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1642: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei dies. He has been called the "father of modern physics".
1697: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot publishes satirical history of crimes against mathematical constants.
1888: Mathematician Richard Courant born. He will co-write What is Mathematics?.
1892: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses alternating current (AC) generators to predict and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1923: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum born. He will become one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.
1989: Animated Lorenz system diagram computes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

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 File:Galileo E pur si muove.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|1642:  Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo Galilei]] dies. He has been called the "father of modern physics".
-File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1697 Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] publishes satirical history of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
+File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1697: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] publishes satirical history of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 File:Richard Courant.jpg|link=Richard Courant (nonfiction)|1888: Mathematician [[Richard Courant (nonfiction)|Richard Courant]] born.  He will co-write ''What is Mathematics?''.
 File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1892: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses alternating current (AC) generators to predict and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].