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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I find these posts to be well worthwhile ... thank you!
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.
My discovery today (in light of current events) was from Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle...
Scott,
Thanks. I'm never sure if anyone looks at these or follows a link or two, but I keep on doing it nonetheless!