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• ... that in 1995, a political scandal resulted in Denmark after a report revealed the government had given tacit permission for nuclear weapons to be located in Greenland, in contravention of Denmark's 1957 nuclear-free zone policy: and that orkers involved in the clean-up program following the '''[[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash]] have been campaigning for compensation for radiation-related illnesses they experienced in the years after the accident? | • ... that in 1995, a political scandal resulted in Denmark after a report revealed the government had given tacit permission for nuclear weapons to be located in Greenland, in contravention of Denmark's 1957 nuclear-free zone policy: and that orkers involved in the clean-up program following the '''[[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash]] have been campaigning for compensation for radiation-related illnesses they experienced in the years after the accident? | ||
• ... that the SCORE satellite, launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, provided a first test of a communications relay system in space, as well as the first successful use of the Atlas as a launch vehicle? | • ... that the Lichnerowicz Commission, formed in 1967, was named after physicist and mathematician '''[[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]]; that the commission recommended a curriculum based on set theory and logic with an early introduction to mathematical structures, specifically recommending introduction to complex numbers for seniors in high school, less computation-based instruction, and more development from premises; and that these reforms have been called New Math and have been repeated internationally. | ||
• ... that the '''[[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|SCORE satellite]]''', launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, provided a first test of a communications relay system in space, as well as the first successful use of the Atlas as a launch vehicle? | |||
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• ... that in 1995, a political scandal resulted in Denmark after a report revealed the government had given tacit permission for nuclear weapons to be located in Greenland, in contravention of Denmark's 1957 nuclear-free zone policy: and that orkers involved in the clean-up program following the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash have been campaigning for compensation for radiation-related illnesses they experienced in the years after the accident?
• ... that the Lichnerowicz Commission, formed in 1967, was named after physicist and mathematician André Lichnerowicz; that the commission recommended a curriculum based on set theory and logic with an early introduction to mathematical structures, specifically recommending introduction to complex numbers for seniors in high school, less computation-based instruction, and more development from premises; and that these reforms have been called New Math and have been repeated internationally.
• ... that the SCORE satellite, launched aboard an American Atlas rocket on December 18, 1958, provided a first test of a communications relay system in space, as well as the first successful use of the Atlas as a launch vehicle?