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File:Sir Tony Hoare 2011.jpg|link=Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|1960: [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]] invents quicksort routine which reduces the effects of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Sir Tony Hoare 2011.jpg|link=Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|1960: [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]] invents quicksort routine which reduces the effects of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1964: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1964: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Palomares H-Bomb airships.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigibles| | File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1961: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to forecast [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966 Palomares B-52 crash]] with 99.5% certainty. | ||
File:Palomares H-Bomb airships.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigibles|1965: Flock of [[Carnivorous dirigibles]] gathers after [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|recovery of Palomares bomb]]. | |||
File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2009: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] stolen masterpiece ''Lebanon'' recovered using [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]]'s quicksort routine. | File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2009: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] stolen masterpiece ''Lebanon'' recovered using [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]]'s quicksort routine. | ||
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Revision as of 16:23, 17 December 2016
1601: Mathematician Robert Fludd uses Gnomon algorithm to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1960: Tony Hoare invents quicksort routine which reduces the effects of crimes against mathematical constants.
1964: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1961: Numbered cake algorithm used to forecast 1966 Palomares B-52 crash with 99.5% certainty.
1965: Flock of Carnivorous dirigibles gathers after recovery of Palomares bomb.
2009: John Hoyland's stolen masterpiece Lebanon recovered using Tony Hoare's quicksort routine.
