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Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the Prussian City Scapes
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 – 1841) On March 13, 1781, Prussian architect, city planner, and painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel was born, who was one of the most prominent architects of Germany of the...
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Carsten Niebuhr and the Decipherment of Cuneiform
Carsten Niebuhr (1733 – 1815) On March 17, 1733, German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark, Carsten Niebuhr was born. He is best known for his role in the decipherment...
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Rudolf Diesel and his famous Engine
Rudolf Diesel (1858 – 1913) On March 18, 1858, German inventor and mechanical engineer Rudolf Diesel was born, who invented the eponymous Diesel engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate...
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The Adventures of Sir Richard Francis Burton in Africa
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 – 1819) On March 19, 1821, Sir Richard Francis Burton, British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist,...
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Frederick William Twort and the Bacteriophages
Frederick William Twort (1877-1950) On March 20, 1955, English bacteriologist Frederick William Twort passed away. Twort was the original discoverer in 1915 of bacteriophages, i.e. viruses that infect...
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Leo Fender and the Success of the Electric Guitar
Clapton with his favorite Fender Stratocaster “Blackie” performing in 1978 photo: Chris Hakkens, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons On March 21, 1991, American inventor “Clarence Leonidas “Leo”...
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Nathan Rosen – Wormholes and Time Travel
Nathan Rosen (1909-1995), photo: http://www.technion.ac.il/~peres/Rosen.jpg On March 22, 1909, US-American physicist Nathan Rosen was born. He is best known for his cooperation together with Albert...
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Emmy Noether and the Love for Mathematics
Emmy Noether (1882 – 1935) On April 23, 1882, German mathematician and physicist Emmy Noether was born, who is best known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical...
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Sidney Fox and his Research for the Origins of Life
Sidney Fox (1912-1998) On March 24, 1912, American biochemist Sidney W. Fox was born. In search for the origins of life, Fox explored the synthesis of amino acids from inorganic molecules, the...
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Melanie Klein and the Psychoanalysis of Children
Melanie Klein (1882 – 1960), photo by Douglas Glass, [CC BY 4.0] , via Wikimedia Commons On March 30, 1882, Austrian–British psychoanalyst Melanie Reizes Klein was born. Klein is known for her work...
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