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File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to communicate with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]].
File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to communicate with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]].


||1918: George William Whitehead, Jr. (August 2, 1918 – April 12, 2004) was an American professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is known for his work on algebraic topology. He invented the J-homomorphism, and was among the first to systematically calculate the homotopy groups of spheres. Pic: http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/whitehead-george.pdf
||1918: George William Whitehead, Jr. born ... professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is known for his work on algebraic topology. He invented the J-homomorphism, and was among the first to systematically calculate the homotopy groups of spheres. Pic: http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/whitehead-george.pdf
 
||1921: Ruth Barcan Marcus born ... philosopher and logician ... a pioneer regarding the quantification of modal logic as well as the theory of direct reference ... developed the schemata known as the Barcan formula. Pic.


File:Alexander Graham Bell.jpg|link=Alexander Graham Bell (nonfiction)|1922:  Engineer, inventor, and academic [[Alexander Graham Bell (nonfiction)|Alexander Graham Bell]] dies. He patented the telephone in 1876.
File:Alexander Graham Bell.jpg|link=Alexander Graham Bell (nonfiction)|1922:  Engineer, inventor, and academic [[Alexander Graham Bell (nonfiction)|Alexander Graham Bell]] dies. He patented the telephone in 1876.

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  • 1820: Physicist John Tyndall born. He will study diamagnetism, and make discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.

    1820: Physicist John Tyndall born. He will study diamagnetism, and make discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.

  • 1835: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray born. He will do pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.

    1835: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray born. He will do pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.

  • 1917: Mathematician and crime-fighter Ferdinand Georg Frobenius publishes theory of elliptic functions with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1917: Mathematician and crime-fighter Ferdinand Georg Frobenius publishes theory of elliptic functions with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1887: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson born. He will make important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

    1887: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson born. He will make important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

  • 1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm to communicate with Edward Lorenz.

    1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm to communicate with Edward Lorenz.

  • 1922: Engineer, inventor, and academic Alexander Graham Bell dies. He patented the telephone in 1876.

    1922: Engineer, inventor, and academic Alexander Graham Bell dies. He patented the telephone in 1876.

  • 1939: Albert Einstein writes President F. D. Roosevelt that "some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard ... leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable--though much less certain--that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may be constructed." Roosevelt quickly starts the Manhattan Project.

    1939: Albert Einstein writes President F. D. Roosevelt that "some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard ... leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable--though much less certain--that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may be constructed." Roosevelt quickly starts the Manhattan Project.

  • 2017: Green Ring voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2017: Green Ring voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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