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File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] dies. | File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] dies. | ||
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1928: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] study finds therapeutic potential of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1928: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] study finds therapeutic potential of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | ||
File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|military–industrial complex]]" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending. | |||
File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1969: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new type of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1969: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new type of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | ||
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|2018: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered. | File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|2018: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered. | ||
Revision as of 07:12, 17 December 2016
1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.
1928: Scrimshaw abuse study finds therapeutic potential of Brownian ratchet.
1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
1969: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new type of Brownian ratchet.
2018: New form of Brownian ratchet discovered.
2020: Jekyll, the "perfume for sociopaths", announces record profits.
