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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 - May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique. She was the second American woman t...

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Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846-February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873-76). [url=htt...

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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (Arnhem, 18 July 1853 - Haarlem, 4 February 1928) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He also derived the transformation equations subsequently used by Alber...

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Monsignor Georges Henri Joseph Edouard Lemaître (17 July 1894 - 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven. He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble. [url=h...

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Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov (b. July 17, 1929 in Moscow, Russia, USSR) is professor at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia. Read more

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Giuseppe Piazzi (July 16, 1746 - July 22, 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer. He was born in Ponte in Valtellina, and died in Naples. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo - Giuseppe S. Vaiana. R...

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Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 - December 9, 2005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical. Read more

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Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American physicist who, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988 for their joint research on neutrinos. He is Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illin...

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Bertram Neville Brockhouse, CC FRSC (July 15, 1918 - October 13, 2003) was a Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1994, shared with Clifford Shull) "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter&...

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Albert Ghiorso (July 15, 1915 - December 26, 2010) was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table. His research career spanned five decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s. Read more

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Robert Franklyn Overmyer (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot, Colonel in the United States Marine Corps and NASA astronaut. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered Westlake, Ohio his hometown. Read more

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John Dee (13 July 1527-1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo...

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NASA Astronaut Mark Polansky Leaves Agency NASA astronaut Mark Polansky has left the agency. His last day with NASA was June 30. Polansky is a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He flew as a pilot on the STS-98 mission in 2001 and served as commander for STS-116 in 2006 and STS-127 in 2009. Polans...

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Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (July 12, 1913 - May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 together with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum". Lamb and Kusch were able to precisely determine certain e...

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Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (July 12, 1863 -July 5, 1906) was a German physicist specialisng in optics. He wrote a fundamental textbook integrating optics with Maxwell's theories of electromagnetism. Read more

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	Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921 - 2011) (Preview) Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 - May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and Andrew Schally) for development of the radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique. She was the second American woman t...	Blobrana	0	Jul 19 05:45 2012 by Blobrana
	Edward Charles Pickering (Preview) Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846-February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873-76). [url=htt...	Blobrana	1	Jul 19 05:42 2012 by Blobrana
	Hendrik Lorentz (1853 - 1928) (Preview) Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (Arnhem, 18 July 1853 - Haarlem, 4 February 1928) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He also derived the transformation equations subsequently used by Alber...	Blobrana	0	Jul 18 05:36 2012 by Blobrana
	Georges Lemaître (1894 - 1966) (Preview) Monsignor Georges Henri Joseph Edouard Lemaître (17 July 1894 - 20 June 1966) was a Belgian priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Catholic University of Leuven. He was the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble. [url=h...	Blobrana	1	Jul 17 05:32 2012 by Blobrana
	Sergei K. Godunov (Preview) Sergei Konstantinovich Godunov (b. July 17, 1929 in Moscow, Russia, USSR) is professor at the Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jul 17 05:29 2012 by Blobrana
	Giuseppe Piazzi (1746 - 1826) (Preview) Giuseppe Piazzi (July 16, 1746 - July 22, 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer. He was born in Ponte in Valtellina, and died in Naples. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo - Giuseppe S. Vaiana. R...	Blobrana	1	Jul 16 05:49 2012 by Blobrana
	Robert Sheckley (1928 - 2005) (Preview) Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 - December 9, 2005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jul 16 05:48 2012 by Blobrana
	Leon M. Lederman (Preview) Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American physicist who, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988 for their joint research on neutrinos. He is Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illin...	Blobrana	0	Jul 15 05:45 2012 by Blobrana
	Bertram Brockhouse (1918 - 2003) (Preview) Bertram Neville Brockhouse, CC FRSC (July 15, 1918 - October 13, 2003) was a Canadian physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1994, shared with Clifford Shull) "for pioneering contributions to the development of neutron scattering techniques for studies of condensed matter&...	Blobrana	0	Jul 15 05:44 2012 by Blobrana
	Albert Ghiorso (1915 - 2010) (Preview) Albert Ghiorso (July 15, 1915 - December 26, 2010) was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table. His research career spanned five decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jul 15 05:43 2012 by Blobrana
	Robert F. Overmyer (1936 - 1996) (Preview) Robert Franklyn Overmyer (July 14, 1936 - March 22, 1996) was an American test pilot, Colonel in the United States Marine Corps and NASA astronaut. He was born in Lorain, Ohio, but considered Westlake, Ohio his hometown. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jul 14 06:10 2012 by Blobrana
	John Dee (1527-1608 or 1609) (Preview) John Dee (13 July 1527-1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo...	Blobrana	0	Jul 13 05:11 2012 by Blobrana
	Mark L. Polansky (Preview) NASA Astronaut Mark Polansky Leaves Agency NASA astronaut Mark Polansky has left the agency. His last day with NASA was June 30. Polansky is a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He flew as a pilot on the STS-98 mission in 2001 and served as commander for STS-116 in 2006 and STS-127 in 2009. Polans...	Blobrana	0	Jul 12 05:47 2012 by Blobrana
	Willis Lamb (1913 - 2008) (Preview) Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (July 12, 1913 - May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 together with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum". Lamb and Kusch were able to precisely determine certain e...	Blobrana	0	Jul 12 05:33 2012 by Blobrana
	Paul Drude (1863 - 1906) (Preview) Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (July 12, 1863 -July 5, 1906) was a German physicist specialisng in optics. He wrote a fundamental textbook integrating optics with Maxwell's theories of electromagnetism. Read more	Blobrana	0	Jul 12 05:32 2012 by Blobrana
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