November 2
Are You Sure ...
• ... that George P. Metesky terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices?
• ... that mathematician and philosopher George Boole was a pioneer of algebraic logic, developing Boolean algebra and Boolean logic?
• ... that seiches (wave patterns in large inland bodies of water) are vulnerable to both crimes against physics and crimes against chemistry?
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On This Day in History and Fiction
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.