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• ... Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist '''[[Giordano Bruno (nonfiction)|Giordano Bruno]]''' proposed that the stars were just distant suns surrounded by their own exoplanets; and raised the possibility that these planets could even foster life of their own (a philosophical position known as cosmic pluralism); and that | • ... Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist '''[[Giordano Bruno (nonfiction)|Giordano Bruno]]''' proposed that the stars were just distant suns surrounded by their own exoplanets; and raised the possibility that these planets could even foster life of their own (a philosophical position known as cosmic pluralism); and that Bruno insisted that the universe is in fact infinite and could have no celestial body at its "center"? | ||
• ... that mathematician '''[[Abraham Fraenkel (nonfiction)|Abraham Fraenkel]]''' published two papers in the 1920s which sought to improve Ernst Zermelo's axiomatic system, and that the result is the Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms? | • ... that mathematician '''[[Abraham Fraenkel (nonfiction)|Abraham Fraenkel]]''' published two papers in the 1920s which sought to improve Ernst Zermelo's axiomatic system, and that the result is the Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms? | ||
• ... that '''''[[No Escape From Telephones]]''''' is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film about a police officer (Dick Tracy) who must bring a deranged computer (HAL 9000) to justice? | • ... that '''''[[No Escape From Telephones]]''''' is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film about a police officer (Dick Tracy) who must bring a deranged computer (HAL 9000) to justice? | ||
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• ... Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno proposed that the stars were just distant suns surrounded by their own exoplanets; and raised the possibility that these planets could even foster life of their own (a philosophical position known as cosmic pluralism); and that Bruno insisted that the universe is in fact infinite and could have no celestial body at its "center"?
• ... that mathematician Abraham Fraenkel published two papers in the 1920s which sought to improve Ernst Zermelo's axiomatic system, and that the result is the Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms?
• ... that No Escape From Telephones is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film about a police officer (Dick Tracy) who must bring a deranged computer (HAL 9000) to justice?