May 16

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  • Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction musical film about a psychedelic rock band (Pink Floyd) which crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future.

    Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction musical film about a psychedelic rock band (Pink Floyd) which crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future.

  • Midnight E.T. is an American science fiction drama film directed by John Schlesinger and Steven Spielberg.

    Midnight E.T. is an American science fiction drama film directed by John Schlesinger and Steven Spielberg.

  • Jacob's Ladder & the Chocolate Factory is a musical fantasy psychological horror film directed by Mel Stuart and Adrian Lyne, starring Gene Wilder and Tim Robbins.

    Jacob's Ladder & the Chocolate Factory is a musical fantasy psychological horror film directed by Mel Stuart and Adrian Lyne, starring Gene Wilder and Tim Robbins.

  • Matrix in a Red Dress is a 2022 pornographic science fiction documentary film about the Matrix franchise. Narrated by Hugo Weaving.

    Matrix in a Red Dress is a 2022 pornographic science fiction documentary film about the Matrix franchise. Narrated by Hugo Weaving.

  • The Johnny Carcinization Show is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC featuring examples of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form.

    The Johnny Carcinization Show is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC featuring examples of convergent evolution in which a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form from a non-crab-like form.

  • Turtles to the Rescue! is a cautionary adventure story for turtles.

    Turtles to the Rescue! is a cautionary adventure story for turtles.

Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian Maria Gaetana Agnesi wrote the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus; that Agnesi received a response from Pope Benedict XIV on the publication of her book, Instituzioni Analitiche; and that the pope sent her a gold medal and a wreath laid with precious stones, and named her honorary professor at the University of Bologna?

• ... that Altered Carbon Paper is an American cyberpunk television series about a former soldier turned investigator (Joel Kinnaman) who is embedded in carbon paper in order to solve a murder?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1821: Mathematician and statistician Pafnuty Chebyshev born. He will prove Chebyshev's inequality (also called the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality), which guarantees that, for a wide class of probability distributions, no more than a certain fraction of values can be more than a certain distance from the mean.

    1821: Mathematician and statistician Pafnuty Chebyshev born. He will prove Chebyshev's inequality (also called the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality), which guarantees that, for a wide class of probability distributions, no more than a certain fraction of values can be more than a certain distance from the mean.

  • 1830: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

    1830: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier dies. He initiated the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

  • 1888: The Orcagna scrying engine previews Nikola Tesla's speech on alternating current technology.

    1888: The Orcagna scrying engine previews Nikola Tesla's speech on alternating current technology.

  • 1888: Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.

    1888: Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.

  • 1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter Jacques-Louis Lions publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1968: Mathematician and crime-fighter Jacques-Louis Lions publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use partial differential equations and stochastic control to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."

    2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for "unique and peerless accomplishments in four-dimensional photography."

Topic of the Day

Beatles

  • "The Enemy Within You Without You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles about the American television series Star Trek.

    "The Enemy Within You Without You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles about the American television series Star Trek.

  • She Loaves You is a song by the British rock group The Breadles.

    She Loaves You is a song by the British rock group The Breadles.

  • The lost Beatles song "Stalker" unexpectedly broadcast by the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

    The lost Beatles song "Stalker" unexpectedly broadcast by the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.

  • Maxwell's silver demon is a musical thought experiment that would hypothetically prevent crimes against the second law of thermodynamics. It was proposed by physicist and alleged time-traveler James Clerk Maxwell in 1867 during an impromptu jam session with the Beatles in late 1966 and early 1967.

    Maxwell's silver demon is a musical thought experiment that would hypothetically prevent crimes against the second law of thermodynamics. It was proposed by physicist and alleged time-traveler James Clerk Maxwell in 1867 during an impromptu jam session with the Beatles in late 1966 and early 1967.

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