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Revision as of 11:38, 9 July 2017
Fiction is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones.
On This Day in History: June 26
1274: Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi dies. Tusi was a mathematician, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian; he established trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right.
1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".
1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.
1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.
Dramatis Personae
GNOMON CHRONICLES
Culvert Origenes and The Governess
2017: The Custodian 2
Skip Digits, Conductor
The Safe-Cracker
Albert Einstein and Alice Beta develop new technology for predicting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants
Havelock and Nikola Tesla conduct research into electrical field modulation and data transmission
Baron Zersetzung and The Eel fight in a gambling den
The Eel and Radium Jane engage in epic arm-wrestling match to determine outcome of wager
For DC comics:
Rafael Volante (original character for the DC Comics universe)
See also:
Those parts of Fiction which are copyrightable are copyright by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Where not copyrightable, I have made some effort to say why, and give credit where credit is due.