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File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1961: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] used for [[crimes against mathematical constants]], says [[John Brunner]].
File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1726/27: [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] dies. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1976: "Conspiracy theories of about [[crimes against mathematical constants]] have yet to prove their case."
 
File:Julius Robert Mayer.jpg|link=Julius von Mayer (nonfiction)|1878: Physician and physicist [[Julius von Mayer (nonfiction)|Julius Robert von Mayer]] dies. In 1842, Mayer described the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature. His achievements were overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat was attributed to James Joule in the following year.
 
File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|1914: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] develops a new drum fill which anticipates his general theory of relativity.
 
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1915: Theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] publishes his general theory of relativity.
 
File:Charles Wright Mills.jpg|link=C. Wright Mills (nonfiction)|1962: Sociologist and author [[C. Wright Mills (nonfiction)|C. Wright Mills]] dies. He was published widely in popular and intellectual journals, advocating public and political engagement over disinterested observation.
 
File:Polykarp Kusch (1955).jpg|link=Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|1993: Physicist and academic [[Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|Polykarp Kusch]] dies. Kusch made a accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron is greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics; he was award the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for this accomplishment.
 
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