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Professor Matt Visser will be exploring some of the mysteries of the universe next year. The Victoria Professor from the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research was recently awarded one of four prestigious James Cook Research Fellowships providing funding of $110,000 a year f...

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General Sir Edward Sabine KCB FRS (14 October 1788 - 26 June 1883) was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer. Read more

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Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (Beuxelles, 14 October 1801 - Ghent, 15 September 1883) was a Belgian physicist. He was the first person to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. To do this he used counter rotating disks with repeating drawn images in small increments of motion on one and regu...

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Robert Simson (14 October 1687 - 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The pedal line of a triangle is sometimes called the "Simson line" after him. Read more

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Peter Barlow (13 October 1776 - 1 March 1862) was an English mathematician and physicist. Barlow made an important contribution to astronomy by inventing, in collaboration with optician George Dollond, the Barlow lens, an achromatic telescope lens in which two glass layers enclosed a colourles...

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John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932, in Ottawa, Kansas, USA) is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. Read more

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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (October 11, 1758 - March 2, 1840) was a German physician and astronomer. Read more

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Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS (11 October 1881 - 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars a...

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On September 30, 2011, Charles P. Sonett, second LPL director, first Planetary Sciences department head, and Regents' Professor of Planetary Sciences Emeritus, died from complications of Parkinson's disease. Charles "Chuck" Sonett was born January 15, 1924, in Pittsburgh, Penns...

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Lester Halbert Germer (October 10, 1896 - October 3, 1971) was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson-Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the electron microscope. Read more

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Max Theodor Felix von Laue (9 October 1879 - 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. Read more

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Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 8, 1913-August 17, 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer. Read more

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Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford (born October 13, 1952), is a former U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut. Read more

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Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Read more

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The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS (6 October 1732 - 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. Read more

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	Professor Matt Visser (Preview) Professor Matt Visser will be exploring some of the mysteries of the universe next year. The Victoria Professor from the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research was recently awarded one of four prestigious James Cook Research Fellowships providing funding of $110,000 a year f...	Blobrana	0	Oct 13 23:32 2011 by Blobrana
	Sir Edward Sabine (1788 - 1883) (Preview) General Sir Edward Sabine KCB FRS (14 October 1788 - 26 June 1883) was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 13 23:06 2011 by Blobrana
	Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (1801 - 1883) (Preview) Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (Beuxelles, 14 October 1801 - Ghent, 15 September 1883) was a Belgian physicist. He was the first person to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image. To do this he used counter rotating disks with repeating drawn images in small increments of motion on one and regu...	Blobrana	0	Oct 13 23:01 2011 by Blobrana
	Robert Simson (1687 - 1768) (Preview) Robert Simson (14 October 1687 - 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The pedal line of a triangle is sometimes called the "Simson line" after him. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 13 23:01 2011 by Blobrana
	Peter Barlow (1776 - 1862) (Preview) Peter Barlow (13 October 1776 - 1 March 1862) was an English mathematician and physicist. Barlow made an important contribution to astronomy by inventing, in collaboration with optician George Dollond, the Barlow lens, an achromatic telescope lens in which two glass layers enclosed a colourles...	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 23:00 2011 by Blobrana
	John Griggs Thompson (Preview) John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932, in Ottawa, Kansas, USA) is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 11 23:01 2011 by Blobrana
	Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (1758 - 1840) (Preview) Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (October 11, 1758 - March 2, 1840) was a German physician and astronomer. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 23:30 2011 by Blobrana
	Lewis Fry Richardson (1881 - 1953) (Preview) Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS (11 October 1881 - 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars a...	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 23:29 2011 by Blobrana
	Charles P. Sonett (1924-2011) (Preview) On September 30, 2011, Charles P. Sonett, second LPL director, first Planetary Sciences department head, and Regents' Professor of Planetary Sciences Emeritus, died from complications of Parkinson's disease. Charles "Chuck" Sonett was born January 15, 1924, in Pittsburgh, Penns...	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 14:35 2011 by Blobrana
	Lester Halbert Germer (1896 - 1971) (Preview) Lester Halbert Germer (October 10, 1896 - October 3, 1971) was an American physicist. With Clinton Davisson, he proved the wave-particle duality of matter in the Davisson-Germer experiment, which was important to the development of the electron microscope. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 9 23:57 2011 by Blobrana
	Max Theodor Felix von Laue (1879 - 1960) (Preview) Max Theodor Felix von Laue (9 October 1879 - 24 April 1960) was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 9 10:22 2011 by Blobrana
	Robert Rowe Gilruth (1913-2000) (Preview) Robert Rowe Gilruth (October 8, 1913-August 17, 2000) was an American aviation and space pioneer. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 7 23:21 2011 by Blobrana
	Michael R. Clifford (Preview) Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford (born October 13, 1952), is a former U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut. Read more	Blobrana	1	Oct 7 10:55 2011 by Blobrana
	Steven Paul Jobs (1955 - 2011) (Preview) Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Read more	Blobrana	1	Oct 7 01:34 2011 by Blobrana
	Nevil Maskelyne (1732 - 1811) (Preview) The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS (6 October 1732 - 9 February 1811) was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 5 23:02 2011 by Blobrana
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