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The oxygen atom has the shape of a ring, and the sulphur atom, the shape of a clot.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Born:
April 12, 1852
Died:
March 6, 1939
(aged 86)
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Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that π is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients.
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