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John Wallis (23 November 1616 - 28 October 1703) was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. He is also credited with introducing the symbol for infinity. Asteroid 31982 Johnwallis was named after him. Read more

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Thespis of Icaria (present-day Dionysos, Greece) (6th century BC), according to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, was the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as him or herself). In other sources, he is said to have...

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Lucio Russo (born 22 November 1944) is an Italian physicist, mathematician and historian of science. Born in Venice, he teaches at the Mathematics Department of the Science College in the University of Rome Tor Vergata. In the history of science, he has reconstructed some contributions of the Hel...

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S. Alan Stern (born 22 November 1957, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American planetary scientist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express. Read more

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Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris. Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which is the outer area of the solar system that he sp...

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Mikhail Leontyevich Mil (22 November 1909 - 31 January 1970) was a Soviet aerospace engineer. He was founder of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, which is responsible for many well-known Soviet helicopter models. Read more

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Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, OM, PRS (22 November 1917 - 30 May 2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning English physiologist and biophysicist. Read more

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Paul Oswald Ahnert (22 November 1897 - 27 February 1989) was a German astronomer. He first became famous in Germany for publishing the "Kalender für Sternenfreunde" from 1948 until 1988, an annual calendar of astronomical events. The asteroid 3181 Ahnert is named in his honour. Read mo...

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Dr. Guion Stewart "Guy" Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, NASA astronaut, and the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, Bluford was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983...

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Louis Eugène Félix Néel ForMemRS (22 November 1904 - 17 November 2000) was a French physicist born in Lyon. He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Read more

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Christopher Reuel Tolkien (born 21 November 1924) is the third and youngest son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), and is best known as the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. He drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings, which he signed C. J. R. T. The...

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Allan Rex Sandage (born June 18, 1926 in Iowa City, Iowa, died November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He is Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He is best known for determining the first reasonably accurate value for the Hubble constant and the ag...

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Voltaire English letters discovered by Oxford academic An Oxford academic has uncovered letters by Voltaire which reveal how much this icon of French writing profited financially and intellectually from a stay in England. They include a signed acceptance from the 18th Century writer for a £200 g...

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Sir William Timothy Gowers, FRS (born 20 November 1963) is a British mathematician. He is a Royal Society Research Professor at the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University, where he also holds the Rouse Ball chair, and is a Fellow of Trinity College. [ur...

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Willem Jacob van Stockum (November 20, 1910 - June 10, 1944) was a mathematician who made an important contribution to the early development of general relativity. Read more

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	John Wallis (1616 - 1703) (Preview) John Wallis (23 November 1616 - 28 October 1703) was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. He is also credited with introducing the symbol for infinity. Asteroid 31982 Johnwallis was named after him. Read more	Blobrana	1	Nov 23 07:19 2012 by Blobrana
	Thespis of Icaria (Preview) Thespis of Icaria (present-day Dionysos, Greece) (6th century BC), according to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, was the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as him or herself). In other sources, he is said to have...	Blobrana	1	Nov 23 07:00 2012 by Blobrana
	Lucio Russo (Preview) Lucio Russo (born 22 November 1944) is an Italian physicist, mathematician and historian of science. Born in Venice, he teaches at the Mathematics Department of the Science College in the University of Rome Tor Vergata. In the history of science, he has reconstructed some contributions of the Hel...	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 08:00 2012 by Blobrana
	Alan Stern (Preview) S. Alan Stern (born 22 November 1957, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American planetary scientist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express. Read more	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 07:58 2012 by Blobrana
	Chad Trujillo (Preview) Chadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is an astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris. Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which is the outer area of the solar system that he sp...	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 07:52 2012 by Blobrana
	Mikhail Mil (1909 - 1970) (Preview) Mikhail Leontyevich Mil (22 November 1909 - 31 January 1970) was a Soviet aerospace engineer. He was founder of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, which is responsible for many well-known Soviet helicopter models. Read more	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 07:51 2012 by Blobrana
	Andrew Huxley (1917 - 2012) (Preview) Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, OM, PRS (22 November 1917 - 30 May 2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning English physiologist and biophysicist. Read more	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 07:50 2012 by Blobrana
	Paul Oswald Ahnert (1897 - 1989) (Preview) Paul Oswald Ahnert (22 November 1897 - 27 February 1989) was a German astronomer. He first became famous in Germany for publishing the "Kalender für Sternenfreunde" from 1948 until 1988, an annual calendar of astronomical events. The asteroid 3181 Ahnert is named in his honour. Read mo...	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 07:49 2012 by Blobrana
	Guion Bluford (Preview) Dr. Guion Stewart "Guy" Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, NASA astronaut, and the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, Bluford was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983...	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 07:48 2012 by Blobrana
	Louis Eugène Félix Néel ForMemRS (1904 - 2000) (Preview) Louis Eugène Félix Néel ForMemRS (22 November 1904 - 17 November 2000) was a French physicist born in Lyon. He studied at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon and was accepted at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. Read more	Blobrana	1	Nov 22 07:56 2012 by Blobrana
	Christopher Tolkien (Preview) Christopher Reuel Tolkien (born 21 November 1924) is the third and youngest son of the author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), and is best known as the editor of much of his father's posthumously published work. He drew the original maps for his father's The Lord of the Rings, which he signed C. J. R. T. The...	Blobrana	0	Nov 21 07:37 2012 by Blobrana
	Allan Sandage (1926 - 2010) (Preview) Allan Rex Sandage (born June 18, 1926 in Iowa City, Iowa, died November 13, 2010) was an American astronomer. He is Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He is best known for determining the first reasonably accurate value for the Hubble constant and the ag...	Blobrana	4	Nov 21 10:45 2012 by Blobrana
	François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778) (Preview) Voltaire English letters discovered by Oxford academic An Oxford academic has uncovered letters by Voltaire which reveal how much this icon of French writing profited financially and intellectually from a stay in England. They include a signed acceptance from the 18th Century writer for a £200 g...	Blobrana	1	Nov 21 07:46 2012 by Blobrana
	Timothy Gowers (Preview) Sir William Timothy Gowers, FRS (born 20 November 1963) is a British mathematician. He is a Royal Society Research Professor at the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge University, where he also holds the Rouse Ball chair, and is a Fellow of Trinity College. [ur...	Blobrana	0	Nov 20 08:23 2012 by Blobrana
	Willem Jacob van Stockum (1910 - 1944) (Preview) Willem Jacob van Stockum (November 20, 1910 - June 10, 1944) was a mathematician who made an important contribution to the early development of general relativity. Read more	Blobrana	0	Nov 20 08:22 2012 by Blobrana
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