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||1680: Thomas Bartholindies dies ... physician, mathematician, and theologian. | ||1680: Thomas Bartholindies dies ... physician, mathematician, and theologian. | ||
File:Seki Takakazu.jpg|link=Seki Takakazu (nonfiction)|1681: Mathematician and [[APTO]] field agent [[Seki Takakazu (nonfiction)|Seki Takakazu]] publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
||1791: The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published. | ||1791: The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published. | ||
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1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám dies.
1681: Mathematician and APTO field agent Seki Takakazu publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1798: Physician and physicist Luigi Galvani dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.
1820: Physicist John Tyndall dies of chloral hydrate overdose. He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.
1942: Mathematician and crime-fighter Nathan Jacobson uses structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).
2005: Chemist, composer, and criminal investigator George Brecht uses conceptual art to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.
2016: London Has Swollen wins Sundance Film Festival award.