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Eddington, Sir Arthur (1882-1944)

I believe there are 15,747,724,136,275, 002,577,605,653,961, 181,555,468,044,717, 914,527,116,709,366, 231,425,076,185,631, 031,296 protons in the universe and the same number of electrons.

The Philosophy of Physical Science. Cambridge, 1939.

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March 15th

1570 Birthdate of the astronomer Andrea Argoli. From 1622 to 1627 he held a chair of mathematics in Rome, but lost it because of his enthusiasm for astrology.

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1868 Grace Chisholm Young born near London, England. After completing her doctorate in 1895 with Felix Klein, she embarked on a long career of joint mathematical research with her husband William Young, almost all of which was published in his name only.

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1897 James Joseph Sylvester died in London, England. Beginning in 1877, he initiated graduate research in mathematics in the United States at Johns Hopkins University.

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1955 John von Neumann sworn in as one of the first Atomic Energy Commissioners. In August he learned that he had bone cancer.

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