December 8

From Gnomon Chronicles


Better Than News

  • Citizen Cane is a 1941 American drama film about a media baron obsessed with candy.

    Citizen Cane is a 1941 American drama film about a media baron obsessed with candy.

  • Michael Claymation is a 2007 American legal thriller film about a film animation studio lawyer (George) who discovers a coverup over the effects of clay animation.

    Michael Claymation is a 2007 American legal thriller film about a film animation studio lawyer (George) who discovers a coverup over the effects of clay animation.

  • Water for Elephant Men is an American drama film starring Reese Witherspoon and John Hurt.

    Water for Elephant Men is an American drama film starring Reese Witherspoon and John Hurt.

  • The Naked City Ape is a 1968 American anthropology noir film about a police paleontologist couple (Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart) who uncover evidence that a beautiful protohominid was brutally murdered.

    The Naked City Ape is a 1968 American anthropology noir film about a police paleontologist couple (Howard Duff and Dorothy Hart) who uncover evidence that a beautiful protohominid was brutally murdered.

  • "O Super Jerusalem" is a lost song by Sinéad O'Connor and Laurie Anderson.

    "O Super Jerusalem" is a lost song by Sinéad O'Connor and Laurie Anderson.

Beyond Plausible

  • When The Gaslight Rolls By is a psychological thriller comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and Joseph Cotten.

    When The Gaslight Rolls By is a psychological thriller comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and Joseph Cotten.

  • A Princess of Dune is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Frank Herbert.

    A Princess of Dune is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Frank Herbert.

In Other Words

Are You Sure

... mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Hermann Weyl (9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century: his research has major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines including number theory?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1844: Scientist, inventor, and educator Charles-Émile Reynaud born. He will invent the Praxinoscope (an improved zoetrope) and be responsible for the first projected animated films.

    1844: Scientist, inventor, and educator Charles-Émile Reynaud born. He will invent the Praxinoscope (an improved zoetrope) and be responsible for the first projected animated films.

  • 1864: Mathematician and philosopher George Boole dies. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, developing Boolean algebra and Boolean logic.

    1864: Mathematician and philosopher George Boole dies. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, developing Boolean algebra and Boolean logic.

  • 1865: Mathematician Jacques Hadamard born. He will make major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.

    1865: Mathematician Jacques Hadamard born. He will make major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.

  • 1894: Mathematician and statistician Pafnuty Chebyshev dies. He proved 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.

    1894: Mathematician and statistician Pafnuty Chebyshev dies. He proved 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.

  • 1932: US Navy accidentally releases a flock of Carnivorous dirigibles, which will form the nucleus of a feral squadron.

    1932: US Navy accidentally releases a flock of Carnivorous dirigibles, which will form the nucleus of a feral squadron.

  • 1955: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Hermann Weyl dies. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century: his research has major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines including number theory.

    1955: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Hermann Weyl dies. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century: his research has major significance for theoretical physics as well as purely mathematical disciplines including number theory.

  • 2001: Pioneering computer scientist and programmer Betty Holberton dies. She was one of the six original programmers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, and was the inventor of breakpoints in computer debugging.

    2001: Pioneering computer scientist and programmer Betty Holberton dies. She was one of the six original programmers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, and was the inventor of breakpoints in computer debugging.

Topic of the Day

Poison

  • Strychnine House is a horror-pharmacology television series about a house possessed by the spirit of strychnine.

    Strychnine House is a horror-pharmacology television series about a house possessed by the spirit of strychnine.

  • Belladonna Rice is a brand of beauty products and political toxins derived from Atropa belladonna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, a poisonous perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae.

    Belladonna Rice is a brand of beauty products and political toxins derived from Atropa belladonna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, a poisonous perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae.

  • Mr. Yuck's Towel of Trouble is a 2002 American drama film about Mr. Yuck, a cautionary symbol of poison avoidance and emergency response, is unwittingly caught up in a campaign to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

    Mr. Yuck's Towel of Trouble is a 2002 American drama film about Mr. Yuck, a cautionary symbol of poison avoidance and emergency response, is unwittingly caught up in a campaign to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

  • Absolut VX is a brand of vodka laced with VX nerve agent, produced near [REDACTED] in southern Swedem.

    Absolut VX is a brand of vodka laced with VX nerve agent, produced near [REDACTED] in southern Swedem.

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