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

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  • Star Trek Wars is a science fiction buddy comedy film about an angry moisture farmer (Luke Skywalker) and an excessively logical Starfleet officer (Spock of Vulcan) who must learn to work together.

    Star Trek Wars is a science fiction buddy comedy film about an angry moisture farmer (Luke Skywalker) and an excessively logical Starfleet officer (Spock of Vulcan) who must learn to work together.

  • "Tribbles for Ichneumon" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The plot involves the Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe. The Ichneumon requires human host or it will die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans.

    "Tribbles for Ichneumon" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The plot involves the Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe. The Ichneumon requires human host or it will die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans.

  • Spray bottles of colored water refers to a fragmentary scene from an otherwise lost Forbidden Episode of the television series Star Trek.

    Spray bottles of colored water refers to a fragmentary scene from an otherwise lost Forbidden Episode of the television series Star Trek.

Are You Sure ...

... that physicist and educator Nikolay Basov made fundamental contributions to quantum electronics?

... that the American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude won a Grammy Award for their song "Straight Outta Pleistocene"?

On This Day in History and Fiction: July 1

  • 1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.

    1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.

  • 1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.

    1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.

  • 1881: The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

    1881: The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

  • 2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

    2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

  • 2019: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."

    2019: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."

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