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||1822: Claude Louis Berthollet born ... chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804. He is known for his scientific contributions to theory of chemical equilibria via the mechanism of reverse chemical reactions, and for his contribution to modern chemical nomenclature. Pic. | ||1822: Claude Louis Berthollet born ... chemist who became vice president of the French Senate in 1804. He is known for his scientific contributions to theory of chemical equilibria via the mechanism of reverse chemical reactions, and for his contribution to modern chemical nomenclature. Pic. | ||
File:Alfred Clebsch.jpg|link=Alfred Clebsch (nonfiction)|1872: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alfred Clebsch (nonfiction)|Alfred Clebsch]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use algebraic geometry and invariant theory to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
||1835: Cesare Lombroso born ... criminologist and physician, founded the Italian school of criminology. Using concepts drawn from physiognomy, degeneration theory, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone "born criminal" could be identified by physical (congenital) defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage or atavistic. Pic. | ||1835: Cesare Lombroso born ... criminologist and physician, founded the Italian school of criminology. Using concepts drawn from physiognomy, degeneration theory, psychiatry and Social Darwinism, Lombroso's theory of anthropological criminology essentially stated that criminality was inherited, and that someone "born criminal" could be identified by physical (congenital) defects, which confirmed a criminal as savage or atavistic. Pic. | ||
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File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted. | File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted. | ||
File:Euglena Junction.jpg|link=Euglena Junction|1976: An episode of ''[[Euglena Junction]]'' shocks viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe dies on camera after eating too many rotifers. | |||
||1979: Alexander Weinstein dies ... mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic. | ||1979: Alexander Weinstein dies ... mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic. | ||
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|File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Janet Beta]]. | |File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Janet Beta]]. | ||
File:Ursa Nano.jpg|link=Ursa Nano (nonfiction)|2017: Signed first edition of ''[[Ursa Nano (nonfiction)|Ursa Nano]]'' sells for undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against light]]. The buyer is reported to be "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist living in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]." | |||
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1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies. Morin championed the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin also opposed Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.
1872: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Clebsch publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use algebraic geometry and invariant theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.
1976: An episode of Euglena Junction shocks viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe dies on camera after eating too many rotifers.
2017: Signed first edition of Ursa Nano sells for undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against light. The buyer is reported to be "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist living in New Minneapolis, Canada."