mayer for their proposal of the nuclear shell model.  
||Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (d. 11 February 1974) was a Russian mathematician who made significant contributions in both pure and applied mathematics, and also in the history of mathematics. Pic.


|File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|1977: ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' strangely moved by the poetry of [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]].
|File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|1977: ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' strangely moved by the poetry of [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]].

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  • 1617: Mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer Giovanni Antonio Magini dies. He supported a geocentric system of the world, in preference to Copernicus's heliocentric system.

    1617: Mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer Giovanni Antonio Magini dies. He supported a geocentric system of the world, in preference to Copernicus's heliocentric system.

  • 1618: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes publishes his essay Man's Inhumanity to Man, which will profoundly influence three generations of Enlightenment-era thinkers.

    1618: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes publishes his essay Man's Inhumanity to Man, which will profoundly influence three generations of Enlightenment-era thinkers.

  • 1650: Mathematician and philosopher René Descartes dies. He is remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.

    1650: Mathematician and philosopher René Descartes dies. He is remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.

  • 1847: Inventor, engineer, and businessman Thomas Edison born. He will develop the light bulb and the phonograph, among other inventions.

    1847: Inventor, engineer, and businessman Thomas Edison born. He will develop the light bulb and the phonograph, among other inventions.

  • 1884: Set theorist and crime-fighter Georg Cantor saves Edward Lear from attack by math criminals.

    1884: Set theorist and crime-fighter Georg Cantor saves Edward Lear from attack by math criminals.

  • 1898: Physicist and academic Leo Szilard born. He will conceive the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patent the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi.

    1898: Physicist and academic Leo Szilard born. He will conceive the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patent the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi.

  • 1930: Mathematician, statistician, and crime-fighter Oskar Anderson publishes new theory of mathematical statistics based on Gnomon algorithm functions with applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1930: Mathematician, statistician, and crime-fighter Oskar Anderson publishes new theory of mathematical statistics based on Gnomon algorithm functions with applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1931: Engineer and inventor Charles Algernon Parsons dies. He invented the compound steam turbine, and worked on dynamo and turbine design, power generation, and optical equipment for searchlights and telescopes.

    1931: Engineer and inventor Charles Algernon Parsons dies. He invented the compound steam turbine, and worked on dynamo and turbine design, power generation, and optical equipment for searchlights and telescopes.

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    1944: Mathematical physicist and crime-fighter Charles Critchfield uses burst of neutrons to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

  • 1973: Nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize laureate J. Hans D. Jensen dies. He shared half of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with Maria Goeppert-Mayer for their proposal of the nuclear shell model.

    1973: Nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize laureate J. Hans D. Jensen dies. He shared half of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with Maria Goeppert-Mayer for their proposal of the nuclear shell model.

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