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[[File:Menger sponge.png|thumb|175px|link=Menger sponge (nonfiction)|The [[Menger sponge (nonfiction)|Menger sponge]], a fractal curve which is a three-dimensional generalization of the one-dimensional Cantor set and two-dimensional Sierpinski carpet.]]
• ... that mathematician '''[[Karl Menger (nonfiction)|Karl Menger]]''' discovered the [[Menger sponge (nonfiction)|Menger sponge]], a three-dimensional version of [[Sierpinski carpet (nonfiction)|Sierpinski's carpet]], and that both the Menger sponge and Sierpinski's carpet are related to the [[Cantor set (nonfiction)|Cantor set]]?
• ... that mathematician '''[[Karl Menger (nonfiction)|Karl Menger]]''' discovered the Menger sponge (mistakenly known as Sierpinski's sponge), a three-dimensional version of Sierpinski's carpet, and that both the Menger sponge and Sierpinski's carpet are related to the Cantor set?<br>


• ... that nuclear physicist '''[[Val Logsdon Fitch (nonfiction)|Val Logsdon Fitch]]''' shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics with co-researcher James Cronin for a 1964 experiment which proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles, demolishing the faith that physicists had that natural laws were governed by symmetry?<br>
• ... that the film '''''[[Titanic Cabaret]]''''' is based on actual historical events?


• ... that theoretical physicist '''[[Satyendra Nath Bose (nonfiction)|Satyendra Nath Bose]]''' was a self-taught scholar and a polymath, and that he had a wide range of interests in varied fields including physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music?<br>
• ... that particle physicists [[Val Logsdon Fitch (nonfiction)|Val Fitch]] and [[James Cronin (nonfiction)|James Cronin]] discovered '''[[CP violation (nonfiction)|CP violation]]''' by demonstrating that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles, thus showing that particles are not indifferent to time?


• ... that '''[[Magia Naturalis (nonfiction)|Magia Naturalis Gnomonicum]]''' is a work of pre-Baconian science by polymath [[Giambattista della Porta (nonfiction)|Giambattista della Porta]], first published in Naples in 1558, and that its two-hundred and fifty-six books include observations upon optics, [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]], metallurgy, magnetism, [[jesticules]], medicines, poisons, cooking, perfumes, [[corinthium]], gunpowder, invisible writing, and [[cryptographic numina]]?
• ... that theoretical physicist '''[[Satyendra Nath Bose (nonfiction)|Satyendra Nath Bose]]''', best known for his pioneering work on Bose–Einstein condensates, was a self-taught scholar and polymath whose interests included biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music?
 
• ... that '''''[[Nostromo Nights]]''''' is the first ''Knives Out'' film set in outer space?

Latest revision as of 05:29, 4 February 2023

• ... that mathematician Karl Menger discovered the Menger sponge, a three-dimensional version of Sierpinski's carpet, and that both the Menger sponge and Sierpinski's carpet are related to the Cantor set?

• ... that the film Titanic Cabaret is based on actual historical events?

• ... that particle physicists Val Fitch and James Cronin discovered CP violation by demonstrating that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles, thus showing that particles are not indifferent to time?

• ... that theoretical physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, best known for his pioneering work on Bose–Einstein condensates, was a self-taught scholar and polymath whose interests included biology, mineralogy, philosophy, arts, literature, and music?

• ... that Nostromo Nights is the first Knives Out film set in outer space?

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