It’s the 179th day of the year. 10 fun facts about 179.
179 is a prime number. If you reverse it, the number 971 is also a prime numbers, so 179 is also an emirp.
It’s part of a sequence called the Cunningham chain of prime numbers (89, 179, 359, 719, 1439, 2879), in which each successive number is two times the previous number, plus one.
London bus number 179 runs from Chingford Station to Hainault Street.
Unseptennium is the temporary name for a hypothetical element 179.
179 Klytaemnestra is an asteroid discovered in 1877, by Canadian-American astronomer James Craig Watson at the old Ann Arbor Observatory in Michigan. It was his last discovery three years before his death. It was named after Clytemnestra from Greek mythology.
The A179 is the major link road between the A19 and Hartlepool via Hart Village.
The Alfa Romeo 179 is a Formula One car which was used by the Alfa Romeo team from 1979 to 1982.
Astronomers have suggested that Sunspot frequency undergoes a cycle of approximately 179 years.
Gliese 179 is a small red dwarf star with an exoplanetary companion in the constellation of Orion.
Minuscule 179 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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