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Philip Warren Anderson (born December 13, 1923) is an American physicist and Nobel laureate. Anderson has made contributions to the theories of localisation, antiferromagnetism, symmetry breaking, high-temperature superconductivity and to the philosophy of science through his writings o...

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Hans-Joachim Marseille (13 December 1919 - 30 September 1942) was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II. He is noted for his aerial battles during the North African Campaign and his Bohemian lifestyle. One of the most successful fighter pilots, he was nicknamed the "Sta...

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Kristian Olaf Birkeland (13 December 1867 - 15 June 1917) was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fix...

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Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540 - 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He...

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Valter Giuliani (born 12 December 1960) is an Italian astronomer. Giuliani has discovered numerous asteroids, working from the l'Osservatorio astronomico di Sormano. Source

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Eugene Michael Chudnovsky (born 12 December 1948 in Leningrad) is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and a member of the doctoral faculty at the CUNY Graduate School. Chudnovsky is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (AP...

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James Challis FRS (12 December 1803 - 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor and director of the Cambridge Observatory, he investigated a wide range of physical phenomena though made few lasting contributions outside astronomy. He is best rememb...

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Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman, OBE (born 11 December 1960) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Score (for Emma in 1996). Read more...

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Johannes Stöffler (also Stöfler, Stoffler, Stoeffler) (10 December 1452 - 16 February 1531) was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments and professor at the University of Tübingen. The lunar crater "Stöfler" (with one f) was name...

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Walter Henry Zinn (December 10, 1906, Kitchener, Ontario - February 14, 2000, Clearwater, Florida) was a nuclear physicist at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. Read more

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Henry Way Kendall (December 9, 1926 - February 15, 1999) was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons...

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Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language....

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Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, (December 9, 1571 - September 6, 1635), was a Dutch geometer and astronomer. He was born in Alkmaar. The name Metius comes from the Dutch word meten ("measuring"), and therefore means something like "measurer" or "surveyor.&quo...

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The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, community is mourning the loss of longtime faculty member Devendra Lal, FRS, who died on December 1st at his San Diego home. He was 83. Read more

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Georges Méliès (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Two of his most well-known films are A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Imp...

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	Philip Warren Anderson (Preview) Philip Warren Anderson (born December 13, 1923) is an American physicist and Nobel laureate. Anderson has made contributions to the theories of localisation, antiferromagnetism, symmetry breaking, high-temperature superconductivity and to the philosophy of science through his writings o...	Blobrana	0	Dec 13 07:33 2012 by Blobrana
	Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919 - 1942) (Preview) Hans-Joachim Marseille (13 December 1919 - 30 September 1942) was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II. He is noted for his aerial battles during the North African Campaign and his Bohemian lifestyle. One of the most successful fighter pilots, he was nicknamed the "Sta...	Blobrana	0	Dec 13 07:32 2012 by Blobrana
	Kristian Birkeland (1867 - 1917) (Preview) Kristian Olaf Birkeland (13 December 1867 - 15 June 1917) was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fix...	Blobrana	0	Dec 13 07:31 2012 by Blobrana
	Sir Francis Drake (Preview) Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540 - 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He...	Blobrana	3	Dec 13 07:24 2012 by Blobrana
	Valter Giuliani (Preview) Valter Giuliani (born 12 December 1960) is an Italian astronomer. Giuliani has discovered numerous asteroids, working from the l'Osservatorio astronomico di Sormano. Source	Blobrana	0	Dec 12 07:44 2012 by Blobrana
	Eugene Michael Chudnovsky (Preview) Eugene Michael Chudnovsky (born 12 December 1948 in Leningrad) is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and a member of the doctoral faculty at the CUNY Graduate School. Chudnovsky is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (AP...	Blobrana	0	Dec 12 07:41 2012 by Blobrana
	James Challis (1803 - 1882) (Preview) James Challis FRS (12 December 1803 - 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor and director of the Cambridge Observatory, he investigated a wide range of physical phenomena though made few lasting contributions outside astronomy. He is best rememb...	Blobrana	1	Dec 12 07:43 2012 by Blobrana
	Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (Preview) Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman, OBE (born 11 December 1960) is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Score (for Emma in 1996). Read more...	Blobrana	1	Dec 11 07:30 2012 by Blobrana
	Johannes Stöffler (1452 - 1531) (Preview) Johannes Stöffler (also Stöfler, Stoffler, Stoeffler) (10 December 1452 - 16 February 1531) was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments and professor at the University of Tübingen. The lunar crater "Stöfler" (with one f) was name...	Blobrana	0	Dec 10 07:46 2012 by Blobrana
	Walter Henry Zinn (1906 - 2000) (Preview) Walter Henry Zinn (December 10, 1906, Kitchener, Ontario - February 14, 2000, Clearwater, Florida) was a nuclear physicist at the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory. Read more	Blobrana	1	Dec 10 07:50 2012 by Blobrana
	Henry Way Kendall (1926 - 1999) (Preview) Henry Way Kendall (December 9, 1926 - February 15, 1999) was an American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1990 jointly with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons...	Blobrana	1	Dec 9 08:00 2012 by Blobrana
	Grace Murray Hopper (1906 - 1992) (Preview) Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer. A pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language....	Blobrana	1	Dec 9 07:45 2012 by Blobrana
	Adriaan Adriaanszoon (1571 - 1635) (Preview) Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, (December 9, 1571 - September 6, 1635), was a Dutch geometer and astronomer. He was born in Alkmaar. The name Metius comes from the Dutch word meten ("measuring"), and therefore means something like "measurer" or "surveyor.&quo...	Blobrana	1	Dec 9 07:43 2012 by Blobrana
	Devendra Lal (1929 - 2012) (Preview) The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, community is mourning the loss of longtime faculty member Devendra Lal, FRS, who died on December 1st at his San Diego home. He was 83. Read more	Blobrana	0	Dec 8 08:24 2012 by Blobrana
	Georges Méliès (1861 - 1938) (Preview) Georges Méliès (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French illusionist and filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Two of his most well-known films are A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Imp...	Blobrana	0	Dec 8 07:46 2012 by Blobrana
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