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Thomas Aquinas (/əˈkwaɪnəs/; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit. 'Thomas of Aquino'; 1225 – 7 March 1274) | Thomas Aquinas (/əˈkwaɪnəs/; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit. 'Thomas of Aquino'; 1225 – 7 March 1274) | ||
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• ... that physicist and mathematician '''[[G. I. Taylor (nonfiction)|Geoffrey Ingram Taylor]]''' served as a meteorologist aboard the Ice Patrol vessel ''Scotia'' in 1913, where his observations formed the basis of his later work on a theoretical model of mixing of the air? | |||
• ... that the anonymous author of '''''[[Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer (1)]]''''' code reviewed the config files for the universe, concluding that "a universe where people die before they are born is not the universe you want to live in"? | |||
• ... that the '''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bom_Jesus_(ship) Bom Jesus]''''' was a Portuguese nau and Indiaman that set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on Friday, March 7, 1533; that its fate was unknown until 2008, when its remains were discovered during diamond mining operations on the coast of Namibia, near Oranjemund; and that today, the Bom Jesus is the oldest known and most valuable shipwreck ever discovered off the Western coast of Sub-Saharan Africa? | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 27 April 2025
• ... that physicist and mathematician Geoffrey Ingram Taylor served as a meteorologist aboard the Ice Patrol vessel Scotia in 1913, where his observations formed the basis of his later work on a theoretical model of mixing of the air?
• ... that the anonymous author of Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer (1) code reviewed the config files for the universe, concluding that "a universe where people die before they are born is not the universe you want to live in"?
• ... that the Bom Jesus was a Portuguese nau and Indiaman that set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on Friday, March 7, 1533; that its fate was unknown until 2008, when its remains were discovered during diamond mining operations on the coast of Namibia, near Oranjemund; and that today, the Bom Jesus is the oldest known and most valuable shipwreck ever discovered off the Western coast of Sub-Saharan Africa?
