Anniversaries

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February 10, 1959 - Death of Arturo Duperier, Spanish scientist noted for his study of cosmic radiation

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Feb

February 11 - International Day of Women and Girls in Science

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Feb

February 11, 1847 – Birth of Thomas Alva Edison, a prolific inventor with 1,093 patents who was able to modify the customs and habits of his time

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Feb

February 11, 1898 – Birth of Leó Szilárd, the man with great ideas on nuclear physics, engineering and molecular biology

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Feb

February 14, 1961 - Lawrencium is discovered

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Feb

February 15, 1988 - Death of Richard Feynman, a unique genius

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Feb

February 15, 1901 - Birth of Manuel Gutiérrez-Cortines

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February 18, 1913 - Frederick Soddy introduces the term isotope

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February 20, 1902 – Birth of Katharine Way, known for her great contribution to nuclear physics and the construction of the Chicago Pile-1 reactor

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February 20, 1907 - Death of Henri Moissan, Nobel Prize in Chemistry for isolating fluorine

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February 22, 1923, Einstein's first visit to Spain

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February 22, 1902 - Fritz Strassmann is born

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