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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 ... == | ||
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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 computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes made numerous pioneering contributions to computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing?
... that Billionaire's Island is an alleged "uncharted island" where a select groups of billionaires have prepared refuges against The Event?
On This Day in History and Fiction: 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.
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