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File:Hans Hahn.jpg|link=Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|1934: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|Hans Hahn]] publishes new analysis of set theory which soons finds application in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
File:Vera Rubin.jpg|link=Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|1928: Astronomer and academic [[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]] born. She will discover the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. | File:Vera Rubin.jpg|link=Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|1928: Astronomer and academic [[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]] born. She will discover the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. |
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1829: William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
1885: The well-known illustration Interview with Wallace War-Heels is stolen by math criminals, who demand computational ransom.
1934: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hans Hahn publishes new analysis of set theory which soons finds application in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1928: Astronomer and academic Vera Rubin born. She will discover the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.
1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta uses Telstar to communicate with AESOP.
1962: Telstar relays the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
2017: AESOP re-broadcasts Walter Cronkite's 1962 trans-Atlantic television program.