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File:James Clerk Maxwell.png|link=James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|1831: Physicist and mathematician [[James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|James Clerk Maxwell]] born. His discoveries will help usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. | File:James Clerk Maxwell.png|link=James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|1831: Physicist and mathematician [[James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|James Clerk Maxwell]] born. His discoveries will help usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. | ||
File:Submarine and anti-submarine (1919).jpg|link=The Unruly Submarine|1946: ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'' wins Caldecott Medal. | File:Submarine and anti-submarine (1919).jpg|link=The Unruly Submarine|1946: Celebrated children's book ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'' wins Caldecott Medal. | ||
File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1947: Writer and philosopher [[Culvert Origenes]] publishes critical review of ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'', calls the award-winning children's book "a prelude to McCarthyism." | File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1947: Writer and philosopher [[Culvert Origenes]] publishes critical review of ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'', calls the award-winning children's book "a prelude to McCarthyism." | ||
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1555: Mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer Giovanni Antonio Magini born. He will support a geocentric system of the world, in preference to Copernicus's heliocentric system.
1629: Mathematician Pierre de Fermat uses scrying engine techniques to download award-winning children's book The Unruly Submarine.
1831: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell born. His discoveries will help usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.
1946: Celebrated children's book The Unruly Submarine wins Caldecott Medal.
1947: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes publishes critical review of The Unruly Submarine, calls the award-winning children's book "a prelude to McCarthyism."