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Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802 - 1870)
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Heinrich Gustav Magnus (2 May 1802 - 4 April 1870) was a notable experimental scientist. His training was mostly in chemistry but his later research was mostly in physics. Read more
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Sumio Iijima
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Sumio Iijima (born May 2, 1939) is a Japanese physicist, often cited as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "discovery", Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled i...
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Manfred von Richthofen (1892 - 1918)
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 - 21 April 1918), also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war, being officially credited with 80 air combat...
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Johann Jakob Balmer (1825 - 1898)
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Johann Jakob Balmer (May 1, 1825 - March 12, 1898) was a Swiss mathematician and mathematical physicist. Despite being a mathematician, he is not remembered for any work in that field; rather, his major contribution (made at the age of sixty, in 1885) was an empirical formula for the visible spectra...
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Morris Kline (1908 - 1992)
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Morris Kline (May 1, 1908 - June 10, 1992) was a Professor of Mathematics, a writer on the history, philosophy, and teaching of mathematics, and also a populariser of mathematical subjects. Read more
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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 - 1855)
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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 - 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physical scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics...
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Jules Henri Poincaré (1854 - 1912)
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Jules Henri Poincaré (29 April 1854 - 17 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and a philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as The Last Universalist, since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his...
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Jean-Georges Noverre (1727 - 1810)
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Jean-Georges Noverre (29 April 1727 - 19 October 1810) was a French dancer and balletmaster, and is generally considered the creator of ballet d'action, a precursor of the narrative ballets of the 19th century. His birthday is now observed as International Dance Day. Read more Rocky Mountain Bal...
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Dale Ireland
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Dr. Dale Ireland, a longtime Silverdale dentist known for his amateur astronomy and weather photographs, died suddenly on Wednesday. Read more
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Professor Heinz Wolff
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Professor Heinz Wolff BSc. FIEE. FIBES FRCP (Hon) FRSA is a German-British scientist, and television and radio presenter who was born in 1928. He is popularly known for his television and radio work, including the TV series The Great Egg Race. Read more Ali G talks to Professor Heinz Wolff about Scie...
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Lee Sun-sin (1545 - 1598)
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Lee Sun-sin (April 28, 1545 - December 16, 1598) was a Korean naval commander, famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty. One of the most revered figures in Korean history, Lee is well-respected for his exemplary conduct on and off the battlefield no...
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Jan Oort (1900 - 1992)
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Jan Hendrik Oort FRS (Franeker, 28 April 1900 - Leiden, 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer. He was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. The Oort cloud of comets bears his name. Read more
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Kurt Gödel (1906 - 1978)
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Kurt Friedrich Gödel (April 28, 1906 - January 14, 1978) was an Austrian/American logician, mathematician, and philosopher. Later in his life he emigrated to the United States to escape the effects of World War II. One of the most significant logicians of all time, Gödel made an immense impact upon...
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Michael Fish MBE
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Michael Fish MBE (born 27 April 1944 in Eastbourne, East Sussex) is a semi-retired British weather forecaster, best known for his BBC Weather television presentations, although he was actually employed by the Met Office. Read more
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Astronomers
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I am just not a morning person. I'm an astronomer. Astronomers are supposed to stay up until the wee early morning hours and then crash into bed before the sun rises and sleep until noon. Right? Right. My husband likes to be in bed by nine and is frighteningly perky in the morning. Well, maybe this fall, h...
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