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1882: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead uses scrying engine technology to forecast advances in process philosophy.
2016: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."
2016: Game theory program erases itself, unable to bear the death of Lloyd Shapley.

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-File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Heracles (nonfiction)|525 BC: [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]] defends himself after sneak attack by supervillain [[Gnotilus]].
 File:Alfred North Whitehead.jpg|link=Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and philosopher [[Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|Alfred North Whitehead]] uses [[scrying engine]] technology to forecast advances in process philosophy.
-File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1932: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]].
-File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1941: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] stolen by [[Gnotilus]]. A wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] follows.
 File:Lloyd Shapley (1980).jpg|link=Lloyd Shapley (nonfiction)|2016:  Mathematician and economist [[Lloyd Shapley (nonfiction)|Lloyd Shapley]] dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."
+File:Prisoner's dilemma matrix.svg|link=Game theory (nonfiction)|2016: [[Game theory (nonfiction)|Game theory program]] erases itself, unable to bear the death of [[Lloyd Shapley (nonfiction)|Lloyd Shapley]].
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