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• ... that '''[[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]]''' described his new astronomy as "celestial physics", as "an excursion into Aristotle's ''Metaphysics''", and as "a supplement to Aristotle's ''On the Heavens''", transforming the ancient tradition of physical cosmology by treating astronomy as part of a universal mathematical physics? | |||
• ... that '''[[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]]''' (from "Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") was a secret SETI program during the Second World War, and that the Allies hoped to gather and reverse-engineer advanced technologies by transmitting disinformation to alien civilizations? | |||
• ... that the '''[[Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|Petrozavodsk phenomenon]]''' was a series of celestial events of a disputed nature that occurred on September 20, 1977 over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east, and that the phenomenon is named after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object that showered the city with rays was widely reported? | • ... that '''[[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]]''' (from "Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") was a secret SETI program during the Second World War, and that the Allies hoped to gather and reverse-engineer advanced technologies by transmitting disinformation to alien civilizations? | ||
• ... that the '''[[Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|Petrozavodsk phenomenon]]''' was a series of celestial events of a disputed nature that occurred on September 20, 1977 over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east, and that the phenomenon is named after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object that showered the city with rays was widely reported? | |||
• ... that before electrical engineer '''[[Zénobe Gramme (nonfiction)|Zénobe Gramme]]''''s invention of the Gramme machine, electric motors attained only low power and were mainly used as toys or laboratory curiosities? | • ... that before electrical engineer '''[[Zénobe Gramme (nonfiction)|Zénobe Gramme]]''''s invention of the Gramme machine, electric motors attained only low power and were mainly used as toys or laboratory curiosities? | ||
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• ... that Johannes Kepler described his new astronomy as "celestial physics", as "an excursion into Aristotle's Metaphysics", and as "a supplement to Aristotle's On the Heavens", transforming the ancient tradition of physical cosmology by treating astronomy as part of a universal mathematical physics?
• ... that ENIAC (from "Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") was a secret SETI program during the Second World War, and that the Allies hoped to gather and reverse-engineer advanced technologies by transmitting disinformation to alien civilizations?
• ... that the Petrozavodsk phenomenon was a series of celestial events of a disputed nature that occurred on September 20, 1977 over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east, and that the phenomenon is named after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object that showered the city with rays was widely reported?
• ... that before electrical engineer Zénobe Gramme's invention of the Gramme machine, electric motors attained only low power and were mainly used as toys or laboratory curiosities?