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||1547: Konrad Peutinger dies ... humanist and antiquarian.
||1547: Konrad Peutinger dies ... humanist and antiquarian. Pic.


File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1612: [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]] became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
File:Galileo by Leoni.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1612: [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]] became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
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File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1663: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.  
File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1663: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.  


||1713: Abbé Nicolas Louis de La Caille born ... astronomer.
||1713: Abbé Nicolas Louis de La Caille born ... astronomer. Pic.


||1734: Rob Roy MacGregor dies ... outlaw.
||1734: Rob Roy MacGregor dies ... outlaw. Pic.


||1798: Thomas Henderson born ... astronomer and mathematician.
||1798: Thomas Henderson born ... astronomer and mathematician. Pic.


||1818: Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic born.  Pic.
||1818: Carl Remigius Fresenius, German chemist and academic born.  Pic.
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File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.


||1887: Werner Kolhörster born ... physicist and academic.
||1887: Werner Kolhörster born ... physicist and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Werner+Kolhörster


||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
||1895: The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
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File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1895: [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1895: [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.


||1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby born ... meteorologist and academic.
||1898: Carl-Gustaf Rossby born ... meteorologist and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=carl-gustaf+rossby


File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1902: Physicist and crime-fighter [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to counteract effects of [[geometry solvent]].
File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1902: Physicist and crime-fighter [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to counteract effects of [[geometry solvent]].
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File:Tullio Levi-civita.jpg|link=Tullio Levi-Civita (nonfiction)|1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Tullio Levi-Civita (nonfiction)|Tullio Levi-Civita]] uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent [[Crimes against physical constants|the theory of relativity]].
File:Tullio Levi-civita.jpg|link=Tullio Levi-Civita (nonfiction)|1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Tullio Levi-Civita (nonfiction)|Tullio Levi-Civita]] uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent [[Crimes against physical constants|the theory of relativity]].


||1919: Johannes Rydberg dies ... physicist and academic.
||1919: Johannes Rydberg dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.


||1924: Karl Longin Zeller born ... mathematician and computer scientist who worked in numerical analysis and approximation theory. He is the namesake of Zeller operators.
||1924: Karl Longin Zeller born ... mathematician and computer scientist who worked in numerical analysis and approximation theory. He is the namesake of Zeller operators.
Zeller was drafted into the German army, and lost his right arm on the Soviet front of World War II. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tübingen in 1950, under the supervision of Konrad Knopp and Erich Kamke, and remained at Tübingen for most of his career as a professor and as director of the computer center. He left Tübingen in 1959 for a professorship in Stuttgart but returned to Tübingen in 1960 with a personal chair in "the mathematics of supercomputer facilities", making him one of the founders of computer science in Germany.
Zeller was drafted into the German army, and lost his right arm on the Soviet front of World War II. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tübingen in 1950, under the supervision of Konrad Knopp and Erich Kamke, and remained at Tübingen for most of his career as a professor and as director of the computer center. He left Tübingen in 1959 for a professorship in Stuttgart but returned to Tübingen in 1960 with a personal chair in "the mathematics of supercomputer facilities", making him one of the founders of computer science in Germany. No pic online, try library.


File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.
File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.


||1967: Katharine McCormick dies ... biologist and philanthropist.
||1967: Katharine McCormick dies ... biologist and philanthropist. Pic.


||1985: Josef Lense dies ... physicist. Lense, together with Hans Thirring, is known as one of the two discoverers of the Lense-Thirring effect.
||1985: Josef Lense dies ... physicist. Lense, together with Hans Thirring, is known as one of the two discoverers of the Lense-Thirring effect. Pic.


||1989: Hermann Oberth dies ... physicist and engineer.
||1989: Hermann Oberth dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic.


||2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith dies ... lieutenant, biologist, and engineer.
||2001: Samuel Abraham Goldblith dies ... lieutenant, biologist, and engineer. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Samuel+Abraham+Goldblith


||2008: Arthur Oliver Lonsdale Atkin dies ... Atkin, along with Noam Elkies, extended Schoof's algorithm to create the Schoof–Elkies–Atkin algorithm. Together with Daniel J. Bernstein, he developed the sieve of Atkin. Atkin is also known for his work on properties of the integer partition function and the monster module. mathematician. Pic: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81482208/arthur-oliver_lonsdale-atkin
||2008: Arthur Oliver Lonsdale Atkin dies ... Atkin, along with Noam Elkies, extended Schoof's algorithm to create the Schoof–Elkies–Atkin algorithm. Together with Daniel J. Bernstein, he developed the sieve of Atkin. Atkin is also known for his work on properties of the integer partition function and the monster module. mathematician. Pic: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81482208/arthur-oliver_lonsdale-atkin
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||2011: James Earl Baumgartner dies ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic.
||2011: James Earl Baumgartner dies ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic.


||2012: Mark Crispin dies ... computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP.
||2012: Mark Crispin dies ... computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Mark+Crispin


||2013: Halton Arp dies ... astronomer and critic.
||2013: Halton Arp dies ... astronomer and critic. Pic.


File:Anne Penfold Street.jpg|link=Anne Penfold Street (nonfiction)|2016: Mathematician [[Anne Penfold Street (nonfiction)|Anne Penfold Street]] dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.
File:Anne Penfold Street.jpg|link=Anne Penfold Street (nonfiction)|2016: Mathematician [[Anne Penfold Street (nonfiction)|Anne Penfold Street]] dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.


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Revision as of 18:56, 27 December 2018

  • 1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

    1612: Galileo became the first person to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

  • 1613: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain Anarchimedes uses corrupt Gnomon algorithm configuration files to remotely measure the trans-quantum state of physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei.

    1613: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain Anarchimedes uses corrupt Gnomon algorithm configuration files to remotely measure the trans-quantum state of physicist and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei.

  • 1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

    1663: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi dies. Working with Riccioli, he investigated the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

  • 1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter Leopold Kronecker publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

    1881: Mathematician and crime-fighter Leopold Kronecker publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

    1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

  • 1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

    1895: Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

  • 1902: Physicist and crime-fighter John Ambrose Fleming uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to counteract effects of geometry solvent.

    1902: Physicist and crime-fighter John Ambrose Fleming uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to counteract effects of geometry solvent.

  • 1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

    1903: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann born. He will be a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and develop mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

  • 1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter Tullio Levi-Civita uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent the theory of relativity.

    1918: Mathematician and crime-fighter Tullio Levi-Civita uses absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) to detect and prevent the theory of relativity.

  • 1933: Carnivorous dirigibles break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.

    1933: Carnivorous dirigibles break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.

  • 2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.

    2016: Mathematician Anne Penfold Street dies. She specialized in combinatorics, authoring several textbooks; her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter.

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