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File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|[[Extract of Radium]] is an "[[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithm]] for your mind," according to Gysin and Burroughs.
File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|link=Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|1473: Mathematician and astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]] born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
File:Euclid's algorithm.svg|link=Algorithm (nonfiction)|Council of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithms]] announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.  
 
File:Galileo E pur si muove.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1616: The Inquisition asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe after Nicollo Lorin had accused [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo Galilei]] of heretical remarks in a letter to his former student, Benedetto Castelli.
 
File:Alexander Andreevich Samarskii.jpg|link=Alexander Andreevich Samarskii (nonfiction)|1919: Mathematician and academic [[Alexander Andreevich Samarskii (nonfiction)|Alexander Andreevich Samarskii]] born. Samarskii will contribute to applied mathematics, numerical analysis, mathematical modeling, and finite difference methods.  
 
File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1946: Mathematician and academic [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.  
 
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  • 1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

    1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

  • 1616: The Inquisition asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe after Nicollo Lorin had accused Galileo Galilei of heretical remarks in a letter to his former student, Benedetto Castelli.

    1616: The Inquisition asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe after Nicollo Lorin had accused Galileo Galilei of heretical remarks in a letter to his former student, Benedetto Castelli.

  • 1919: Mathematician and academic Alexander Andreevich Samarskii born. Samarskii will contribute to applied mathematics, numerical analysis, mathematical modeling, and finite difference methods.

    1919: Mathematician and academic Alexander Andreevich Samarskii born. Samarskii will contribute to applied mathematics, numerical analysis, mathematical modeling, and finite difference methods.

  • 1946: Mathematician and academic Alan Turing presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.

    1946: Mathematician and academic Alan Turing presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.

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