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Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl
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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
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Born April 18, 1907 • Helsinki • Finland
Died October 11, 1996 (aged 89) • Pittsfield • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Fields Medal (1936)
Subjects Of Study Riemann surface

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Maryam Mirzakhani
Iranian mathematician
Simon Donaldson
British mathematician
John Griggs Thompson
John Griggs Thompson
American mathematician
Hörmander, Lars V.
Lars V. Hörmander
Swedish mathematician
Atle Selberg
American mathematician
Bernhard Riemann, lithograph after a portrait, artist unknown, 1863.
Bernhard Riemann
German mathematician
Andrew John Wiles
Andrew Wiles
British mathematician
Alain Connes
Alain Connes
French mathematician
Stephen Smale
American mathematician
Grigori Perelman
Russian mathematician
Enrico Bombieri
Italian mathematician
Stanislav Smirnov
Russian mathematician
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, 2004.
Sir Michael Francis Atiyah
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Alexandre Grothendieck
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Serre, Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre Serre
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John Willard Milnor, 2011.
John Willard Milnor
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Wendelin Werner
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Mikhail Gromov
Mikhail Gromov
Soviet-born French mathematician
Jesse Douglas
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Ngo Bao Chau
Ngo Bao Chau
Vietnamese-French mathematician

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