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[[File:Two_cubic_curves.png|thumb|175px|link=|Cramer's paradox, or the Cramer–Euler paradox, is the statement that the number of points of intersection of two higher-order curves in the plane can be greater than the number of arbitrary points that are usually needed to define one such curve. It is named after the Genevan mathematician '''[[Gabriel Cramer (nonfiction)|Gabriel Cramer]]'''.]]
• ... that astronomer '''[[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]]''' made a simple helioscope by focusing the image of the Sun through a telescope onto a plane surface, whereby an image of the Sun could be safely observed?
• ... that astronomer '''[[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]]''' made a simple helioscope by focusing the image of the Sun through a telescope onto a plane surface, whereby an image of the Sun could be safely observed?<br>
 
• ... that computer science pioneer '''[[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter Naur]]''' disliked the term "computer science", suggesting it be called "datalogy" or "data science"?<br>
• ... that computer science pioneer '''[[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter Naur]]''' disliked the term "computer science", suggesting it be called "datalogy" or "data science"?
 
• ... that artist '''[[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]''' has said that his drawings "fall into two categories: spirals and monsters"?
• ... that artist '''[[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]''' has said that his drawings "fall into two categories: spirals and monsters"?

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• ... that astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks made a simple helioscope by focusing the image of the Sun through a telescope onto a plane surface, whereby an image of the Sun could be safely observed?

• ... that computer science pioneer Peter Naur disliked the term "computer science", suggesting it be called "datalogy" or "data science"?

• ... that artist Karl Jones has said that his drawings "fall into two categories: spirals and monsters"?

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