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'''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. | '''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. | ||
== Day of the Day == | |||
Today is '''[[Abuse of notation (nonfiction)|National Abuse of Notation Day]]''' in the United States and [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | |||
== Are You Sure ... == | == Are You Sure ... == | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 7 April 2020
Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction).
Day of the Day
Today is National Abuse of Notation Day in the United States and New Minneapolis, Canada.
Are You Sure ...
... that physicist and educator Nikolay Basov made fundamental contributions to quantum electronics?
... that the American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude won a Grammy Award for their song "Straight Outta Pleistocene"?
On This Day in History and Fiction: July 1
1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.
1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
1881: The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.
2019: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."
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