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File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1932: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]]. | File:Neon lighting Ne symbol.jpg|link=Neon lighting (nonfiction)|1932: [[Neon lighting (nonfiction)|Neon lighting]] says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting [[Electricity (nonfiction)|electricity]] into [[Light (nonfiction)|light]]. | ||
File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1941: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] stolen by [[Gnotilus]]. A wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] follows. | File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1941: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] stolen by [[Gnotilus]]. A wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] follows. | ||
File:Lloyd Shapley (1980).jpg|link=Lloyd Shapley (nonfiction)|2016: Mathematician and economist [[Lloyd Shapley (nonfiction)|Lloyd Shapley]] dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation." | |||
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Revision as of 19:54, 7 February 2017
1882: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead uses scrying engine technology to forecast advances in process philosophy.
1932: Neon lighting says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting electricity into light.
1941: Plutonium stolen by Gnotilus. A wave of crimes against mathematical constants follows.
2016: Mathematician and economist Lloyd Shapley dies. He defined game theory as "a mathematical study of conflict and cooperation."
