Today in Science (0702)

Births

1862 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate

1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist

1906 - Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate

1946 - Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate

Deaths

1621 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer

1843 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician

1926 - Ãmile Coué, French psychologist

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