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• ... that acclaimed chemist '''[[Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|Glenn T. Seaborg]]''' developed the extraction process used by the [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]] to isolate the plutonium fuel for the second atomic bomb; that Seaborg e advised ten US Presidents — from Harry S. Truman to Bill Clinton — on nuclear policy, and was Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971, where he pushed for commercial nuclear energy and the peaceful applications of nuclear science; and that throughout his career, Seaborg worked for arms control, being a signatory to the [[Franck Report (nonfiction)|Franck Report]] and contributing to the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty? | |||
• ... that mathematician and academic '''[[Giuseppe Peano (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Peano]]''' was a founder of mathematical logic, to which Peano made key contributions to the rigorous and systematic treatment of the method of mathematical induction, and [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]], to which he contributed much notation, and that the standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named the Peano axioms in his honor? | • ... that mathematician and academic '''[[Giuseppe Peano (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Peano]]''' was a founder of mathematical logic, to which Peano made key contributions to the rigorous and systematic treatment of the method of mathematical induction, and [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]], to which he contributed much notation, and that the standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named the Peano axioms in his honor? | ||
• ... physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor '''[[Karl Ferdinand Braun (nonfiction)|Karl Ferdinand Braun]]''' built the first cathode-ray tube and cathode ray tube oscilloscope in 1897? | • ... physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor '''[[Karl Ferdinand Braun (nonfiction)|Karl Ferdinand Braun]]''' built the first cathode-ray tube and cathode ray tube oscilloscope in 1897? | ||
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• ... that acclaimed chemist Glenn T. Seaborg developed the extraction process used by the Manhattan Project to isolate the plutonium fuel for the second atomic bomb; that Seaborg e advised ten US Presidents — from Harry S. Truman to Bill Clinton — on nuclear policy, and was Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971, where he pushed for commercial nuclear energy and the peaceful applications of nuclear science; and that throughout his career, Seaborg worked for arms control, being a signatory to the Franck Report and contributing to the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty?
• ... that mathematician and academic Giuseppe Peano was a founder of mathematical logic, to which Peano made key contributions to the rigorous and systematic treatment of the method of mathematical induction, and set theory, to which he contributed much notation, and that the standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named the Peano axioms in his honor?
• ... physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor Karl Ferdinand Braun built the first cathode-ray tube and cathode ray tube oscilloscope in 1897?