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Fiction is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones.
On This Day in History: June 29
1818: Astronomer, academic, and Jesuit Angelo Secchi born. Secchi will be a pioneer of astronomical spectroscopy, and one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.
1868: Astronomer and journalist George Ellery Hale born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes.
1895: Biologist Thomas Henry Huxley dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
1896: Physicist Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky born. He will work with Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen on entangled wave functions and the EPR paradox.
2010: Chemist Marc Julia dies. Julia (along with his colleague Jean-Marc Paris) discovered the Julia olefination reaction in 1973.
Dramatis Personae
Albert Einstain and Alice beta conduct research in scrying engine technology.
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)
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