1. strangerfruit
  2. Today in Science

Today in Science

By jlynch on February 26, 2007.

February 26th

1638 - Death of Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician

1786 - Birth of François Arago, French mathematician

1799 - Birth of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist

1814 - Birth of Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist

1935 - Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration near Daventry which led directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.

1852 - Birth of John Harvey Kellogg,American surgeon, advocate of dietary reform

1857 - Birth of Émile Coué, French psychologist

1903 - Birth of Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1931 - Death of Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1946 - Birth of Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1991 - Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser.

Tags
History and Philosophy (often of Science)

More like this

Today in Science (1010)
Births 1731 - Henry Cavendish, British scientist 1780 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician 1930 - Yves Chauvin, French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate Deaths 1708 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer 1876 - Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist 1930 - Adolf Engler, German…
Today in Science
  Events 1969 - Mariner 7 is launched. Births 1712 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon 1817 - Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Swiss biologist 1845 - Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate 1847 - Otto Wallach, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1847 - Otto Wallach…
Today in Science
March 4th 1675 - John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England. 1774 - First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel. 1822 - Birth of Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician 1835 - Birth of John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist 1847 - Birth of Karl Bayer, Austrian…
Today in Science
February 28th 1704 - Birth of Louis Godin, French astronomer 1857 - Death of André Dumont, Belgian geologist 1878 - Birth of Pierre Fatou, French mathematician 1896 - Birth of Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, Nobel laureate 1901 - Birth of Linus Pauling, American chemist, Nobel laureate…