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August 8th
| 1620 | Laying of the cornerstone of Tycho Brahe's observatory on the island of Hveen.
More information about: Tycho Brahe |
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| 1853 | Josef Wronski died near Paris, France. Best known for the determinant now called the Wronskian, he was concerned primarily with foundations and philosophy of mathematics.
More information about: Josef-Maria Hoene de Wronski |
| 1900 | David Hilbert address: "We hear within us the perpetual call: There is a problem. Seek its solution. You can find it by pure reason, for in mathematics there is no 'ignorabimus'," said Hilbert, in his famous address, "Mathematical problems," to the second International Congress of Mathematicians at Paris.
More information about: David Hilbert |
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