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1801: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot born. He will introduce the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
1802: Mathematician and engineer Gaspard Monge publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on his pioneering work in differential geometry, which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
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1916: Sociologist and author C. Wright Mills born. He will be published widely in popular and intellectual journals, advocating public and political engagement over disinterested observation.
1966: New study reveals that the Brainiac Explains lecture series is funded by a Brownian racket.

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 File:Antoine Augustin Cournot.jpg|link=Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|1801: Mathematician and philosopher [[Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|Antoine Augustin Cournot]] born. He will introduce the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
-File:Gaspard Monge.jpg|link=Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|1802: Mathematician and engineer [[Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|Gaspard Monge]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions, based on his pioneering work in differential geometry, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
+File:Gaspard Monge.jpg|link=Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|1802: Mathematician and engineer [[Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|Gaspard Monge]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on his pioneering work in differential geometry, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 ||1820 – Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)