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Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction).

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• Diary (May 11, 2020)

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

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  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.

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  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".

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  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.

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  1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.

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  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.

Permalink: June 26

COVID-19: Prophylactic mashup

Concept art for "Superprophylacticmeasuresuntilvaccinedoses".

Superprophylacticmeasuresuntilvaccinedoses!

Even though the Social Distance and what it Imposes

If we do this well enough we'll flatten the Prognosis

Superprophylacticmeasuresuntilvaccinedoses!

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