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File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1688: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] statistical analysis and games of chance to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1688: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] statistical analysis and games of chance to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1689: George Ent dies ... scientist in the seventeenth century who focused on the study of anatomy. He was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians. Ent is best known for his associations with William Harvey, particularly his ''Apologia pro circulatione sanguinis'', a defense of Harvey’s work. Pic. | |||
File:Nicolas Malebranche.jpg|link=Nicolas Malebranche (nonfiction)|1715: Priest and philosopher [[Nicolas Malebranche (nonfiction)|Nicolas Malebranche]] dies. He was instrumental in introducing and disseminating the work of [[René Descartes (nonfiction)|René Descartes]] and [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] in France. | File:Nicolas Malebranche.jpg|link=Nicolas Malebranche (nonfiction)|1715: Priest and philosopher [[Nicolas Malebranche (nonfiction)|Nicolas Malebranche]] dies. He was instrumental in introducing and disseminating the work of [[René Descartes (nonfiction)|René Descartes]] and [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] in France. | ||
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1687: Astronomer, lens-maker, and academic Geminiano Montanari dies. He made the observation that Algol in the constellation of Perseus varies in brightness.
1688: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Christiaan Huygens statistical analysis and games of chance to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1715: Priest and philosopher Nicolas Malebranche dies. He was instrumental in introducing and disseminating the work of René Descartes and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in France.
1772: Using the San Pietro scrying engine, astronomer Charles Messier previews his discovery of a "galactic whirlpool" with a temporal accuracy of "within a year".
1773: The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier.
1774: The Custodian prevents the Whirlpool Galaxy Gang from committing astronomical crimes against mathematical constants.
1890: Mathematician Georg Feigl born. He will work on the foundations of geometry and topology, studying fixed point theorems for n-dimensional manifolds. Feigl will be one of the initial authors of the Mathematisches Wörterbuch.
1989: Lorenz system develops self-awareness, experiences irrational fear of the number thirteen.