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By jlynch on February 11, 2007.

February 11th

1626 - Death of Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician

1650 - Death of René Descartes, French philosopher

1657 - Birth of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, French scientist

1839 - Birth of Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist

1847 - Birth of Thomas Alva Edison, American inventor

1868 - Death of Léon Foucault, French astronomer

1898 - Birth of Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-born physicist

1908 - Birth of Vivian Ernest Fuchs, English geologist

1923 - Death of Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician

1973 - Death of Hans D Jensen, German physicist and Nobel Prize Laureate

1976 - Death of Alexander Lippisch, German scientist

1978 - Death of James B Conant, American chemist

1991 - Death of Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate

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History and Philosophy (often of Science)

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I frequently follow 2 or 3 of the links, usually to remind myself of a dimly-remembered name or to find out a bit about an unfamiliar one.

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Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.

By Scott Belyea (not verified) on 11 Feb 2007 #permalink

Scott,

Thanks. I'm never sure if anyone looks at these or follows a link or two, but I keep on doing it nonetheless!

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