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Denis Diderot, French philosophe & editor of the Encyclopédie, is 's

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2021-10-05

Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and author of The New American Practical Navigator (which remains in print over 200 yrs later!), is 's

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2021-03-26

Auguste Piccard, a Swiss physicist, balloonist, and the inspiration for one of fiction's most famous absent-minded professors (#Tintin's Prof. Tournesol/Calculus), is 's

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2021-01-28

M.C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist and creator of mathematically inspired illustrations, is our

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2020-06-17