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The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.

March 28

INTERVIEW: "Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.

Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

• ... that philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet embodied the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and rationalism; and that his thinking remains influential to this day?

• ... that mathematician Alexander Grothendieck was the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry; and that his research extended the scope of the field and added elements of commutative algebra, homological algebra, sheaf theory, and category theory; and that his relative perspective led to advances in pure mathematics?

• ... that physicist and academic John D. Strong contributed to optical physics, developing optical devices and materials including improved telescope mirrors and anti-reflective coatings; and that Strong detected water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus?

• ... that the image Pyramid of the Sun is an entirely digital image, with no hand drawing, and that its pyramidal effects arises from the halftone effect?

Topic of the Day

Batman

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Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Adam and Eve in Candyland is a 1531 painting by Cranach the Elder.

Lend a Hand voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Spectrum is a 2015 action-physics film about the scientific organization Spectrum and its enigmatic leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Isaac Newton), who intends to overthrow the dominant paradigm. Co-starring Daniel Craig as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with different species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

Spiral Rings 2.
Art is long, life is brave.