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File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1601: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] dies. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time. | File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1601: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] dies. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time. | ||
File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1655: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]] dies. He clashed with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge. | |||
File:Dalton Trumbo prison 1950.jpg|link=Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|[[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|Dalton Trumbo]] refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year. | File:Dalton Trumbo prison 1950.jpg|link=Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|[[Dalton Trumbo (nonfiction)|Dalton Trumbo]] refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year. | ||
File:The Joker circa 1940.jpg|link=The Joker (nonfiction)|[[The Joker (nonfiction)|The Joker]] imprisons, tortures famed physicist [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo Galilei]]. Church authorities say they are "powerless to intervene". | File:The Joker circa 1940.jpg|link=The Joker (nonfiction)|[[The Joker (nonfiction)|The Joker]] imprisons, tortures famed physicist [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo Galilei]]. Church authorities say they are "powerless to intervene". | ||
Revision as of 21:01, 7 January 2017
1601: Astronomer Tycho Brahe dies. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.
1655: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi dies. He clashed with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.
Dalton Trumbo refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year.
The Joker imprisons, tortures famed physicist Galileo Galilei. Church authorities say they are "powerless to intervene".
Galileo, imprisoned on trumped-up charges, uses nail to scratch the equation E pur si muove on dungeon wall, cuts his way to freedom.
Dark Side of the Moon "kept my spirits up during the ordeal", famed physicist Galileo Galilei heard to mutter while leaving the courtroom.
Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
Asclepius Myrmidon provides emergency medical services after Pi disaster.
Early techno-thriller fails Turing test, author invents High-energy literature techniques to improve readability.
Electric S'mores open for business in New Minneapolis.