Anniversaries: science, art, ideas of the past
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A twine for remembering and commemorating important scientific, artistic, and other intellectual events of the past on their anniversaries, including annual anniversaries and especially rarer anniversaries like the (sesqui|bi|tri|semisept|quadri|quin|sex|sept|octo|nona)?centennials and other special times.
Birthdays of eminent scientists, authors, musicians, artists, etc are fine too.
Birthdays of eminent scientists, authors, musicians, artists, etc are fine too.
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A Plea to All Creatives: Stop Going to Work | Duffy Point of View | Fast CompanyA Plea to All Creatives: Stop Going to Work We are living in interesting times. Never before have we been so connected. Our ability to interact is nearly unlimited. Technology is a most formidable tool, the driver, a catalyst in the laboratory of life. Designers thrive on the information ...
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Halfway There: Happy birthday, CarlToday is the anniversary of the birth of Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1777. Although we claim him for the mathematicians, lots of people share in Gauss's legacy. He did pioneering work in celestial mechanics, geodesy, and physics as well as mathematics. Fortunately for many mathematicians (but ...
Calvin Smith
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Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare, Playwright, Poet and Actor“He was not for an age but for all time,” said Ben Jonson in the dedication to William Shakespeare’s 1623 First Folio. It may be the truest thing Jonson ever wrote: four and a half centuries after the Bard’s birth, his works continue to inspire us.
Calvin Smith
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Johann Sebastian BachHappy Birthday, Bach! Born March 21, 1685 by the Julian calendar, March 31, 1685 by the Gregorian calendar.
Calvin Smith
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Philosophy of Science Portal: Einstein...3.14...birthdayPhilosophy of Science Portal A venue for discussions of science and philosophy. Einstein...3.14...birthday Annus mirabilis-1905 March is a time of transition winter and spring commence their struggle between moments of ice and mud a robin appears heralding the inevitable life ...
Calvin Smith
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78Louis Pasteur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPasteur's birthday was yesterday (Dec. 27).Calvin Smith added 10 months ago
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