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2002 Stephen Jay Gould, "educator, writer", The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, dies at 60
1985 Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1980 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory/educator, dies at 84 1979 Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1976 Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity 1976 Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74 1966 Georges Lemaatre, originator of "big bang" theory, dies at 71 1965 Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies 1956 Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction 1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1948 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow 1945 Claude van de Berge, Rony MF Pauwels, Flemish writer, Graph Theory 1943 Howard Gardner, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, psychologist, invented theory of multiple intelligences, influenced by Jerome Bruner, Nelson Goodman, Jean Piaget, MacArthur Prize Fellowship, 1981 1941 Friedrich Angel, German mathematician (group theory), dies at 79 1931 Richard Rorty, born in New York City, philosopher, focused on philosophy of language, of mind, politics, literary theory 1927 John Downey, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, pianist, conductor, professor of composition and theory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, founder, director of the Wisconsin Contemporary Music Forum 1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools 1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution 1925 Warren G. Bennis, born in New York City, New York, scholar, author, Leadership Studies pioneer, studied group behavior at MIT, prompting interest in the then-nonexistent field of leadership, published 'Revisionist Theory of Leadership', 1961, stating that humanistic, democratic-style leaders can best manage change in the leadership environment 1922 Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity 1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity 1920 Thomas Gold, astronomer, proposed steady-state theory of universe 1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented 1915 Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity 1915 Fred Hoyle, cosmologist, proposed steady-state universe theory 1915 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory, Capitaine Bruno 1914 Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1912 Alan Turing, mathematician/pioneer in computer theory, Turing Machine 1911 Anatol Rapoport, Russian/US mathem/biologist, game theory 1908 Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light 1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity 1902 Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician, theory of dimension 1901 Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory 1891 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist, Theory of Money and Capital 1890 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory, Orfeo 1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, U.S. theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 1885 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, theory of relativity 1882 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player, openings theory 1879 Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory 1869 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher, Theory of the Dialects 1866 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies 1861 Friedrich Engel, German mathematician, group theory 1857 Thorstein Veblen, U.S., economist, Theory of the Leisure Class-1899 1854 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educator, Theory of Education 1849 Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist, Courageous Woman 1848 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher, Theory of Social Revolutions 1834 Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory 1832 Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31) 1831 James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist, electromagnetic theory 1818 Joachim H Campe, German theory/author, dies at 72 1815 Karl Weierstrass, Germany, mathematician, theory of functions 1811 Evariste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, Theory of G 1810 Theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory 1794 Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 50 1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist 1766 John Dalton, English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter 1719 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 1600 Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake 1540 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 1517 John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 1492 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory, humanist and reformer |
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