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* [[Diary (May | * [[Diary (May 25, 2020)|My online diary (May 25)]] | ||
* [[War Diaries (May | * [[War Diaries (May 25) (nonfiction)|War Diaries (May 25)]] - entries from wartime diaries and letters | ||
== Are You Sure ... == | == Are You Sure ... == |
Revision as of 16:11, 25 May 2020
Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction).
Diaries
- My online diary (May 25)
- War Diaries (May 25) - entries from wartime diaries and letters
Are You Sure ...
• ... that mathematician and crime-fighter Gerolamo Cardano discovered a previously unknown class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against Hypocycloids?
• ... that chemist and physicist James Dewar born. He will invent the vacuum flask, which he will use in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases?
• ... that mathematician and academic Paul Erdős firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity, and that Erdős lived an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians?
• ... that mathematician Vera Faddeeva pioneered the field of linear algebra, andt that her Computational Methods of Linear Algebra (1950) will be widely acclaimed?
On This Day in History and Fiction: September 20
1842: Chemist and physicist James Dewar born. He will invent the vacuum flask, which he will use in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.
1906: Mathematician Vera Faddeeva born. Faddeeva will pioneer the field of linear algebra; her Computational Methods of Linear Algebra (1950) will be widely acclaimed.
1977: A series of celestial events occurs, with sightings reported over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east. It is commonly known as the The Petrozavodsk phenomenon after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object which showered the city with numerous rays was widely reported. The nature of the phenomenon is disputed.
1996: Mathematician and academic Paul Erdős dies. Erdős firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.
Permalink: September 20
COVID-19: Prophylactic mashup
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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