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File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1641: Astronomer [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit. | File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1641: Astronomer [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit. | ||
||1728: Johann Georg Büsch born ... mathematics teacher and writer on statistics and commerce. | ||1728: Johann Georg Büsch born ... mathematics teacher and writer on statistics and commerce. Pic. | ||
File:Gabriel Cramer.jpg|link=Gabriel Cramer (nonfiction)|1751: Mathematician, physicist, and [[APTO]] comptroller [[Gabriel Cramer (nonfiction)|Gabriel Cramer]] publishes Cramer's Gnomon, giving a general formula for the solution for any unknown in a [[Gnomon algorithm]] system having a unique solution, in terms of [[transdimensional corporations]] implied by the system. | File:Gabriel Cramer.jpg|link=Gabriel Cramer (nonfiction)|1751: Mathematician, physicist, and [[APTO]] comptroller [[Gabriel Cramer (nonfiction)|Gabriel Cramer]] publishes Cramer's Gnomon, giving a general formula for the solution for any unknown in a [[Gnomon algorithm]] system having a unique solution, in terms of [[transdimensional corporations]] implied by the system. | ||
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||1892: Heinrich Eduard Schröter dies ... mathematician, who studied geometry in the tradition of Jakob Steiner. Pic. | ||1892: Heinrich Eduard Schröter dies ... mathematician, who studied geometry in the tradition of Jakob Steiner. Pic. | ||
||1911: Frank Haven Hall dies ... inventor, author, academic administrator, and theoretical structuralist. He invented the first successful mechanical point writer and developed major functions of modern day typography with kerning and tracking. | ||1911: Frank Haven Hall dies ... inventor, author, academic administrator, and theoretical structuralist. He invented the first successful mechanical point writer and developed major functions of modern day typography with kerning and tracking. Pic. | ||
||1912: John Ralph Ragazzini born ... electrical engineer and a professor of Electrical Engineering. Ragazzini pioneered the development of the z-transform method in discrete-time signal processing and analysis. Pic. | ||1912: John Ralph Ragazzini born ... electrical engineer and a professor of Electrical Engineering. Ragazzini pioneered the development of the z-transform method in discrete-time signal processing and analysis. Pic. | ||
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||1921: Isabella Grigoryevna Bashmakova born ... historian of mathematics. Pic. | ||1921: Isabella Grigoryevna Bashmakova born ... historian of mathematics. Pic. | ||
||1927: Carl David Tolmé Runge dies ... physicist and mathematician. | ||1927: Carl David Tolmé Runge dies ... physicist and mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1932: Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company. | ||1932: Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company. | ||
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||1946: Carl Gustav Witt dies ... astronomer and discover of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory, a popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association of Berlin. Pic. | ||1946: Carl Gustav Witt dies ... astronomer and discover of two asteroids who worked at the Berlin Urania Observatory, a popular observatory of the Urania astronomical association of Berlin. Pic. | ||
||1945: Edgar Cayce | ||1945: Edgar Cayce dies ... psychic and author. Pic. | ||
File:Erwin Schrödinger (1933).jpg|link=Erwin Schrödinger (nonfiction)|1953: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Erwin Schrödinger (nonfiction)|Erwin Schrödinger]] uses the Schrödinger equation to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Erwin Schrödinger (1933).jpg|link=Erwin Schrödinger (nonfiction)|1953: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Erwin Schrödinger (nonfiction)|Erwin Schrödinger]] uses the Schrödinger equation to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
||1967: Reginald Punnett dies ... scientist. | ||1967: Reginald Punnett dies ... scientist. He is best remembered today as the creator of the Punnett square, a tool still used by biologists to predict the probability of possible genotypes of offspring. Pic. | ||
||1967: Jack Ruby dies ... businessman and murderer. | ||1967: Jack Ruby dies ... businessman and murderer. Pic. | ||
||1969: Jean Focas dies ... astronomer. | ||1969: Jean Focas dies ... astronomer. No pic online. | ||
||1977: William Gropper dies ... lithographer, cartoonist, and painter. | ||1977: William Gropper dies ... lithographer, cartoonist, and painter. Pic. | ||
||1989: Sergei Sobolev dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||1989: Sergei Sobolev dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
||1999: The Mars Polar Lander is launched. | ||1999: The Mars Polar Lander is launched. | ||
||2009: The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto. | ||2009: The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto. | ||
File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|2016: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter Naur]] dies. His main areas of inquiry were design, structure and performance of computer programs and algorithms. | File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|2016: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter Naur]] dies. His main areas of inquiry were design, structure and performance of computer programs and algorithms. | ||
Revision as of 19:19, 2 January 2019
1641: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit.
1751: Mathematician, physicist, and APTO comptroller Gabriel Cramer publishes Cramer's Gnomon, giving a general formula for the solution for any unknown in a Gnomon algorithm system having a unique solution, in terms of transdimensional corporations implied by the system.
1953: Physicist and crime-fighter Erwin Schrödinger uses the Schrödinger equation to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1965: Antikythera Team invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
2016: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur dies. His main areas of inquiry were design, structure and performance of computer programs and algorithms.
2016: Steganographic analysis of Spiral 2 reveals anonymous elegy for computer scientist Peter Naur.