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Jul 31, 2024 · Carl Sagan, American astronomer and science writer. A popular and influential figure in the United States, he was controversial in scientific, political, and religious circles for his views on extraterrestrial intelligence.
Aug 9, 2024 · How did he do in Paris? Tyler was the youngest competitor in the men’s 3m springboard competition, and still finished fourth. Almost immediately after the springboard semifinals he went up to tower to practice on the platform.
2 days ago · He lobbied for international control of nuclear power to avert nuclear proliferation and a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, and opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb, partly on ethical grounds.
Aug 13, 2024 · Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time for his contributions to number theory, geometry, probability theory, geodesy, planetary astronomy, the theory of functions, and potential theory (including electromagnetism).
- Gauss is generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time for his contributions to number theory, geometry, probability theory,...
- Gauss was the only child of poor parents. He was a calculating prodigy with a gift for languages. His teachers and his devoted mother recommended h...
- Gauss won the Copley Medal, the most prestigious scientific award in the United Kingdom, given annually by the Royal Society of London, in 1838 “fo...
- Gauss wrote the first systematic textbook on algebraic number theory and rediscovered the asteroid Ceres. He published works on number theory, the...
2 days ago · Carl Gustav Jung ( / jʊŋ / YUUNG; [ 1][ 2] German: [kaʁl ˈjʊŋ]; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology.
3 days ago · Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer ( / ˈdɑːmər /; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, [ 4] was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen males between 1978 and 1991. [ 5]
Aug 5, 2024 · Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist who was the first to make a systematic study of the acquisition of understanding in children. He is thought by many to have been the major figure in 20th-century developmental psychology. Learn more about his career and his theory concerning child development.
