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File:G.H. Hardy.jpg|link=G. H. Hardy (nonfiction)|1947: Mathematician and geneticist [[G. H. Hardy (nonfiction)|G. H. Hardy]] dies. He preferred his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied.
File:G.H. Hardy.jpg|link=G. H. Hardy (nonfiction)|1947: Mathematician and geneticist [[G. H. Hardy (nonfiction)|G. H. Hardy]] dies. He preferred his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied.
File:Claude Lévi-Strauss receiving Erasmus Prize (1973).jpg|link=Claude Lévi-Strauss (nonfiction)|1948: [[Claude Lévi-Strauss (nonfiction)|Claude Lévi-Strauss]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to demonstrate that the "savage" mind has the same structures as the "civilized" mind and that human characteristics are the same everywhere.
File:1969 draft lottery scatterplot.svg|link=Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|1969: The first [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|draft lottery]] in the United States is held since World War II.
File:1969 draft lottery scatterplot.svg|link=Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|1969: The first [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|draft lottery]] in the United States is held since World War II.
File:Heracles at Behistun.jpg|link=Heracles (nonfiction)|[[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]] joins military under [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|draft lottery]] system.
File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|1970: [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] from 1974 reprogrammed to simulate [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]].
File:Achilles Ajax dice.jpg|link=Dice (nonfiction)|Achilles and Ajax play [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] to determine who will attend the [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]].
File:Euclid's algorithm.svg|link=Algorithm (nonfiction)|Council of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithms]] honors the life and work of [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]].
File:Omar Khayyam.jpg|link=Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|[[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]], anticipates [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]].
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] results from work by polymath [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]].
File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|[["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] from 1974 reprogrammed to simulate [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]].
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  • 1947: Mathematician and geneticist G. H. Hardy dies. He preferred his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied.

    1947: Mathematician and geneticist G. H. Hardy dies. He preferred his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied.

  • 1948: Claude Lévi-Strauss uses Gnomon algorithm to demonstrate that the "savage" mind has the same structures as the "civilized" mind and that human characteristics are the same everywhere.

    1948: Claude Lévi-Strauss uses Gnomon algorithm to demonstrate that the "savage" mind has the same structures as the "civilized" mind and that human characteristics are the same everywhere.

  • 1969: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

    1969: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

  • 1970: "Hello World" computer program from 1974 reprogrammed to simulate Brownian ratchet.

    1970: "Hello World" computer program from 1974 reprogrammed to simulate Brownian ratchet.

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