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[[File:Deimos_-_Viking_1.jpg|link=|175px|thumb|'''[[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]]''' Orbiter image of the Martian satellite Deimos taken from 1400 km | [[File:Deimos_-_Viking_1.jpg|link=|175px|thumb|'''[[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]]''' Orbiter image of the Martian satellite Deimos taken from 1400 km. Deimos is about 14 km from top to bottom in this image. Date: 5 October 1977.]] | ||
• ... that the '''[[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]]''' spacecraft conducted biology experiments in search of life on [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]], and that the results were surprising and interesting? | |||
• ... that statesman and prelate '''[[Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|Paolo Sarpi]]''' (14 August 1552 – 15 January 1623) was also an experimental scientist, a proponent of the Copernican system, and a friend and patron of [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo Galilei]]? | |||
• ... that the '''[[House of Malevecchio]]''' is responsible for nearly all of the [[crimes against mathematical constants]] committed during the Renaissance? | |||
• ... that mathematician and philosopher '''[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]]''' (16 May 1718 – 9 January 1799) was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook, and the first woman appointed as a Mathematics Professor at a university? | |||
• ... that mathematician '''[[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]]''' (4 April 1809 – 6 October 1880) made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; and that Peirce famously stated: "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions"? | • ... that mathematician '''[[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]]''' (4 April 1809 – 6 October 1880) made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; and that Peirce famously stated: "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions"? | ||
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• ... that the Viking 2 spacecraft conducted biology experiments in search of life on Mars, and that the results were surprising and interesting?
• ... that statesman and prelate Paolo Sarpi (14 August 1552 – 15 January 1623) was also an experimental scientist, a proponent of the Copernican system, and a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei?
• ... that the House of Malevecchio is responsible for nearly all of the crimes against mathematical constants committed during the Renaissance?
• ... that mathematician and philosopher Maria Gaetana Agnesi (16 May 1718 – 9 January 1799) was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook, and the first woman appointed as a Mathematics Professor at a university?
• ... that mathematician Benjamin Peirce (4 April 1809 – 6 October 1880) made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; and that Peirce famously stated: "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions"?