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[[File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|200px|thumb|1927: Pioneering jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] premiers his famous "[[Banks of the Sane]] | [[File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|200px|thumb|1927: Pioneering jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] premiers his famous "[[Banks of the Sane]]" riff at [[The Blue Code]] jazz club and software development cooperative in the Harlem district of New York City. A young [[Buddy Rich (nonfiction)|Buddy Rich]] is in the audience. The next night, Rich will audition for the Albert Einstein Band, astounding everyone by playing "Banks of the Sane" with what Einstein will later call "note-for-note-accuracy," yet with "fresh feeling, a true spontaneous genius."]] | ||
• ... that mathematician | • ... that mathematician '''[[Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|Jacques Hadamard]]''' (8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) contributed to number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations; and that Hadamard described the creative process as having four steps: Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification? | ||
• ... that | • ... that Arab members of [[Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (nonfiction)|OPEC]] cut production by 5% and instituted an oil embargo against Israel's allies: the United States, the Netherlands, Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portugal on October 17, 1973; and that Saudi Arabia only consented to the embargo after Nixon's promise of $2.2 billion in military aid to Israel? | ||
• ... that astronomers Wilhelm Fabry, Michael Maestlin and Helisaeus Roeslin were able to make observations of the supernova now known as '''[[Kepler's Supernova (nonfiction)|Kepler's Supernova]]''' on 9 October, but did not record the supernova; that the first recorded observation in Europe was by Lodovico delle Colombe in northern Italy on 9 October 1604; that '''[[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]]''' was only able to begin his observations on 17 October while working at the imperial court in Prague for Emperor Rudolf II; and that the supernova was subsequently named after him, even though he was not its first observer, as his observations tracked the object for an entire year? | |||
Latest revision as of 14:36, 17 October 2020
• ... that mathematician Jacques Hadamard (8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) contributed to number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations; and that Hadamard described the creative process as having four steps: Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification?
• ... that Arab members of OPEC cut production by 5% and instituted an oil embargo against Israel's allies: the United States, the Netherlands, Rhodesia, South Africa, and Portugal on October 17, 1973; and that Saudi Arabia only consented to the embargo after Nixon's promise of $2.2 billion in military aid to Israel?
• ... that astronomers Wilhelm Fabry, Michael Maestlin and Helisaeus Roeslin were able to make observations of the supernova now known as Kepler's Supernova on 9 October, but did not record the supernova; that the first recorded observation in Europe was by Lodovico delle Colombe in northern Italy on 9 October 1604; that Johannes Kepler was only able to begin his observations on 17 October while working at the imperial court in Prague for Emperor Rudolf II; and that the supernova was subsequently named after him, even though he was not its first observer, as his observations tracked the object for an entire year?