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File:Jost Bürgi.jpg|link=Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|1552: Clockmaker and mathematician [[Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|Jost Bürgi]] born. He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation. | File:Jost Bürgi.jpg|link=Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|1552: Clockmaker and mathematician [[Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|Jost Bürgi]] born. He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation. | ||
File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1691: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to rewrite existing manuscripts using satirical premises. | File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1691: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to rewrite existing manuscripts using satirical premises. | ||
||Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (28 February 1735 – 1 January 1796) was a French mathematician, musician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics. | |||
File:Linus Pauling.jpg|link=Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator [[Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|Linus Pauling]] born. | File:Linus Pauling.jpg|link=Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator [[Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|Linus Pauling]] born. | ||
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1919: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "exploit vulnerabilities in Leap Year algorithms." | File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1919: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "exploit vulnerabilities in Leap Year algorithms." | ||
File:Der Reichsspritzenmeister.jpg|link=Der Reichsspritzenmeister|1944: [[Der Reichsspritzenmeister]] develops new drug to stimulate [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Der Reichsspritzenmeister.jpg|link=Der Reichsspritzenmeister|1944: [[Der Reichsspritzenmeister]] develops new drug to stimulate [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1552: Clockmaker and mathematician Jost Bürgi born. He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
1691: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to rewrite existing manuscripts using satirical premises.
1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling born.
1919: New class of Crimes against mathematical constants "exploit vulnerabilities in Leap Year algorithms."
1944: Der Reichsspritzenmeister develops new drug to stimulate crimes against mathematical constants.