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A nomogram (from Greek νόμος nomos, "law" and γραμμή grammē, "line"), also called a nomograph, alignment chart or abaque, is a graphical calculating device, a two-dimensional diagram designed to allow the approximate graphical computation of a mathematical function.
• ... that engineer and mathematician Philbert Maurice d'Ocagne invented the nomography, the graphic computation of algebraic equations on charts?
• ... that Dennis Paulson of Mars trained for his historic reality television show by reviewing data from the 2015 MAVEN probe concerning the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere due to solar storms — a loss of atmosphere to space which likely played a key role in Mars' gradual shift from its carbon dioxide-dominated atmosphere to the cold, arid planet seen today?
• ... that mathematician Shoshichi Kobayashi studied Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras?