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• ... that polymath '''[[Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|Thābit ibn Qurra]]''' | • ... that polymath '''[[Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|Thābit ibn Qurra]]''' rejected the Peripatetic and Aristotelian notions of a "natural place" for each element, and that Thābit instead proposed a theory of motion in which both the upward and downward motions are caused by weight, with the order of the universe a result of two competing attractions (''jadhb''): one of these being "between the sublunar and celestial elements", and the other being "between all parts of each element separately"? | ||
• ... that mathematician '''[[Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction)|Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi]]''' was the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor at a German university? | • ... that mathematician '''[[Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction)|Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi]]''' was the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor at a German university? | ||
• ... that singer-physicist '''[[J._Robert_Oppenheimer_(nonfiction)|J. R. Oppenheimer]]''' performed his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee? | • ... that singer-physicist '''[[J._Robert_Oppenheimer_(nonfiction)|J. R. Oppenheimer]]''' performed his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee? | ||
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• ... that polymath Thābit ibn Qurra rejected the Peripatetic and Aristotelian notions of a "natural place" for each element, and that Thābit instead proposed a theory of motion in which both the upward and downward motions are caused by weight, with the order of the universe a result of two competing attractions (jadhb): one of these being "between the sublunar and celestial elements", and the other being "between all parts of each element separately"?
• ... that mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor at a German university?
• ... that singer-physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performed his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee?