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File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Heracles (nonfiction)|525 BC: [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]] defends himself after sneak attack by supervillain [[Gnotilus]].
 
File:Alfred North Whitehead.jpg|link=Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and philosopher [[Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|Alfred North Whitehead]] uses [[scrying engine]] technology to forecast advances in process philosophy.
File:Cover of Filosofia naturale by Alessandro Piccolomini.jpg|link=Alessandro Piccolomini (nonfiction)|1579: Humanist and philosopher [[Alessandro Piccolomini (nonfiction)|Alessandro Piccolomini]] dies. Piccolomini promoted vernacular translations of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises.
File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1932: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]].
 
File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1941: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] stolen by [[Gnotilus]]. A wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] follows.
File:Gustav Robert Kirchhoff.jpg|link=Gustav Kirchhoff (nonfiction)|1824: Physicist and academic [[Gustav Kirchhoff (nonfiction)|Gustav Kirchhoff]] born. He will contribute to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.
 
File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1898: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] dies. He developed an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.
 
File:Lloyd Shapley (1980).jpg|link=Lloyd Shapley (nonfiction)|2016: Mathematician and economist [[Lloyd Shapley (nonfiction)|Lloyd Shapley]] dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."
 
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  • 1579: Humanist and philosopher Alessandro Piccolomini dies. Piccolomini promoted vernacular translations of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises.

    1579: Humanist and philosopher Alessandro Piccolomini dies. Piccolomini promoted vernacular translations of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises.

  • 1824: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff born. He will contribute to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.

    1824: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff born. He will contribute to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.

  • 1898: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer dies. He developed an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

    1898: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer dies. He developed an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

  • 2016: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."

    2016: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."

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