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||1916: Abraham Seidenberg born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||1916: Abraham Seidenberg born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1922: Clair Cameron Patterson born ... geochemist. Pic. | ||1922: Clair Cameron Patterson born ... geochemist. Pic. | ||
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||2005: Melita Norwood dies ... English civil servant and spy. Pic search. | ||2005: Melita Norwood dies ... English civil servant and spy. Pic search. | ||
||2009: Kai Lai Chung dies ... mathematician known for his significant contributions to modern probability theory. Pic. | ||2009: Kai Lai Chung dies ... mathematician known for his significant contributions to modern probability theory. Pic. | ||
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||2016: Theoretical physicist Thomas Kibble dies ... research interests were in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He is best known as one of the first to describe the Higgs mechanism, and for his research on topological defects. From the 1950s he was concerned about the nuclear arms race and from 1970 took leading roles in promoting the social responsibility of the scientist. Pic. | ||2016: Theoretical physicist Thomas Kibble dies ... research interests were in quantum field theory, especially the interface between high-energy particle physics and cosmology. He is best known as one of the first to describe the Higgs mechanism, and for his research on topological defects. From the 1950s he was concerned about the nuclear arms race and from 1970 took leading roles in promoting the social responsibility of the scientist. Pic. | ||
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1743: Occultist and explorer Alessandro Cagliostro born. He will become a glamorous figure associated with the royal courts of Europe where he will pursue psychic healing, alchemy, and scrying.
1881: Engineer and radio pioneer Henry Joseph Round born. Round will be an assistant of Guglielmo Marconi, and make contributions of his own to radio technology, for example the first reported observation of electroluminescence from a solid state diode.
1896: Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
1923: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley born. He will define game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."
2014: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin dies. He discovered, synthesized, and personal bioassayed over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.