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[[File:Archimedes method of exhaustion compute area inside circle.svg|thumb|175px|link=Mathematical analysis (nonfiction)|[[Archimedes (nonfiction)|Archimedes]] used the method of exhaustion to compute the area inside a circle by finding the area of regular polygons with more and more sides. This was an early but informal example of a [[Limit (nonfiction)|limit]], one of the most basic concepts in mathematical analysis.]]• ... that '''[[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]]''' (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world’s first communications satellite, as well as the first successful use of the Atlas rocket as a launch vehicle?<br> | [[File:Archimedes method of exhaustion compute area inside circle.svg|thumb|175px|link=Mathematical analysis (nonfiction)|[[Archimedes (nonfiction)|Archimedes]] used the method of exhaustion to compute the area inside a circle by finding the area of regular polygons with more and more sides. This was an early but informal example of a [[Limit (nonfiction)|limit]], one of the most basic concepts in [[Mathematical analysis (nonfiction)|mathematical analysis]].]] | ||
• ... that '''[[Mathematical analysis (nonfiction)|mathematical analysis]]''' (or simply analysis) is the branch of mathematics dealing with limits and related theories, and that analysis evolved from the use of calculus to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]?<br> | |||
• ... that '''[[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]]''' (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world’s first communications satellite, as well as the first successful use of the Atlas rocket as a launch vehicle?<br> | |||
• ... that electrical engineer '''[[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]]''' invented a harmonic telegraph which transmitted multiple tones simultaneously, and that each tone was controlled by a separate telegraph key?<br> | • ... that electrical engineer '''[[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]]''' invented a harmonic telegraph which transmitted multiple tones simultaneously, and that each tone was controlled by a separate telegraph key?<br> | ||
• ... that physicist '''[[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]]''' discovered the photoelastic effect while studying double refraction by compression, inaugurating the field of optical mineralogy? | • ... that physicist '''[[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]]''' discovered the photoelastic effect while studying double refraction by compression, inaugurating the field of optical mineralogy? | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 20 January 2020
• ... that mathematical analysis (or simply analysis) is the branch of mathematics dealing with limits and related theories, and that analysis evolved from the use of calculus to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants?
• ... that Project SCORE (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world’s first communications satellite, as well as the first successful use of the Atlas rocket as a launch vehicle?
• ... that electrical engineer Elisha Gray invented a harmonic telegraph which transmitted multiple tones simultaneously, and that each tone was controlled by a separate telegraph key?
• ... that physicist David Brewster discovered the photoelastic effect while studying double refraction by compression, inaugurating the field of optical mineralogy?