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File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1196: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, and the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1196: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, and the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Leonardo by Meizi.jpg|link=Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|1519: Polymath [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo da Vinci]] dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. | File:Leonardo by Meizi.jpg|link=Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|1519: Polymath [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo da Vinci]] dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. | ||
File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.jpg|link=D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]] born. | File:D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.jpg|link=D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]] born. | ||
||Robert Williams Wood (May 2, 1868 – August 11, 1955) was an American physicist and inventor. He is often cited as being a pivotal contributor to the field of optics and a pioneer of infrared and ultraviolet photography. | |||
File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1923: Art critic and alleged supervillain [[The Eel]] discovers cache of previously unknown [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|da Vinci]] manuscripts. | File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1923: Art critic and alleged supervillain [[The Eel]] discovers cache of previously unknown [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|da Vinci]] manuscripts. | ||
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1196: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, and the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1519: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
1779: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson born.
