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File:Giuseppe Piazzi.jpg|link=Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|1766: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer [[Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Piazzi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to detect and counteract [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:Hans Christian Ørsted.jpg|link=Hans Christian Ørsted (nonfiction)|1851: Physicist and chemist [[Hans Christian Ørsted (nonfiction)|Hans Christian Ørsted]] dies. He discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism.
File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1815: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]] describes the first battery-operated clock in the ''Philosophical Magazine''.
File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' blamed for wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:Gerald Bull 1964.jpg|link=Gerald  Bull (nonfiction)|1928:  Engineer [[Gerald  Bull (nonfiction)|Gerald  Bull]] born. He will attempt to build artillery guns capable of launching satellites into orbit.
File:Hans Christian Ørsted.jpg|link=Hans Christian Ørsted (nonfiction)|1851: Physicist and chemist [[Hans Christian Ørsted (nonfiction)|Hans Christian Ørsted]] dies. Ørsted discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the first connection found between electricity and magnetism.
File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1929: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses abstract algebra and theoretical physics to predict and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:Jef Raskin holding Canon Cat model.png|link=Jef Raskin (nonfiction)|1943: Computer scientist [[Jef Raskin (nonfiction)|Jef Raskin]] born.  He will conceive and start the Macintosh project for Apple in the late 1970s.
File:Walter Kohn.jpg|link=Walter Kohn (nonfiction)|1923: Theoretical physicist, theoretical chemist, and Nobel laureate [[Walter Kohn (nonfiction)|Walter Kohn]] born. Kohn will develop density functional theory, which will make it possible to calculate quantum mechanical electronic structure by equations involving the electronic density.
 
File:Gerald Bull 1964.jpg|link=Gerald  Bull (nonfiction)|1928:  Engineer [[Gerald  Bull (nonfiction)|Gerald  Bull]] born. Bull will attempt to build artillery guns capable of launching satellites into orbit.
 
File:Jef Raskin holding Canon Cat model.png|link=Jef Raskin (nonfiction)|1943: Computer scientist [[Jef Raskin (nonfiction)|Jef Raskin]] born.  Raskin will conceive and start the Macintosh project for Apple in the late 1970s.
 
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