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||Philip Morrison (d. April 22, 2005) was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Pic. | ||Philip Morrison (d. April 22, 2005) was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Pic. | ||
File:Henriette_Avram.jpg|link=Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|2006: Computer scientist and academic [[Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|Henriette Avram]] dies. She | File:Henriette_Avram.jpg|link=Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|2006: Computer scientist and academic [[Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|Henriette Avram]] dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries. | ||
||Patrick Paul Billingsley (d. April 22, 2011) was an American mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. Pic. | ||Patrick Paul Billingsley (d. April 22, 2011) was an American mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. Pic. | ||
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1592: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor Wilhelm Schickard born. He will design and build calculating machines, and invent techniques for producing improved maps.
1904: American physicist and academic J. Robert Oppenheimer born. His achievements in physics will include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling.
1961: Plutonium used for crimes against mathematical constants, says Cantor Parabola.
1977: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
2006: Computer scientist and academic Henriette Avram dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.