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[[19th Century|1899]] - Robert Goddard finds inspiration while trimming the dead branches from the top of a cherry tree; 27 years later, his dreams are realized when he builds and launches the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.<br />
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[[19th Century|1856]] – Biologist Edmund Beecher Wilson is born, noted for being the first scientist to publish photographs illustrating how a cell divides. <br>
[[1910]] - Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, who was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his studies on the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars.<br />
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[[1900]] – Max Planck discovers [[wikipedia: Planck's law|Planck's law of black-body radiation]].
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:* A black-body is an idealized object which absorbs and emits all [[radiation]] frequencies.
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[[1910]] Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born [[astrophysics|astrophysicist]], who was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his studies on the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars. <br>
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 31 August 2023

1856 – Biologist Edmund Beecher Wilson is born, noted for being the first scientist to publish photographs illustrating how a cell divides.
1900 – Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.

  • A black-body is an idealized object which absorbs and emits all radiation frequencies.

1910 – Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, who was awarded the Nobel prize in physics for his studies on the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars.