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File:Paul Guldin.jpg|link=Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|1617: Astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|Paul Guldin]] uses the Guldinus theorem to track down and apprehend [[math criminals]].


||1789: French Revolution: Assignats were paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in France from 1789 to 1796, during the French Revolution, to address imminent bankruptcy. They were backed by the value of properties formerly held by the Catholic Church, which were confiscated, on the motion of Mirabeau, by the Assembly on 2 November 1789, and the crown lands, which had been taken over by the nation on 7 October. Pic.
||1789: French Revolution: Assignats were paper money issued by the Constituent Assembly in France from 1789 to 1796, during the French Revolution, to address imminent bankruptcy. They were backed by the value of properties formerly held by the Catholic Church, which were confiscated, on the motion of Mirabeau, by the Assembly on 2 November 1789, and the crown lands, which had been taken over by the nation on 7 October. Pic.
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||1885: Harlow Shapley born ... astronomer and academic. Pic.
||1885: Harlow Shapley born ... astronomer and academic. Pic.
File:George Chrystal.jpg|link=George Chrystal (nonfiction)|1893: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[George Chrystal (nonfiction)|George Chrystal]] publishes evidence that [[Seiche (nonfiction)|seiches]] (wave patterns in large inland bodies of water) are vulnerable to both [[crimes against physics]] and [[crimes against chemistry]].


||1894: Alexander Lippisch born ... aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground effect, and also worked in the U.S. His most famous designs are the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor and the Dornier Aerodyne. Pic.
||1894: Alexander Lippisch born ... aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground effect, and also worked in the U.S. His most famous designs are the Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor and the Dornier Aerodyne. Pic.
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||2015: Roy Dommett dies ... scientist and engineer ... rockets. Pic search.
||2015: Roy Dommett dies ... scientist and engineer ... rockets. Pic search.
File:Two Creatures 3.jpg|link=Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|2017: Signed first edition of ''[[Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|Two Creatures 3]]'' stolen from the Tate in London. The press will initially blame [[The Eel]], but [[APTO]] detectives will prove that the criminal mathematical function [[Forbidden ratio]] stole the picture and framed [[The Eel]].


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  • 1815: Mathematician and philosopher George Boole born. He will work in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, developing Boolean algebra and Boolean logic.

    1815: Mathematician and philosopher George Boole born. He will work in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, developing Boolean algebra and Boolean logic.

  • 1903: George P. Metesky born. He will terrorize New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he plants in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices.

    1903: George P. Metesky born. He will terrorize New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he plants in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices.

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