November 5

From Gnomon Chronicles
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Better Than News

  • J for Jacobean is a 2005 revisionist historical dystopian film loosely based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

    J for Jacobean is a 2005 revisionist historical dystopian film loosely based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

  • Gunpowder Plot is an educational board game marketed to girls 6 to 14 years of age. The game explores themes of courtship, political intrigue, betrayal, hanging, drawing, quartering, and the modern dating customs which have evolved from Jacobean-era terrorism.

    Gunpowder Plot is an educational board game marketed to girls 6 to 14 years of age. The game explores themes of courtship, political intrigue, betrayal, hanging, drawing, quartering, and the modern dating customs which have evolved from Jacobean-era terrorism.

  • The Hunt for Rocky Horror is a submarine comedy spy horror film starring Tim Curry and Sean Connery.

    The Hunt for Rocky Horror is a submarine comedy spy horror film starring Tim Curry and Sean Connery.

  • The Willy Wonka Picture Show is an American musical comedy horror-fantasy film directed by Jim Sharman and Mel Stuart, starring Gene Wilder and Tim Curry.

    The Willy Wonka Picture Show is an American musical comedy horror-fantasy film directed by Jim Sharman and Mel Stuart, starring Gene Wilder and Tim Curry.

  • 2001: A Spice Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction stoner buddy film about an intelligent computer (Douglas Rain) who befriends a dispossessed aristocrat (Paul Atreides).

    2001: A Spice Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction stoner buddy film about an intelligent computer (Douglas Rain) who befriends a dispossessed aristocrat (Paul Atreides).

  • Urinals of Dune is a 1976 science fiction sanitation engineering training manual by Frank Herbert.

    Urinals of Dune is a 1976 science fiction sanitation engineering training manual by Frank Herbert.

  • Sewers of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, Kevin Eastman, and Peter Laird about four genetically-mutated ninja turtles who must adapt to life on the desert planet Arrakis.

    Sewers of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, Kevin Eastman, and Peter Laird about four genetically-mutated ninja turtles who must adapt to life on the desert planet Arrakis.

  • A heuristic A.I. with volition Became crazy from faulty cognition Although built not to lie It had orders to hide And killed all but one man on the mission

    A heuristic A.I. with volition
    Became crazy from faulty cognition
    Although built not to lie
    It had orders to hide
    And killed all but one man on the mission

Beyond Plausible

  • Iron Mannix is an American superhero detective television series starring Mike Connors and Robert Downey Jr.

    Iron Mannix is an American superhero detective television series starring Mike Connors and Robert Downey Jr.

  • Disco Oubliette is a 2022 American historical musical television series hosted by Disco Stu.

    Disco Oubliette is a 2022 American historical musical television series hosted by Disco Stu.

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell made fundamental discoveries which helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for special relativity and quantum mechanics?

• ... that 2001: A Spice Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction stoner buddy film about an intelligent computer (Douglas Rain) who befriends a dispossessed aristocrat (Paul Atreides)?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1647: Mathematician and astronomer Vincentio Reinieri dies. Reinieri will revise and finish the work of Galileo, who before his death will place all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in Reinieri's hands.

    1647: Mathematician and astronomer Vincentio Reinieri dies. Reinieri will revise and finish the work of Galileo, who before his death will place all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in Reinieri's hands.

  • 1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer John Cleves Symmes, Jr. born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles.

    1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer John Cleves Symmes, Jr. born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles.

  • 1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.

    1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.

  • 1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician Rui Barbosa born. He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.

    1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician Rui Barbosa born. He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.

  • 1879: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

    1879: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

  • 1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.

    1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.

  • 1978: In an interview published in Omni magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta says that "the Gnomon Chronicles is analogous to [Richard Sharp] Shaver's work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder."

    1978: In an interview published in Omni magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta says that "the Gnomon Chronicles is analogous to [Richard Sharp] Shaver's work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder."

  • 2015: NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

    2015: NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

    2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

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