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• ... that polymath '''[[Roger Joseph Boscovich (nonfiction)|Roger Joseph Boscovich]]''''s contributions to astronomy included the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature, techniques for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position, and the discovery of the absence of atmosphere on the Moon?
 


• ... that although the spacecraft '''''[[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]]''''' ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?
• ... that although the spacecraft '''''[[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]]''''' ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?
• ... that musician, band leader, and alleged math criminal '''[[Skip Digits]]''' bears a "not coincidental" resemblance to Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter [[Don Browne (nonfiction)|Don Browne]]?


• ... that mathematician and physicist '''[[Nikolay Bogolyubov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Bogolyubov]]''' worked on the physics of superfluidity and superconductivity during late 1940s and 1950s, and that the BBGKY hierarchy of equations for s-particle distribution functions was written out and applied to the derivation of kinetic equations by [[Nikolay Bogolyubov (nonfiction)|Bogolyubov]] (published 1946), and that [[John Gamble Kirkwood (nonfiction)|John Gamble Kirkwood]], [[Max Born (nonfiction)|Max Born]], and [[Herbert S. Green (nonfiction)|Herbert S. Green]]?
• ... that mathematician and physicist '''[[Nikolay Bogolyubov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Bogolyubov]]''' worked on the physics of superfluidity and superconductivity during late 1940s and 1950s, and that the BBGKY hierarchy of equations for s-particle distribution functions was written out and applied to the derivation of kinetic equations by [[Nikolay Bogolyubov (nonfiction)|Bogolyubov]] (published 1946), and that [[John Gamble Kirkwood (nonfiction)|John Gamble Kirkwood]], [[Max Born (nonfiction)|Max Born]], and [[Herbert S. Green (nonfiction)|Herbert S. Green]]?


• ... that the mathematical constant '''[[Pi (nonfiction)|π]]''' is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?
• ... that the mathematical constant '''[[Pi (nonfiction)|π]]''' is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?

Revision as of 10:04, 8 February 2022


• ... that although the spacecraft Venera 1 ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?

• ... that mathematician and physicist Nikolay Bogolyubov worked on the physics of superfluidity and superconductivity during late 1940s and 1950s, and that the BBGKY hierarchy of equations for s-particle distribution functions was written out and applied to the derivation of kinetic equations by Bogolyubov (published 1946), and that John Gamble Kirkwood, Max Born, and Herbert S. Green?

• ... that the mathematical constant π is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?

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