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1602: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
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?.
1889: Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
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 develops self-awareness, computes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

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+||Giovanni Frattini (b. 8 January 1852) was an Italian mathematician, noted for his contributions to group theory.
 File:Richard Courant.jpg|link=Richard Courant (nonfiction)|1888: Mathematician [[Richard Courant (nonfiction)|Richard Courant]] born.  He will co-write ''What is Mathematics?''.