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1726/27: Isaac Newton dies. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.
1970: Nightmares caused by The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters reveal new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

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 File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1726/27: [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] dies. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.
-File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1961: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] used for [[crimes against mathematical constants]], says [[John Brunner]].
+: Physician and physicist [[Julius Robert von Mayer]] dies. In 1842, Mayer described the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature. His achievements were overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat was attributed to James Joule in the following year.
 File:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|1970: Nightmares caused by ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' reveal new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
-File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1976: "Conspiracy theories of about [[crimes against mathematical constants]] have yet to prove their case."
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