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File:Pierre de Fermat.jpg|link=Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|1626: Mathematician [[Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|Pierre de Fermat]] develops original method of finding the greatest and the smallest ordinates of curved lines, uses it to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


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  • 1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. He will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

    1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. He will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

  • 1882: Mark Twain admits to experiencing great fear during his famous interview with Wallace War-Heels.

    1882: Mark Twain admits to experiencing great fear during his famous interview with Wallace War-Heels.

  • 1883: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff uses the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

    1883: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff uses the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects to fight crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. He will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation.

    1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. He will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation.

  • 1963: Film rights to Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press sell for nearly a million dollars.

    1963: Film rights to Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press sell for nearly a million dollars.

  • 1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

    1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

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