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||1465 – Scipione del Ferro, Italian mathematician and theorist (d. 1526). Pic not Wikipedia: https://ezerinfza.webnode.sk/biographies/italy/scipione-del-ferro/
||1465: Scipione del Ferro born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic not Wikipedia: https://ezerinfza.webnode.sk/biographies/italy/scipione-del-ferro/
 
|File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1570: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] exploits faulty [[Gnomon algorithm function]].


File:Mario Bettinus.jpg|link=Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|Mario Bettinus]] born.  He will write ''Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae'', an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.
File:Mario Bettinus.jpg|link=Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|Mario Bettinus]] born.  He will write ''Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae'', an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.
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||1612: Antoine Arnauld born ... French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher. Pic.
||1612: Antoine Arnauld born ... French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher. Pic.


||1612 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538). Pic.
||1612: Christopher Clavius dies ... mathematician and astronomer. Pic.


File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]]  uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  
File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]]  uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  


||1695 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1726). Pic.
||1695: Nicolaus II Bernoulli born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic.


||1802 – Charles Wheatstone, English-French physicist and cryptographer (d. 1875). Pic.
||1802: Charles Wheatstone born ... physicist and cryptographer. Pic.


File:Joseph Priestley.jpg|link=Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman [[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]] dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.
File:Joseph Priestley.jpg|link=Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman [[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]] dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.


||1861 – Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1953). Pic.
||1806: Henry O'Reilly dies ... businessman and telegraphy pioneer. Pic: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7748341/henry-o%27rielly
 
||1861: Nikolay Zelinsky born ... chemist and academic. Pic.


||Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (b. 6 February 1865) was an astronomer of French and Huguenot descent who was born in Cushendun, County Antrim, Ireland. He worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and went on several solar eclipse expeditions. Pic.
||1865: Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin born ... astronomer of French and Huguenot descent who was born in Cushendun, County Antrim, Ireland. He worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and went on several solar eclipse expeditions. Pic.


||Eldridge Reeves Johnson (b. February 6, 1867) was an American businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. Pic.
||1867: Eldridge Reeves Johnson (b. February 6, 1867) was an American businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. Pic.


File:Galileo Ferraris.jpg|link=Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter [[Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|Galileo Ferraris]] invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents [[crimes against physics]].
File:Galileo Ferraris.jpg|link=Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter [[Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|Galileo Ferraris]] invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents [[crimes against physics]].


||1872 – Robert Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge (d. 1940)
||1872: Robert Maillart born ... engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge.


||1879 – Carl Ramsauer, German physicist and author (d. 1955)
||1879: Carl Ramsauer born ... physicist and author.


||Sir Hugh Stott Taylor KBE FRS (b. 6 February 1890) was an English chemist primarily interested in catalysis. In 1925, in a landmark contribution to catalytic theory, Taylor suggested that a catalysed chemical reaction is not catalysed over the entire solid surface of the catalyst but only at certain 'active sites' or centres. He also developed important methods for procuring heavy water during World War II and pioneered the use of stable isotopes in studying chemical reactions.
||1890: Hugh Stott Taylor born ... chemist primarily interested in catalysis. In 1925, in a landmark contribution to catalytic theory, Taylor suggested that a catalysed chemical reaction is not catalysed over the entire solid surface of the catalyst but only at certain 'active sites' or centres. He also developed important methods for procuring heavy water during World War II and pioneered the use of stable isotopes in studying chemical reactions.


||1908 – Edward Lansdale, American general and CIA agent (d. 1987)
||1908: Edward Lansdale born ... American general and CIA agent.


||1910 – Roman Czerniawski, Polish air force officer and spy (d. 1985)
||1910: Roman Czerniawski born ... air force officer and spy.


||1910 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American gangster (d. 1993)
||1910: Carlos Marcello born ... gangster.


File:John Crank.jpg|link=John Crank (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician and physicist [[John Crank (nonfiction)|John Crank]] born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.
File:John Crank.jpg|link=John Crank (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician and physicist [[John Crank (nonfiction)|John Crank]] born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.


||Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (b. February 6, 1927) was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver. In the 1970s, he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space, including a space habitat design known as the O'Neill cylinder. Pic.
||1927: Gerard Kitchen O'Neill born ... physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver. In the 1970s, he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space, including a space habitat design known as the O'Neill cylinder. Pic.


||1938: Crash of semi-rigid airship SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM.
||1938: Crash of semi-rigid airship SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM.


||Petr Hájek (b. 6 February 1940) was a Czech scientist in the area of mathematical logic and a professor of mathematics. Pic.
||1940: Petr Hájek born ... scientist in the area of mathematical logic and a professor of mathematics. Pic.


File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] calls the upcoming  [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee nuclear bomb accident]]  "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] calls the upcoming  [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee nuclear bomb accident]]  "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."
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File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1959: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises funds for new comedy film about the [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee nuclear bomb accident]], denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1959: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises funds for new comedy film about the [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee nuclear bomb accident]], denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."


||File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|1958: Woodward and Burroughs use [[Extract of Radium]] to predict location of the [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|the Tybee Bomb]].
||1959: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
 
||1959 – Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
 
|File:Lorenz_attractor_trajectory-through-phase-space.gif|link=Lorenz system (nonfiction)|1989: [[Lorenz system (nonfiction)|Lorenz system]] exposed to [[Extract of Radium]], develops [[Wumpus-compass]] syndrome.


||1991 – Salvador Luria, Italian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
||1991: Salvador Luria dies ... biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Klaus Wagner (d. February 6, 2000) was a German mathematician - topology, graph theory. Wagner's theorem characterizes the planar graphs as exactly those graphs that do not have as a minor either a complete graph K5 on five vertices or a complete bipartite graph K3,3 with three vertices on each side of its bipartition. Pic.
||2000: Klaus Wagner dies ... mathematician - topology, graph theory. Wagner's theorem characterizes the planar graphs as exactly those graphs that do not have as a minor either a complete graph K5 on five vertices or a complete bipartite graph K3,3 with three vertices on each side of its bipartition. Pic.


||2002 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
||2002: Max Perutz dies ... biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Raymond Merrill Smullyan (d. February 6, 2017) was an American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Pic.
||2017: Raymond Merrill Smullyan dies ... mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Pic.


||Donald Lynden-Bell (d. 6 February 2018) was a British theoretical astrophysicist. He was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centres, and that such black holes power quasars. Pic.
||2018: Donald Lynden-Bell dies ... theoretical astrophysicist. He was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centres, and that such black holes power quasars. Pic.


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Revision as of 19:45, 31 August 2018

  • 1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

    1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

  • 1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter Pierre Gassendi uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter Pierre Gassendi uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

    1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

  • 1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter Galileo Ferraris invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents crimes against physics.

    1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter Galileo Ferraris invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents crimes against physics.

  • 1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

    1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

  • 1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung calls the upcoming Tybee nuclear bomb accident "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."

    1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung calls the upcoming Tybee nuclear bomb accident "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."

  • 1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new comedy film about the Tybee nuclear bomb accident, denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."

    1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new comedy film about the Tybee nuclear bomb accident, denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."

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