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30 Nov 1981
Russell McCormmach |
Russell McCormmach (history of science) Night Thoughts of a Classical Physicist is published by Russell McCormmach. McCormmach uses the novel to present a historiographic point meant to reinforce Thomas Kuhn's conception of a non-linear scientific development. |
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30 Nov 1981
Poincaré conjecture |
Poincaré conjecture (mathematics) Michael Freedman proves the Poincaré conjecture in dimensions equal to 4. |
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30 Nov 1981
Gerhard Frey |
Gerhard Frey (mathematics) Gerhard Frey draws attention to the property of the elliptic curve which becomes known as the Frey curve. |
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30 Nov 1981
Brazilian |
Brazilian (mathematics) Brazilian mathematician Celso Costa gives a mathematical description of Costa's minimal surface, the first embedded minimal surface discovered in more than a century. |
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30 Nov 1981
Working Formulation |
Working Formulation (medicine) Working Formulation adopted as a standard classification for non-Hodgkin lymphomas. |
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30 Nov 1981
Konrad Lorenz |
Konrad Lorenz (psychology) The Foundations of Ethology is published by Konrad Lorenz. |
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30 Nov 1981
Fields Prize in Mathematics |
Fields Prize in Mathematics (awards) Fields Prize in Mathematics: Alain Connes, William Thurston and Shing-Tung Yau |
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30 Nov 1981
Turing Award |
Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – Stephen Cook |