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Oggi, 2 novembre, nel 1815
Nasce George Boole (1815 - 1864), logico e matematico inglese, creatore dello strumento concettuale che sta alla base del funzionamento del calcolatore e che, in suo onore, va sotto il nome di algebra booleana.
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salvatorelasorella@mastodon.uno - 2 novembre 1815
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#retrocomputer #retrocomputing #retroinformatica
Salvatore Lasorella (@salvatorelasorella@mastodon.uno)
Allegato: 1 immagine 2 novembre 1815 #accaddeoggi Nasce George Boole (1815 - 1864), logico e matematico inglese, creatore dello strumento concettuale che sta alla base del funzionamento del calcolatore e che, in suo onore, va sotto il nome di algeb…Mastodon Uno Social - Italia
English civil servant and author E.R. Eddison died #OTD in 1945.
He is best known for The Worm Ouroboros (1922) and for the Zimiamvian Trilogy set in the imaginary world Zimiamvia. The Worm of Ouroboros shaped the landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. When The Lord of the Rings first appeared, the critics inevitably compared it to this landmark work. Tolkien himself frankly acknowledged its influence, with warm praise for its imaginative appeal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._R._Eddison
Happy #PiDay! Today (3.14) we celebrate the never-ending, irrational, and infinitely fascinating mathematical constant that helps us understand the world around us. Let's raise a slice of pie (or pi) to the beauty of numbers!
Why #pi matters: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/pi-day-why-pi-matters (words by @stevenstrogatz for #TheNewYorker)
Why Pi Matters
Steven Strogatz discusses the importance of pi, an irrational number that is integral to our understanding of circles, cycles, and the fundamental mathematics of the universe.Steven Strogatz (The New Yorker)
Ulysses by James Joyce is published.
Parts of it were 1st serialized in The Little Review, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach #OTD in 1922, Joyce's 40th birthday. Beach commissioned Darantiere in Dijon to print 1,000 numbered copies consisting of 100 signed copies on Dutch handmade paper, 150 numbered copies on vergé d’Arches paper, and 750 copies on handmade paper, plus an extra 20 unnumbered copies on mixed paper for libraries & press. @wikipedia
Happy 77th birthday to Patricia Lee Smith, influential part of punk rock worldwide, born on this day in 1946 in Chicago, Illinois.
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #pattismith #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Per usual, the Nobel Committee awarded a prize to some of her colleagues, but left her off.
Image: Atomic Heritage Foundation (photographer unknown)
#punk #punkrock #protopunk #loureed #thevelvetunderground #history #punkrockhistory #otd
