Births
1544 - William Gilbert, English natural philosopher
1794 - William Whewell, English scientist, philosopher, and historian of science
1803 - Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist
Deaths
1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer
1734 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist
1843 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician
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Births
1765 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician
Welcome to day 2 of seriously frickin' weird cetacean skull week, and here we look at one of my favourites: Platanista, the Asian river dolphins or susus.
(This entry was from 12/22/05 thus the Xmas reference)