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File:Hilbert_curve.gif|link=Hilbert Curve (nonfiction)|1927: [[Hilbert curve (nonfiction)|Hilbert curve]] gives lecture on [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Hilbert_curve.gif|link=Hilbert Curve (nonfiction)|1927: [[Hilbert curve (nonfiction)|Hilbert curve]] gives lecture on [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Klaus Fuchs.jpg|link=Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist [[Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs]] dies. He was convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War. | File:Klaus Fuchs.jpg|link=Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist [[Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs]] dies. He was convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War. | ||
File:Ranger 3-4-5 probe.jpg|link=Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|1962: [[Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|Ranger 3]] space probe misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). | |||
File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1964: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list. | File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1964: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list. | ||
File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|2002: Tokens harvested from [[Diagramaceous soil]] used to cure [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]] for the first time. | File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|2002: Tokens harvested from [[Diagramaceous soil]] used to cure [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]] for the first time. | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 22 January 2017
1540: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen born. He will spend a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.
1921: Scrimshaw abuse correlates with rise in crimes against mathematical constants.
1927: Hilbert curve gives lecture on crimes against mathematical constants.
1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs dies. He was convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.
1962: Ranger 3 space probe misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
1964: Brainiac Explains lecture series spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.
2002: Tokens harvested from Diagramaceous soil used to cure capacitor plague for the first time.
2003: George Plimpton publishes first in prize-winning series of articles on capacitor plague.
2009: New study links Evil bit release capacitor plague.