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• ... that polymath '''[[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]]''' hated street music, and in particular the music of organ grinders, against whom he railed in various venues?<br> | • ... that polymath '''[[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]]''' hated street music, and in particular the music of organ grinders, against whom he railed in various venues?<br> | ||
• ... that engineer and crime-fighter '''[[Gustave Eiffel (nonfiction)|Gustave Eiffel]]''' developed a [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which prevents [[Shape theft]]?<br> | • ... that engineer and crime-fighter '''[[Gustave Eiffel (nonfiction)|Gustave Eiffel]]''' developed a [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which prevents [[Shape theft]]?<br> | ||
• ... that mathematician and physicist '''[[Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|Martin David Kruskal]]''' invented the Kruskal Count, a magical effect that has been known to perplex professional magicians because (as Kruskal liked to say) it was based not on sleight of hand but on a mathematical phenomenon? | • ... that mathematician and physicist '''[[Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|Martin David Kruskal]]''' invented the Kruskal Count, a magical effect that has been known to perplex professional magicians because (as Kruskal liked to say) it was based not on sleight of hand but on a mathematical phenomenon? | ||
Latest revision as of 14:29, 26 December 2021
• ... that polymath Charles Babbage hated street music, and in particular the music of organ grinders, against whom he railed in various venues?
• ... that engineer and crime-fighter Gustave Eiffel developed a Gnomon algorithm function which prevents Shape theft?
• ... that mathematician and physicist Martin David Kruskal invented the Kruskal Count, a magical effect that has been known to perplex professional magicians because (as Kruskal liked to say) it was based not on sleight of hand but on a mathematical phenomenon?