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File:Carl von Linné.jpg|link=Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|Carl Linnaeus]] born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy. | |||
File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] born. He will introduce the strange attractor notion, and coin the term butterfly effect. | File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] born. He will introduce the strange attractor notion, and coin the term butterfly effect. | ||
John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1939: Miniaturized version of [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] converses with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] from within Fleming tube. | John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1939: Miniaturized version of [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] converses with [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] from within Fleming tube. | ||
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1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.
1917: Mathematician Edward Lorenz born. He will introduce the strange attractor notion, and coin the term butterfly effect.
1939: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming converses with Edward Lorenz from within Fleming tube.
1903: George P. Metesky dies. He terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices.
2008: Lorenz system diagram says it "owes everything to Papa Lorenz."