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[[File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|200px|thumb|Pioneering jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] | [[File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|200px|thumb|1927: Pioneering jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] premiers his famous "[[Banks of the Sane]]'' riff at [[The Blue Code]] jazz club in Harlem. A young [[Buddy Rich (nonfiction)|Buddy Rich]] is in the audience; days later, Rich will audition for the Albert Einstein Band, astounding everyone by playing "Banks of the Sane" with what Einstein later called "note-for-note-accuracy," yet with "fresh feeling, a true spontaneous genius."]] | ||
• ... that mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer '''[[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]]''' (26 December 1791 –18 October 1871) was a pioneer of programmable computing? | • ... that mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer '''[[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]]''' (26 December 1791 –18 October 1871) was a pioneer of programmable computing? | ||
• ... that mathematician '''[[Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|Jacques Hadamard]]''' (8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) contributed to number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations; and that Hadamard described the creative process as having four steps: Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification? | • ... that mathematician '''[[Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|Jacques Hadamard]]''' (8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) contributed to number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations; and that Hadamard described the creative process as having four steps: Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification? | ||
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1927: Pioneering jazz drummer and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein premiers his famous "Banks of the Sane riff at The Blue Code jazz club in Harlem. A young Buddy Rich is in the audience; days later, Rich will audition for the Albert Einstein Band, astounding everyone by playing "Banks of the Sane" with what Einstein later called "note-for-note-accuracy," yet with "fresh feeling, a true spontaneous genius."
• ... that mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 –18 October 1871) was a pioneer of programmable computing?
• ... that mathematician Jacques Hadamard (8 December 1865 – 17 October 1963) contributed to number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations; and that Hadamard described the creative process as having four steps: Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification?