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||Karl Adolf Hessenberg (d. February 22, 1959) was a German mathematician and engineer. The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him. | ||Karl Adolf Hessenberg (d. February 22, 1959) was a German mathematician and engineer. The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him. | ||
File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1973: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] | File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1973: Entrepreneur and alleged supervillain [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] releases an orbital swarm of spy-satellites which will, over decades, seek out and reverse-engineer [[Corona (satellite) (nonfiction)|Corona reconnaissance satellites]], among other spacecraft. | ||
||Michael Polanyi, FRS (d. 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements. | ||Michael Polanyi, FRS (d. 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements. | ||
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File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1987: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] dies. He was a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement. | File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1987: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] dies. He was a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement. | ||
File:Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright.jpg|link=Mary Cartwright (nonfiction)|1988: Mathematician and | File:Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright.jpg|link=Mary Cartwright (nonfiction)|1988: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Mary Cartwright (nonfiction)|Mary Cartwright]] uses chaos theory principles to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1994 – Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. | ||1994 – Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. | ||
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||2002 – Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. | ||2002 – Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. | ||
File:Spiral Rings 2.jpg|link=Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of [[Spiral Rings 2 (nonfiction)|Spiral Rings 2]] unexpectedly reveals evidence that [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] spied on the [[Corona (satellite) (nonfiction)|Corona reconnaissance satellite program]]. | |||
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1632: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1633: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei calls the House of Malevecchio "a dynasty built on crimes against physics."
1817: Mathematician and academic Carl Wilhelm Borchardt born. He will contribute to arithmetic-geometric mean theory, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange.
1850: Mathematician, astronomer, physicist, and crime-fighter Carl Friedrich Gauss publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions with applications in crimes against mathematics, astronomy, and physics.
1933: Engineer and inventor Justin Capră born. He will design fuel-efficient cars, unconventional engines, aircraft, and jet backpacks.
1973: Entrepreneur and alleged supervillain Vandal Savage releases an orbital swarm of spy-satellites which will, over decades, seek out and reverse-engineer Corona reconnaissance satellites, among other spacecraft.
1987: Artist Andy Warhol dies. He was a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1988: Mathematician and crime-fighter Mary Cartwright uses chaos theory principles to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Spiral Rings 2 unexpectedly reveals evidence that Vandal Savage spied on the Corona reconnaissance satellite program.