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Leary, Timothy. 1920-96. Harvard professor who urged students to “turn on” with LSD, 1964.
Nabu. Assyrian/Babylonian god of learning and writing.
Nicholas of Cusa. 1401-64. German. Proposed heliocentricity, calendar reform 1429. De Docta Ignorantia 1440. “A learned man is one who is aware of his own ignorance.”
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 1968. USSR, US, UK, +59 others. Effective 1970.
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. 1963. US, UK, USSR, + 100 signatories. No atmospheric, underwater, or space tests. France, China decline, continue testing.
Oxford University. 1115. Celebrated center of English learning. Charter 1214. Modelled on University of Paris.
Pythagoras. c582-500BC. Greek philosopher: numbers are key to understanding the universe. Founded first school of higher learning at Crotona, Italy.
Rickover, Hyman. 1900-86. US Admiral. “Father of nuclear submarine”.
Rutherford, Ernest. 1871-1937. NZ/English physicist. Beta rays 1899, Nuclear theory of atom1911.
Sato Eisaku. 1901-75. Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Shakespeare, William. 1564-1616. English dramatic poet. Master of language, characters, perception.Titus Andronicus c1593. Romeo and Juliet c1594. Hamlet c1602. Othello c1604. King Lear c1606. Lover’s Complaint c1609. Sonnets 1609. Tempest 1611.
Shiloh, Battle. 1862. Second American Civil War battle. No clear victor.
Ships. Iron- Foss 1777. Clipper 1832. Paddle- Charlotte Dundas 1801. Screw- Archimedes 1839. Nuclear- Nautilus 1955.
Test Ban Treaty. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Thoth. Egyptian god of learning. Kept records of dead. Also messenger god = Hermes. Hermetic Texts.
Three Mile Island. 1979. US nuclear power station accident.
Tour d’Argent. Paris restaurant where Henry IV learned the use of the fork.