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Écriture en croix de Charles Darwin, technique pour économiser le papier à lettres, 1828

Posted on 2020/09/14 by Carl Robitaille

Écriture en croix de Charles Darwin, technique pour économiser le papier à lettres, 1828 #histoire https://t.co/KxOX1ZTlMa
— Photos Histoires (@PhotosHistos) September 13, 2020

Victime des arrestations arbitraires pendant la crise d’octobre 70

Posted on 2020/09/14 by Carl Robitaille

⚜ #PaulineJulien ⚜— Victime des arrestations arbitraires pendant la crise d'#octobre70. Loi sur les mesures de guerre imposée par P. E. 🇨🇦 #Trudeau au #Québec.#PaysQc #polqc #patriotes #Qc #histoire #démocratie #Canada #indépendance pic.twitter.com/e89Ro05BQZ
— Pays QUÉBEC (@PaysQuebec) September 12, 2020

Interplanetary Memorial to Victims of Sept. 11, 2001

Posted on 2020/09/11 by Carl Robitaille

Interplanetary Memorial to Victims of Sept. 11, 2001

We will #NeverForget. Our twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have a tribute to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on their robotic arms. The aluminum that protects the rock abrasion tools was recovered from the World Trade Center site. https://t.co/NFXnBLU3U8 pic.twitter.com/1XydguhOnO
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) September 11, 2020

Most Popular Websites 1993 – 2020

Posted on 2020/09/09 by Carl Robitaille

Induction

Posted on 2020/09/09 by Carl Robitaille

The term "Induction" was first used in the phrase "per modum inductionis" by John Wallis in 1656 to prove that the limit of the ratio of the sum of the first m² to m³ + m² was 1/3. pic.twitter.com/socDC0sZYD
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) September 7, 2020

I'm pretty sure most historians credit Pascal for the first proof by induction on his treaty about the triangle.
— Vincent Pantal🍩ni (@panlepan) September 7, 2020

Getting paid on the Wall of Death in Rajkot, India

Posted on 2020/09/04 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/AwardsDarwin/status/1301824759873908736?s=20

Dental work found on a 4000 year old mummy

Posted on 2020/09/04 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/engineeringvids/status/1301786852546863104?s=20

Everything is already discovered

Posted on 2020/09/04 by Carl Robitaille

When Max Planck began University at the age of 16 to study Physics he was told by his professor, Philipp von Jolly: "In this field, almost everything is already discovered, and all that remains is to fill a few holes." pic.twitter.com/AZyRmvEvKQ
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) September 4, 2020

“Fortunately, Unfortunately”: How to Tell Whether a Number Is Prime : MegaFavNumbers

Posted on 2020/09/02 by Carl Robitaille

How a not so random number broke the PS3: MegaFavNumbers

Posted on 2020/09/02 by Carl Robitaille