Oct 9 - Born this day

​Born today in history: Oct. 9 historical figures

By Matthew Schneider

Multiple Choice

What is the computerized scanning technology that produces images of internal body structures, especially those made up of soft tissues?

• Magnetic resonance imaging

• Nucleotide parsing

• Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats

• Golan-Globus reaction

Sir Peter Mansfield (1933-2017)

MRI machines move protons in your body around, then use a magnetic field to measure the signals they give off when they return to their original alignment.

MRI

Mansfield expanded on the development of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, which is a noninvasive way to see inside organic bodies.

English physicist

Multiple Choice

What do you call a performer who silently uses movements expressions to show you what they're experiencing emotionally and physically?

• Mime

• Actor

• Motion-capture

• Bergamot

Jacques Tati (1908-1982)

Of Tati's six feature films, Playtime is the best: it follows a group of visitors to Paris who have comedic experiences with modern life. It is also Dr. Schneider's favorite movie.

Playtime (1967)

Tati was an athlete and music-hall performer who use mime before becoming an actor and director of movies.

Mime

Information taken from Britannica.