Deist Calendar 2010 With Holidays

2010 Deist Calendar – Great Scientists through the Ages

Charles Darwin English naturalist most famous for his work Origin of Species. When later synthesized with genetics, this formed the basic understanding that natural

selection is the foundation of evolution.

Aristotle One of the greatest scientists and philosophers of

his age. Some elements of his classification of living things survived till the 19th century.

January 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

New Years Day

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ethan Allen’s

Birthday

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Benjamin Franklin’s

Birthday

Martin Luther King's Birthday

24/31 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gouverneur

Morris’ Birthday (31)

Thomas Paine’s

Birthday

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. ‐‐Aristotle


Gregor Mendel Augustinian priest and scientist. Leading researcher in the science of genetics, the importance of his pioneering work was not

recognized until after his death.

Euclid Euclid of Alexandria was one of the most

influential mathematicians in history, known as the Father of Geometry.

February 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

Groundhog Day

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Antony Flew’s Birthday

Lincoln’s Birthday

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Valentine’s Day Presidents Day

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Washington’s Birthday

28

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. ‐‐Euclid


Louis Pasteur French chemist and microbiologist. Best known

for recognizing causes and preventions for disease. His work led to the germ theory of

disease.

Archimedes Regarded as the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time.

March 2010

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6

Lord Herbert’s Birthday

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

St. Patrick’s Day

First Day of Spring

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

Eureka! ‐ I have found it! ‐‐Archimedes


Thomas A. Edison One of the most prolific inventors in history, Edison gave us the phonograph, the motion

picture camera and the first long-lasting light bulb.

Nicholas Copernicus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and

mathematician who proposed that the Earth orbited the Sun, not the other way around. He died before realizing the stir he would cause.

April 2010


1 2 3

April Fool’s Day

Good Friday

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Easter

Begin Daylight Savings Time

Thomas Hobbes’ Birthday

Francis Bacon’s Birthday

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Thomas

Jefferson’s Birthday

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Earth Day

25 26 27 28 29 30

David Hume’s Birthday

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. ‐‐Thomas A. Edison


Max Planck One of the most important scientists of the 20th

century, Planck is considered to be the founder of quantum theory.

Francis Bacon A leading figure in natural philosophy and

scientific methodology, Bacon established what we know as the scientific method.

May 2010


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Robespierre’s Birthday

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mothers Day

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29

Memorial Day(31)

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth

men's minds about to religion. ‐‐Francis Bacon


Marie Curie Physicist and chemist of Polish origin. Discovered two elements: polonium and radium. First person

to be awarded the Nobel Prize twice.

Galileo Galilei Perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Called the Father of Modern Science. Found guilty of

heresy by the Inquisition.

June 2010


1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Thomas Paine dies in

1809

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Flag Day

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Fathers Day

Summer Begins

27 28 29 30

Nevertheless, it moves. –Galileo Galilei


Albert Einstein One of the world's best-known scientists. A

theoretical physicist, famous for his specific and general theories of relativity.

Johannes Kepler Key figure in the scientific revolution of the 17th century. Mathematician and astronomer known

for his laws of planetary motion.

July 2010


1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independence

Day

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Parents Day

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring, to divulge

the hidden cause of things. ‐‐Johannes Keppler


Niels Bohr Danish physicist whose breakthrough discoveries

in atomic structure and quantum mechanics earned him the Nobel Prize.

René Descartes French philosopher, mathematician and physicist often called the Father of Modern Philosophy. He made groundbreaking discoveries in calculus and

optics.

August 2010


1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Elihu Palmer’s Birthday

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Matthew Tindal

Dies, 1733

22/29 23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28

Samuel Adams’

Birthday

When it is not in our power to follow

what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. ‐‐René Descartes


Enrico Fermi Italian physicist considered one of the leading

scientists of the 20th century. Awarded the Nobel Prize. Best known for his work in nuclear and

particle physics and quantum theory.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Known as the Father of Microbiology. He was the first to observe single-celled animals.

September 2010


1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Labor Day

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Bolingbroke’s Birthday

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 John Adams’

Birthday

26 27 28 29 30

There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.

‐–Enrico Fermi


Werner Heisenberg German physicist who made important

contributions to quantum theory. Best known for his uncertainty principle.

Sir Isaac Newton English physicist who developed theories of gravitation and laws of motion. One of the

greatest scientists of all time.

October 2010


1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Columbus Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24/31 25 26 27 28 29 30 Halloween

Samhain (31)

We build too many walls and not enough bridges. ‐‐Isaac Newton


Edwin Hubble American astronomer who proposed Hubble's

Law, thus establishing the notion of an expanding universe.

Karl Friedrich Gauss One of history's most influential mathematicians. His work in number theory shaped the field to the

current day.

November 2010


1 2 3 4 5 6

Election Day

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 End Daylight

Savings Time William

Hogarth’s Birthday

Veterans Day

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Voltaire’s Birthday

Thanksgiving

28 29 30

John Toland’s Birthday

God does arithmetic. ‐‐Karl Friedrich Gauss


Stephen Hawking World-renowned British physicist. Leading theorist in cosmology and quantum gravity,

especially the science of black holes.

Michael Faraday English chemist and physicist known for his work

in electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His work formed the foundation for electric motors.

December 2010


1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

First Day of Winter

Christmas

26 27 28 29 30 31

New Year’s Eve

The usual approach of science of constructing a

mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe

go to all the bother of existing? ‐‐Stephen Hawking


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