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[[File:Deimos_-_Viking_1.jpg|link=|175px|thumb|'''[[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]]''' Orbiter image of the Martian satellite Deimos taken from 1400 km. Deimos is about 14 km from top to bottom in this image. Date: 5 October 1977.]] | [[File:Deimos_-_Viking_1.jpg|link=|175px|thumb|'''[[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]]''' Orbiter image of the Martian satellite Deimos taken from 1400 km. Deimos is about 14 km from top to bottom in this image. Date: 5 October 1977.]] | ||
• ... that the '''[[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]]''' spacecraft was | • ... that the '''[[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]]''' spacecraft carried a biology experiment whose purpose was to look for life on [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]], and that the results were surprising and interesting? | ||
• ... that mathematician '''[[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]]''' (4 April 1809 – 6 October 1880) made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; and that Peirce famously stated: "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions"? | • ... that mathematician '''[[Benjamin Peirce (nonfiction)|Benjamin Peirce]]''' (4 April 1809 – 6 October 1880) made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; and that Peirce famously stated: "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions"? | ||
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Viking 2 Orbiter image of the Martian satellite Deimos taken from 1400 km. Deimos is about 14 km from top to bottom in this image. Date: 5 October 1977.
• ... that the Viking 2 spacecraft carried a biology experiment whose purpose was to look for life on Mars, and that the results were surprising and interesting?
• ... that mathematician Benjamin Peirce (4 April 1809 – 6 October 1880) made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics; and that Peirce famously stated: "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions"?