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Georg Simon Ohm (16 March 1789 - 6 July 1854) was a German physicist. As a high school teacher, Ohm began his research with the recently invented electrochemical cell, invented by Italian Count Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own creation, Ohm determined that there is a direct proportiona...

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Frederick Reines (March 16, 1918 - August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment, and may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery...

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Captain Lawrence Edward Grace ("Titus") Oates (17 March 1880 - 16 March 1912) was an English Antarctic explorer, known for the manner of his death, when he walked from a tent into a blizzard, with the words "I am just going outside and may be some time". Read more

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Bert Rickard Johannes Bolin (15 March 1925 - 30 December 2007) was a Swedish meteorologist who served as the first chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), from 1988 to 1997. Read more

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Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (15 March 1713 - 21 March 1762) was a French astronomer. He is noted for his catalogue of nearly 10,000 southern stars, including 42 nebulous objects. This catalogue, called Coelum Australe Stelliferum, was published posthumously in 1763. It introduced 14 new const...

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Space pioneer Bert Bulkin dies at 82 Bert Bulkin, who led the effort to launch a space telescope allowing scientists to see the universe with striking new depth and clarity, has died at 82. Mr. Bulkin, who retired to Woodbridge in 1992, is known for his pivotal role in the creation of the Hubble Space Te...

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We are deeply saddened to announce that Celestron founder, Thomas J. Johnson, passed away at 5am PST on March 13, 2012. Tom's innovative, pioneering spirit created a revolutionary method of mass producing an affordable Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope design, which allowed millions of amateur as...

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Frank Frederick Borman, II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. Read more

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Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835, Savigliano - July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. He studied at the University of Turin and Berlin Observatory. In 1859-1860 he worked in Pulkovo Observatory and then worked for over forty years at Brera Observatory. Amon...

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Percival Lawrence Lowell (March 13, 1855 November 12, 1916) was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of P...

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Joseph Priestley, FRS (13 March 1733 (O.S.) - 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in...

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Louis Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Bachelier (March 11, 1870 - April 28, 1946) was a French mathematician at the turn of the 20th century. He is credited with being the first person to model the stochastic process now called Brownian motion, which was part of his PhD thesis The Theory of Speculation, (pub...

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Joseph Louis François Bertrand (March 11, 1822 - April 5, 1900, born and died in Paris) was a French mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics. Read more

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The 60th birthday of the late writer Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, is to be marked with a special show. Comedians, writers and scientists are coming together for the event at London's Hammersmith Apollo in March. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment...

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	Georg Ohm (1789 - 1854) (Preview) Georg Simon Ohm (16 March 1789 - 6 July 1854) was a German physicist. As a high school teacher, Ohm began his research with the recently invented electrochemical cell, invented by Italian Count Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own creation, Ohm determined that there is a direct proportiona...	Blobrana	0	Mar 16 07:07 2012 by Blobrana
	Frederick Reines (1918 - 1998) (Preview) Frederick Reines (March 16, 1918 - August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment, and may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery...	Blobrana	0	Mar 16 07:06 2012 by Blobrana
	Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912) (Preview) Captain Lawrence Edward Grace ("Titus") Oates (17 March 1880 - 16 March 1912) was an English Antarctic explorer, known for the manner of his death, when he walked from a tent into a blizzard, with the words "I am just going outside and may be some time". Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 16 07:10 2012 by Blobrana
	Bert Bolin (1925 - 2007) (Preview) Bert Rickard Johannes Bolin (15 March 1925 - 30 December 2007) was a Swedish meteorologist who served as the first chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), from 1988 to 1997. Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 15 07:09 2012 by Blobrana
	Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713 - 1762) (Preview) Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (15 March 1713 - 21 March 1762) was a French astronomer. He is noted for his catalogue of nearly 10,000 southern stars, including 42 nebulous objects. This catalogue, called Coelum Australe Stelliferum, was published posthumously in 1763. It introduced 14 new const...	Blobrana	0	Mar 15 07:10 2012 by Blobrana
	Bert Bulkin (1930 - 2012) (Preview) Space pioneer Bert Bulkin dies at 82 Bert Bulkin, who led the effort to launch a space telescope allowing scientists to see the universe with striking new depth and clarity, has died at 82. Mr. Bulkin, who retired to Woodbridge in 1992, is known for his pivotal role in the creation of the Hubble Space Te...	Blobrana	0	Mar 14 23:29 2012 by Blobrana
	Thomas J. Johnson (1923 - 2012) (Preview) We are deeply saddened to announce that Celestron founder, Thomas J. Johnson, passed away at 5am PST on March 13, 2012. Tom's innovative, pioneering spirit created a revolutionary method of mass producing an affordable Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope design, which allowed millions of amateur as...	Blobrana	0	Mar 14 07:47 2012 by Blobrana
	Frank Frederick Borman (Preview) Frank Frederick Borman, II (born March 14, 1928) is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer, best remembered as the Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with fellow crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, the first of only 24 humans to do so. Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 14 07:14 2012 by Blobrana
	Giovanni Schiaparelli (Preview) Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835, Savigliano - July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer and science historian. He studied at the University of Turin and Berlin Observatory. In 1859-1860 he worked in Pulkovo Observatory and then worked for over forty years at Brera Observatory. Amon...	Blobrana	1	Mar 14 07:12 2012 by Blobrana
	Percival Lowell (1855 – 1916) (Preview) Percival Lawrence Lowell (March 13, 1855 November 12, 1916) was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of P...	Blobrana	0	Mar 13 07:02 2012 by Blobrana
	Joseph Priestley (1733 - 1804) (Preview) Joseph Priestley, FRS (13 March 1733 (O.S.) - 6 February 1804) was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in...	Blobrana	0	Mar 13 07:02 2012 by Blobrana
	Frank Sherwood Rowland (1927 - 2012) (Preview) [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sherwood_Rowland]Read	Blobrana	1	Mar 12 21:34 2012 by Blobrana
	Louis Bachelier (1870 - 1946) (Preview) Louis Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Bachelier (March 11, 1870 - April 28, 1946) was a French mathematician at the turn of the 20th century. He is credited with being the first person to model the stochastic process now called Brownian motion, which was part of his PhD thesis The Theory of Speculation, (pub...	Blobrana	0	Mar 11 07:46 2012 by Blobrana
	Joseph Louis François Bertrand (1822 - 1900) (Preview) Joseph Louis François Bertrand (March 11, 1822 - April 5, 1900, born and died in Paris) was a French mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics. Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 11 07:45 2012 by Blobrana
	Douglas Noel Adams (1952 - 2001) (Preview) The 60th birthday of the late writer Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, is to be marked with a special show. Comedians, writers and scientists are coming together for the event at London's Hammersmith Apollo in March. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment...	Blobrana	1	Mar 11 07:44 2012 by Blobrana
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