Template:Are You Sure/February 12

"As urban thrillers became grittier affairs during the late 1960s and early 1970s, so did their soundtracks: hit films like Bullitt and The French Connection threw aside classical-styled orchestral soundtracks in favor of jazz-inspired music that used non-orchestral electric instruments. One of the best soundtracks in this vein is David Shire's ambitious jazz score for The Taking of Pelham 123, a fast-paced thriller about a group of criminals who hijack a subway car in New York City. With this score, Shire downplays melodic content and lush orchestral arrangements in favor of a rhythm-based sound that is mostly brought to life by a jazz band. The end result is an exciting, propulsive score that is every bit as tough as the city in which the film is set." - Donald A. Guarisco

• ... that polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich produced a precursor of atomic theory, and made several contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature, techniques for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position, and the discovery the absence of atmosphere on the Moon?

• ... that logician and philosopher Jan Łukasiewicz was a pioneer of post-Aristotelian logic, and that his innovative thinking about the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle helped establish modern logic?

• ... that high-energy literature uses techniques from high-energy physics to enhance both semantics and syntax in written documents, and that Cherenkov radiation is commonly used to advance the plot in techno-thrillers such as The Taking of Pelham 3.1415?