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• ... that astronomer, astrologer, cartographer, and mathematician '''[[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]]''' described the use of quadrants in surveying and astronomy, devised extremely accurate trigonometric tables, worked on the geometry of the sphere and applications of trigonometry (for which he invented calculating devices), and published on the theory of concave spherical mirrors?
• ... that mathematician '''[[Sofia Kovalevskaya (nonfiction)|Sofia Kovalevskaya]]'''' showed talent at a young age;  that physicist Nikolai Nikanorovich Tyrtov noted her unusual aptitude when she managed to understand his textbook by discovering for herself an approximate construction of trigonometric functions which she had not yet encountered in her studies; and that Tyrtov called her a "new Pascal" and suggested she be given a chance to pursue further studies?
 
• ... that

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• ... that mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya' showed talent at a young age; that physicist Nikolai Nikanorovich Tyrtov noted her unusual aptitude when she managed to understand his textbook by discovering for herself an approximate construction of trigonometric functions which she had not yet encountered in her studies; and that Tyrtov called her a "new Pascal" and suggested she be given a chance to pursue further studies?

• ... that

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