1831 - James Clerk Maxwell born: electromagnetic theory (Maxwell's equations), thermodynamics (Maxwell relations), kinetic theory of gases (Maxwell velocity distribution). |
1893 - Edward A. Doisy born: research on sex hormones; isolated theelin (estrone) and vitamin K; Nobel Prize (Medicine), 1943. |
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