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[[File:Dorothea Lange 1936.jpg|link=Dorothea Lange (nonfiction)|175px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange (nonfiction)|Dorothea Lange]] (26 May | [[File:Dorothea Lange 1936.jpg|link=Dorothea Lange (nonfiction)|175px|thumb|[[Dorothea Lange (nonfiction)|Dorothea Lange]] (26 May 1895 – 11 October 1965) was a documentary photographer and photojournalist, remembered for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Her photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression.]] | ||
• ... that mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher '''[[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (nonfiction)|Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]]''' (10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation? | • ... that mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher '''[[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (nonfiction)|Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]]''' (10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation? | ||
• ... that mathematician '''[[Anne Penfold Street (nonfiction)|Anne Penfold Street]]''' (11 October 1932 – 28 December 2016) was one of Australia's leading mathematicians; that her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter; that she helped found several important organizations in combinatorics, and supported young students with interest in mathematics? | • ... that mathematician '''[[Anne Penfold Street (nonfiction)|Anne Penfold Street]]''' (11 October 1932 – 28 December 2016) was one of Australia's leading mathematicians; that her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter; that she helped found several important organizations in combinatorics, and supported young students with interest in mathematics? | ||
• ... that '''''Dial U for Unspoofable''''' is a film noir encryption mystery starring [[Niles Cartouchian]] as mathematician [[Kurt Gödel (nonfiction)|Kurt Gödel]]? | |||
• ... that mathematician and physicist '''[[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]]''' (3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) joined the opposition to the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini in 1922; that in 1931 Volterra was one of only 12 out of 1,250 professors who refused to take a mandatory oath of loyalty; and that Volterra wrote: "Empires die, but Euclid’s theorems keep their youth forever."? | • ... that mathematician and physicist '''[[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]]''' (3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) joined the opposition to the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini in 1922; that in 1931 Volterra was one of only 12 out of 1,250 professors who refused to take a mandatory oath of loyalty; and that Volterra wrote: "Empires die, but Euclid’s theorems keep their youth forever."? | ||
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• ... that mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation?
• ... that mathematician Anne Penfold Street (11 October 1932 – 28 December 2016) was one of Australia's leading mathematicians; that her work on sum-free sets became a standard reference for its subject matter; that she helped found several important organizations in combinatorics, and supported young students with interest in mathematics?
• ... that Dial U for Unspoofable is a film noir encryption mystery starring Niles Cartouchian as mathematician Kurt Gödel?
• ... that mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra (3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) joined the opposition to the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini in 1922; that in 1931 Volterra was one of only 12 out of 1,250 professors who refused to take a mandatory oath of loyalty; and that Volterra wrote: "Empires die, but Euclid’s theorems keep their youth forever."?