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Science on the 7th of December in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
07 Dec 1647 Giovanni Ceva	science	birth Giovanni Ceva Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician (died 1734)	0
07 Dec 1777 Albrecht von Haller	science	death Albrecht von Haller Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (born 1708)	0
07 Dec 1810 Theodor Schwann	science	birth Theodor Schwann Theodor Schwann (died 1882), physiologist.	0
07 Dec 1847 Robert Liston	science	death Robert Liston Robert Liston, Scottish-born surgeon (born 1794)	0
07 Dec 1866 Maude Delap	science	birth Maude Delap Maude Delap (died 1953), marine biologist	0
07 Dec 1888 John Boyd Dunlop	science	John Boyd Dunlop (technology) John Boyd Dunlop patents the pneumatic bicycle tyre.	0
07 Dec 1900 Max Planck	science	Max Planck (physics) Max Planck states his quantum hypothesis and law of black body radiation, marking the birth of quantum physics.	0
07 Dec 1905 Gerard Kuiper	science	birth Gerard Kuiper Gerard Kuiper (died 1973), astronomer	0
07 Dec 1923 Sir Frederick Treves	science	death Sir Frederick Treves Sir Frederick Treves (born 1853), surgeon.	0
07 Dec 1943 Nick Katz	science	birth Nick Katz Nick Katz, American mathematician.	0
07 Dec 1962 Atlas	science	Atlas (computer science) The Atlas supercomputer, the most powerful in the world at this date, is dedicated at the University of Manchester in England. It is the first system designed for multiprogramming, and will be in use for the next decade.	0
07 Dec 1972 Apollo 17	science	Apollo 17 (astronomy and space ) Apollo 17 launched and 'The Blue Marble' photograph of the Earth taken.	0
07 Dec 1973 Ohio State University Radio Observatory	science	Ohio State University Radio Observatory (astronomy and space ) The "Big Ear" at the Ohio State University Radio Observatory begins a full-time SETI radio survey, running continuously until 1995.	0
07 Dec 1987 Helen Porter	science	death Helen Porter Helen Porter (b. 1899), English plant physiologist.	0

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