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[[File:Close Encounters of the Spud Kind.jpg|link=Close Encounters of the Spud Kind|thumb|'''''[[Close Encounters of the Spud Kind]]''''' (1977).]] | |||
• ... that physician and engineer '''[[John Mudge (nonfiction)|John Mudge]]''' was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering"? | • ... that physician and engineer '''[[John Mudge (nonfiction)|John Mudge]]''' was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering"? | ||
• ... that American captain and mathematician '''[[Nathaniel Bowditch (nonfiction)|Nathaniel Bowditch]]''' was a founder of modern maritime navigation; and that his book ''The New American Practical Navigator'', first published in 1802, was carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel for some time; and that updated versions continue to be published? | • ... that American captain and mathematician '''[[Nathaniel Bowditch (nonfiction)|Nathaniel Bowditch]]''' was a founder of modern maritime navigation; and that his book ''The New American Practical Navigator'', first published in 1802, was carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel for some time; and that updated versions continue to be published? | ||
• ... that '''''[[Close Encounters of the Spud Kind]]''''' is a 1977 supernatural geology film, written and directed by [REDACTED], starring [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED]; and that the film tells the story of [REDACTED], an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher? | |||
• ... that mathematician and academic '''[[Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|Paul Erdős]]''' firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity; and that Erdős lived an itinerant lifestyle for the explicit purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians? | |||
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• ... that physician and engineer John Mudge was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering"?
• ... that American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch was a founder of modern maritime navigation; and that his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel for some time; and that updated versions continue to be published?
• ... that Close Encounters of the Spud Kind is a 1977 supernatural geology film, written and directed by [REDACTED], starring [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED]; and that the film tells the story of [REDACTED], an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher?
• ... that mathematician and academic Paul Erdős firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity; and that Erdős lived an itinerant lifestyle for the explicit purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians?