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Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao "Beppo" Occhialini ForMemRS (December 5, 1907 in Fossombrone, Pesaro, Italy - December 30, 1993 in Paris) was an Italian physicist, who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay in 1947, with César Lattes and Cecil Frank Powell (Nobel Prize fo...

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Orest Danilovich Khvolson or Chwolson (November 22 (N.S. December 4), 1852, Saint Petersburg - May 11, 1934, Leningrad) was a Russian physicist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1920). He is most noted for being one of the first to study the gravitational lens effect. Read more...

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Roberta Bondar OC O.Ont FRCP(C) FRSC (born December 4, 1945) is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the business, scientific, and medical communities. Read mor...

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Frank Press (born December 4, 1924) is an American geophysicist. Named in his honour are Mount Press, in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica; and Osedax frankpressi, a species of whalebone-eating marine worm. Read more

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Indra Lal Roy, DFC (2 December 1898 - 22 July 1918) was the first Indian flying ace. He served in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force. Read more

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Tadeá Hájek z Hájku (1 December 1525 - 1 September 1600, both in Prague), also known as Tadeá Hájek of Hájek, Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek or Thaddeus Nemicus, was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II and a Bohemian astronomer. The lunar crater Hagecius and the asteroid 1995 Ha...

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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 - 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name , was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists, and was a successful organiser of scientific inquiry. Read more

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Stephen A. Benton (1941-2003) was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and the inventor of the rainbow hologram and a pioneer in medical imaging and fine arts holography. Read more

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Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (December 1, 1792 - February 24, 1856 (N.S.); November 20, 1792 - February 12, 1856 (O.S.)) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, renowned primarily for his pioneering works on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry. Read more

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Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (30 November 1756 - 3 April 1827) was a German physicist and musician. His important works include research on vibrating plates and the calculation of the speed of sound for different gases. For this some call him the "Father of Acoustics". He also did pio...

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Nils Gustaf Dalén (30 November 1869 - 9 December 1937) was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. Read more

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Lorraine Kelly, OBE (born 30 November 1959, Gorbals, Glasgow) is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and actress, best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on Daybreak and Lorraine. Read more You wouldn't know it but I am very good at astronomy. My dad bought m...

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Benjamin (Benik) Jegischewitsch Markarjan (born 29 November 1913 in Shahumyan, Armenia; died 29 September 1985) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain (of galaxies) was named after him when he discovered that this string of galaxies moves with a common motion, in the mid 1970s. He is...

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Richard Ewen Borcherds (born 29 November 1959) is a British mathematician specialising in lattices, number theory, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998. Read more

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Christian Andreas Doppler (29 November 1803 - 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. Read more

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	Giuseppe Occhialini (1907 - 1993) (Preview) Giuseppe Paolo Stanislao "Beppo" Occhialini ForMemRS (December 5, 1907 in Fossombrone, Pesaro, Italy - December 30, 1993 in Paris) was an Italian physicist, who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay in 1947, with César Lattes and Cecil Frank Powell (Nobel Prize fo...	Blobrana	0	Dec 5 07:47 2012 by Blobrana
	Orest Khvolson (1852 - 1934) (Preview) Orest Danilovich Khvolson or Chwolson (November 22 (N.S. December 4), 1852, Saint Petersburg - May 11, 1934, Leningrad) was a Russian physicist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1920). He is most noted for being one of the first to study the gravitational lens effect. Read more...	Blobrana	0	Dec 4 07:50 2012 by Blobrana
	Roberta Bondar (Preview) Roberta Bondar OC O.Ont FRCP(C) FRSC (born December 4, 1945) is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the business, scientific, and medical communities. Read mor...	Blobrana	0	Dec 4 07:50 2012 by Blobrana
	Frank Press (Preview) Frank Press (born December 4, 1924) is an American geophysicist. Named in his honour are Mount Press, in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica; and Osedax frankpressi, a species of whalebone-eating marine worm. Read more	Blobrana	1	Dec 4 07:52 2012 by Blobrana
	Indra Lal Roy (1898 - 1918) (Preview) Indra Lal Roy, DFC (2 December 1898 - 22 July 1918) was the first Indian flying ace. He served in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 2 07:49 2012 by Blobrana
	Tadeá Hájek z Hájku (1525 - 1600) (Preview) Tadeá Hájek z Hájku (1 December 1525 - 1 September 1600, both in Prague), also known as Tadeá Hájek of Hájek, Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayek or Thaddeus Nemicus, was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II and a Bohemian astronomer. The lunar crater Hagecius and the asteroid 1995 Ha...	Blobrana	0	Dec 1 07:42 2012 by Blobrana
	Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580 - 1637) (Preview) Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1 December 1580 - 24 June 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name , was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists, and was a successful organiser of scientific inquiry. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 1 07:41 2012 by Blobrana
	Stephen A. Benton (1941-2003) (Preview) Stephen A. Benton (1941-2003) was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and the inventor of the rainbow hologram and a pioneer in medical imaging and fine arts holography. Read more	Blobrana	1	Dec 1 07:44 2012 by Blobrana
	Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792 - 1856) (Preview) Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (December 1, 1792 - February 24, 1856 (N.S.); November 20, 1792 - February 12, 1856 (O.S.)) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, renowned primarily for his pioneering works on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry. Read more	Blobrana	1	Dec 1 07:43 2012 by Blobrana
	Ernst Chladni (1756-1827) (Preview) Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (30 November 1756 - 3 April 1827) was a German physicist and musician. His important works include research on vibrating plates and the calculation of the speed of sound for different gases. For this some call him the "Father of Acoustics". He also did pio...	Blobrana	0	Nov 30 07:27 2012 by Blobrana
	Gustaf Dalén (1869 - 1937) (Preview) Nils Gustaf Dalén (30 November 1869 - 9 December 1937) was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. Read more	Blobrana	0	Nov 30 07:26 2012 by Blobrana
	Lorraine Kelly (Preview) Lorraine Kelly, OBE (born 30 November 1959, Gorbals, Glasgow) is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and actress, best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on Daybreak and Lorraine. Read more You wouldn't know it but I am very good at astronomy. My dad bought m...	Blobrana	0	Nov 30 07:25 2012 by Blobrana
	Benjamin Markarian (1913 - 1985) (Preview) Benjamin (Benik) Jegischewitsch Markarjan (born 29 November 1913 in Shahumyan, Armenia; died 29 September 1985) was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain (of galaxies) was named after him when he discovered that this string of galaxies moves with a common motion, in the mid 1970s. He is...	Blobrana	0	Nov 29 07:31 2012 by Blobrana
	Richard Ewen Borcherds (Preview) Richard Ewen Borcherds (born 29 November 1959) is a British mathematician specialising in lattices, number theory, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998. Read more	Blobrana	1	Nov 29 07:53 2012 by Blobrana
	Christian Andreas Doppler (1803 - 1853) (Preview) Christian Andreas Doppler (29 November 1803 - 17 March 1853) was an Austrian mathematician and physicist. Read more	Blobrana	1	Nov 29 07:45 2012 by Blobrana
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