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||Ernst Witt (b. 26 June 1911) was a German mathematician, one of the leading algebraists of his time. Pic. | ||Ernst Witt (b. 26 June 1911) was a German mathematician, one of the leading algebraists of his time. Pic. | ||
||1913 | File:Maurice Vincent Wilkes.jpg|link=Maurice Wilkes (nonfiction)|1913: Computer scientist and physicist [[Maurice Wilkes (nonfiction)|Maurice Wilkes]] born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing. | ||
||Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (b. June 26, 1914) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Spitzer invented the stellarator plasma device. Pic. | ||Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (b. June 26, 1914) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Spitzer invented the stellarator plasma device. Pic. | ||
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1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".
1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.
1823: Havelock announces plan to collaborate with David Rittenhouse and Lord Kelvin on building an orrery which models the heat death of the universe.
1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
1850: Mathematician and crime-fighter Carl Wilhelm Borchardt publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use arithmetic-geometric mean theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.