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12581
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass
Glass
Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent amorphous solid, that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling (quenching) of the molten form; some glasses such as volcanic glass are naturally occurring. T...
12582
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel%20electrophoresis
Gel electrophoresis
Gel electrophoresis is a method for separation and analysis of macromolecules (DNA, RNA and proteins) and their fragments, based on their size and charge. It is used in clinical chemistry to separate proteins by charge or size (IEF agarose, essentially size independent) and in biochemistry and molecular biology to sepa...
12583
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Lineker
Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker (; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He is regarded as one of the greatest English strikers. His media career began with the BBC, where he has presented the flagship football programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s, the long...
12584
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi%20apparatus
Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus (), also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. Part of the endomembrane system in the cytoplasm, it packages proteins into membrane-bound vesicles inside the cell before the vesicles are sent to their destination. It resides at t...
12587
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL%20%28disambiguation%29
GFDL (disambiguation)
GFDL, or GNU Free Documentation License, is a license for free documentation. GFDL may also refer to: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, a division of NOAA GFDL hurricane model (see: Tropical cyclone forecast model)
12590
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20Hopper
Grace Hopper
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper (; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. Hopper was the first to devise the the...
12592
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU%20Manifesto
GNU Manifesto
The GNU Manifesto is a call-to-action by Richard Stallman encouraging participation and support of the GNU Project's goal in developing the GNU free computer operating system. The GNU Manifesto was published in March 1985 in Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools. It is held in high regard within the free software mov...
12594
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross%20domestic%20product
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period by countries. GDP (nominal) per capita does not, however, reflect differences in the cost of living and the inflation rates of the countries; therefore, using a basis of GDP per ...
12598
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Wilhelm%20Friedrich%20Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is considered one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy, with his influence extending to the entire range of contemporary philosophical issues, from ...
12600
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid%20network
Grid network
A grid network is a computer network consisting of a number of computer systems connected in a grid topology. In a regular grid topology, each node in the network is connected with two neighbors along one or more dimensions. If the network is one-dimensional, and the chain of nodes is connected to form a circular loo...
12601
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General%20of%20Australia
Governor-General of Australia
The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, in Australia. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch on the recommendation of government ministers. The governor-general has formal presidency over the Federal Executive Council and is commander-in-chief of t...
12607
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasnost
Glasnost
In the Russian language, the word glasnost (; , ) has several general and specific meanings. It has been used in Russian to mean "openness and transparency" since at least the end of the 18th century. In the Russian Empire of the late-19th century, the term was particularly associated with reforms of the judicial syst...
12608
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesy
Geodesy
Geodesy ( ) is the Earth science of accurately measuring and understanding Earth's figure (geometric shape and size), orientation in space, and gravity. The field also incorporates studies of how these properties change over time and equivalent measurements for other planets (known as planetary geodesy). Geodynamical p...
12609
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurogame
Eurogame
A Eurogame, also called a German-style board game, German game, or Euro-style game, is a class of tabletop games that generally has indirect player interaction and abstract physical components. Eurogames are sometimes contrasted with American-style board games, which generally involve more luck, conflict, and drama. Th...
12610
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Unified%20Theory
Grand Unified Theory
A Grand Unified Theory (GUT) is a model in particle physics in which, at high energies, the three gauge interactions of the Standard Model comprising the electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces are merged into a single force. Although this unified force has not been directly observed, the many GUT models theorize its ...
12611
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTE
GTE
GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System. The company operated from 1926, with roots tracing further back than that, until 2000, when it was acquired by Bell Atlantic; the comb...
12612
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20aviation
General aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes. However, for statistical purposes ICAO uses a definition...
12613
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue
Grue
Grue may refer to: Grue (monster), a fictional predatory creature invented by American author Jack Vance and featured in the Zork series of interactive fiction computer games Grue and bleen, portmanteau words formed from green and blue, coined by Nelson Goodman to illustrate his new riddle of induction Grue, a ling...
12615
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracchi%20brothers
Gracchi brothers
The Gracchi brothers were two Roman brothers, sons of the Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus who was consul in 177 BC. Tiberius, the elder brother, was tribune of the plebs in 133 BC and Gaius, the younger brother, was tribune a decade later between 123–22 BC. They attempted to redistribute the occupation of the ager public...
23860132
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin%20Shing%20Court
Tin Shing Court
Tin Shing Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Tin Yiu Estate, Light Rail Tin Yiu stop and Tin Shui Wai stop as well as MTR Tin Shui Wai station. It has totally 17 residential buildings completed in 1999. Houses Demogr...
12616
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossip
Gossip
Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling. Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means for people to monitor cooperative reputations and so maintain widespread ind...
12618
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4
G4
G4 or G.IV may refer to: Transport AEG G.IV, a German World War I heavy bomber Allegiant Air, by IATA airline designator Caudron G.4, a 1915 French biplane Friedrichshafen G.IV, a 1918 German medium bomber Gotha G.IV, a 1916 German heavy bomber Gulfstream IV, a family of private jet aircraft Mitsubishi G4M "Be...
12619
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage%20collection%20%28disambiguation%29
Garbage collection (disambiguation)
Garbage collection, or waste collection, is part of municipal waste management. Garbage collection may also refer to: Garbage collection (computer science), in automatic memory management Garbage collection (SSD), in flash memory
12620
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica, or both. Techniques The ...
12622
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20fiction
Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name is a reference to Gothic architecture the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels. The first work to call itself Gothic was Horace Walpole's 1764...
12627
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel
Gospel
Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words and deeds of Jesus, culminating in his trial and death and concluding with v...
12628
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP
GIMP
GIMP ( ; GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation (retouching) and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks. It is not designed to be used for drawing. GIMP is released under GPL-3....
12629
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20illumination
Global illumination
Global illumination (GI), or indirect illumination, is a group of algorithms used in 3D computer graphics that are meant to add more realistic lighting to 3D scenes. Such algorithms take into account not only the light that comes directly from a light source (direct illumination), but also subsequent cases in which lig...
12630
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric%20series
Geometric series
In mathematics, a geometric series is the sum of an infinite number of terms that have a constant ratio between successive terms. For example, the series is geometric, because each successive term can be obtained by multiplying the previous term by 1/2. In general, a geometric series is written as a + ar + ar2 + ar3 ...
12634
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20islands%20of%20Greece
List of islands of Greece
Greece has many islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 and 227. The largest Greek island by area is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The second larg...
12635
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian%20Lorenzo%20Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, , ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 159828 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture. As one scholar...
12636
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20literature
German literature
German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern peri...
12639
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilee
Galilee
Galilee (; ; ) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galilee (, ; , ). Galilee refers to all of the area that is north of the Mount Carmel-Mount Gilboa ridge and south of the east–west section of ...
12641
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths
Goths
The Goths (; , ) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe. In his book Getica (c. 551), the historian Jordanes writes that the Goths originated in southern Scandinavia, but the accuracy of this account is unclear. A people called the Gu...
12644
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis
Glycolysis
Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose C6H12O6, into pyruvic acid, CH3COCOOH. The free energy released in this process is used to form the high-energy molecules adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). Glycolysis is a sequence of ten reactions catalyzed by en...
12645
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20North%20%28economist%29
Gary North (economist)
Gary Kilgore North (February 11, 1942 – February 24, 2022) was an American writer, Austrian School economic historian, and leading figure in the Christian reconstructionist movement. North authored or coauthored over fifty books on topics including Reformed Protestant theology, economics, and history. He was an Associa...
12646
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica
Guernica
Guernica (, ), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo (, whose population is 16,224 . Guernica is best k...
12648
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit%20Rietveld
Gerrit Rietveld
Gerrit Rietveld was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. Early life Rietveld was born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888 as the son of a joiner. He left school at 11 to be apprenticed to his father and enrolled at night school before working as a draughtsman for C. J. Begeer, a jeweller in Utrecht, from 1906 to 1911. De...
12649
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary
Gary
Gary may refer to: Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places Iran Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province United States Gary (Tampa), Florida Gary, Maryland Gary, Minnesota Gary, South Dako...
12650
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%2C%20Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States, historically dominated by major industrial activity. The city is located along the southern shore of Lake Michigan about from downtown Chicago, Illinois. Gary is adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Park and in the Chicago metropolitan area. Gary was named aft...
12651
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory%20the%20Illuminator
Gregory the Illuminator
Gregory the Illuminator (Classical , Grigor Lusavorich;  – ) is the patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He was a religious leader who converted Armenia from paganism to Christianity in 301. Beginnings Gregory was the son of the Armenian Parthian nobles Anak the Parthian and Okohe. Hi...
12653
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%20Emperor%20of%20Dune
God Emperor of Dune
God Emperor of Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in his Dune series of six novels. It was ranked as the No. 11 hardcover fiction best seller of 1981 by Publishers Weekly. Plot Leto II Atreides, the God Emperor, has ruled the universe as a tyrant for 3,500 years after becomi...
12654
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goonhilly%20Satellite%20Earth%20Station
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England. Owned by Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd under a 999-year lease from BT Group plc, it was at one time the largest satellite earth station in the world, with more than 30...
12656
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s%20law
Godwin's law
Godwin's law, short for Godwin's law (or rule) of Nazi analogies, is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Adolf Hitler approaches 1. In less mathematical terms, the longer the discussion, the more likely ...
12657
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groningen%20%28disambiguation%29
Groningen (disambiguation)
Groningen is a city in the Netherlands. Groningen may also refer to: Places Groningen (province), a province of the Netherlands of which Groningen is the capital city Lordship of Groningen, the name under which the province was ruled by the Habsburg between 1536 and 1594 Groningen gas field, a natural gas field in pr...
12662
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goya%20%28disambiguation%29
Goya (disambiguation)
Francisco Goya (1746–1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. Goya may also refer to: Film and television Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment, a 1971 East German film Goya (TV series), a 2015 Pakistani television series Goya Awards, a film award in Spain Music Goya (band), a Polish pop group Goya:...
12663
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20Bay%20Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. It is the third-oldest franchise in the NFL, dating back to 1919, and is the only non-profit...
12664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose%20machine%20gun
General-purpose machine gun
A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) is an air-cooled, usually belt-fed machine gun that can be adapted flexibly to various tactical roles for light and medium machine guns. A GPMG will typically feature a quick-change barrel design calibered for various fully powered cartridges such as the 7.62×51mm NATO, 7.62×54mmR, ...
12665
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdynia
Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; (currently), , (1939-1945), ; ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 244,969, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk. Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city o...
12666
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon
Gluon
A gluon () is an elementary particle that acts as the exchange particle (or gauge boson) for the strong force between quarks. It is analogous to the exchange of photons in the electromagnetic force between two charged particles. Gluons bind quarks together, forming hadrons such as protons and neutrons. Gluons are vect...
12667
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20of%20Genesis
Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek Génesis; , Bərēʾšīṯ, "In [the] beginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ("In the beginning"). Genesis is an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and of Israe...
12669
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM
GM
GM or Gm may refer to: Companies General Motors, US automobile manufacturing company which was founded in 1908 Motors Liquidation Company, the US automobile manufacturing company known as General Motors Corporation from 1916 to 2009 General Mills, US food manufacturing company Gunn & Moore, UK sports equipment co...
12673
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois%20group
Galois group
In mathematics, in the area of abstract algebra known as Galois theory, the Galois group of a certain type of field extension is a specific group associated with the field extension. The study of field extensions and their relationship to the polynomials that give rise to them via Galois groups is called Galois theory,...
12674
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Empire
German Empire
The German Empire or the Imperial State of Germany, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Kaiserreich, as well as simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to ...
12677
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallienus
Gallienus
Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empire. He won a number of military victories against usurpers and Germanic tribes, ...
12679
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambeson
Gambeson
A gambeson (also aketon, padded jack, pourpoint, or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armor separately, or combined with mail or plate armor. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting. They were usually constructed of linen or wool; the stuffing varied, and could be for example...
12681
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Afghanistan
Geography of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is also sometimes included as part of the Middle East. The country is the 40th largest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in the Kabul Province. With a location at the...
12683
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauntlet
Gauntlet
Gauntlet or The Gauntlet may refer to: Common uses Gauntlet (glove), protective gloves used as a form of armor Running the gauntlet, a form of physical punishment Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters Gauntlet (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero Gauntlet (Inhuman), a Marvel Comics supervillain Games G...
12684
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20jury
Grand jury
A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may subpoena physical evidence or a person to testify. A grand jury is separate from the courts, which do not preside o...
12686
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview%20of%20gun%20laws%20by%20nation
Overview of gun laws by nation
Gun laws and policies (collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control) regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification and use of small arms by civilians. Laws of some countries may afford civilians a right to keep and bear arms, and have more liberal gun laws than neighboring jurisd...
12688
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock%20site
Shock site
A shock site or gore site is a website that is intended to be offensive or disturbing to its viewers, though it can also contain elements of humor or evoke (in some viewers) sexual arousal. They contain material of high shock value, generally of a pornographic, scatological, racist, sexist, graphically violent, insulti...
12691
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Albania
Geography of Albania
Albania is a small country in Southern, Southeastern Europe and Western Balkans strategically positioned on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea inside the Mediterranean Sea, with a coastline of about . It is bounded by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the southeast...
12692
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimp
Gimp
Gimp or GIMP may refer to: Character Gimp (gaming), weak game character Gimp (sadomasochism), a sexual submissive dressed generally in a bondage suit Embroidery and crafts Gimp (thread), an ornamental trim used in sewing and embroidery Gimp thread (scoubidou), plastic thread used in crafts such as lanyards Arts ...
12694
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnosphaerid
Gymnosphaerid
The gymnosphaerids (or Gymnosphaerida) are a small group of heliozoan protists found in marine environments. They tend to be roughly spherical with radially directed axopods, supported by microtubules in a triangular-hexagonal array arising from an amorphous central granule. Genera There are only three genera, each w...
12695
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20representation
Group representation
In the mathematical field of representation theory, group representations describe abstract groups in terms of bijective linear transformations of a vector space to itself (i.e. vector space automorphisms); in particular, they can be used to represent group elements as invertible matrices so that the group operation ca...
12696
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRE%20Physics%20Test
GRE Physics Test
The GRE physics test is an examination administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The test attempts to determine the extent of the examinees' understanding of fundamental principles of physics and their ability to apply them to problem solving. Many graduate schools require applicants to take the exam and b...
12697
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardnerian%20Wicca
Gardnerian Wicca
Gardnerian Wicca, or Gardnerian witchcraft, is a tradition in the neopagan religion of Wicca, whose members can trace initiatory descent from Gerald Gardner. The tradition is itself named after Gardner (1884–1964), a British civil servant and amateur scholar of magic. The term "Gardnerian" was probably coined by the ...
12701
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich%20Mean%20Time
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is give...
12702
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; or , see pronunciation) is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider CompuServe led by American computer scientist Steve Wilhite and released on 15 June 1987. It has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide s...
12706
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Egan
Greg Egan
Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, and the Locus Award. Life and work Egan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in...
12707
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Fawkes
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes (; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who was involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mot...
12709
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodtimes%20virus
Goodtimes virus
The Goodtimes virus, also styled as Good Times virus, was a computer virus hoax that spread during the early years of the Internet's popularity. Warnings about a computer virus named "Good Times" began being passed around among Internet users in 1994. The Goodtimes virus was supposedly transmitted via an email bearing ...
12710
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Snyder
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American man of letters. Perhaps best known as a poet (his early work has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance), he is also an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist with anarchoprimitivist leanings. He has been described as the "poet la...
12712
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzo%20journalism
Gonzo journalism
Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story using a first-person narrative. The word "gonzo" is believed to have been first used in 1970 to describe an article about the Kentucky Derby by Hunter S. Thompson, who popularized t...
12713
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20panda
Giant panda
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca; ), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda, a neighboring musteloid. Though it belo...
12716
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glissando
Glissando
In music, a glissando (; plural: glissandi, abbreviated gliss.) is a glide from one pitch to another (). It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French glisser, "to glide". In some contexts, it is distinguished from the continuous portamento. Some colloquial equivalents are slide, sweep (referring to the "di...
12717
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe
Giraffe
The giraffe is a tall African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. It is the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. Traditionally, giraffes were thought to be one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies. Most recently, researchers proposed dividing giraffes into up t...
12718
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith%27s%20experiment
Griffith's experiment
Griffith's experiment, reported in 1928 by Frederick Griffith, was the first experiment suggesting that bacteria are capable of transferring genetic information through a process known as transformation. Griffith's findings were followed by research in the late 1930s and early 40s that isolated DNA as the material tha...
12719
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave%20de%20Molinari
Gustave de Molinari
Gustave de Molinari (; 3 March 1819 – 28 January 1912) was a Belgian political economist and French Liberal School theorist associated with French laissez-faire economists such as Frédéric Bastiat and Hippolyte Castille. Biography Born in Liège, Wallonia, Molinari's critique of the state sometimes resulted in his opp...
12720
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla%20warfare
Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military. Altho...
12727
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original%20proof%20of%20G%C3%B6del%27s%20completeness%20theorem
Original proof of Gödel's completeness theorem
The proof of Gödel's completeness theorem given by Kurt Gödel in his doctoral dissertation of 1929 (and a shorter version of the proof, published as an article in 1930, titled "The completeness of the axioms of the functional calculus of logic" (in German)) is not easy to read today; it uses concepts and formalisms tha...
12729
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits
Grits
Grits is a porridge made from boiled cornmeal. Hominy grits is a type of grits made from hominy – corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization, with the pericarp (ovary wall) removed. Grits is often served with other flavorings as a breakfast dish. Grits can be either savory or sweet, ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Electric
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York State and headquartered in Boston. Until 2021, the company operated in sectors including aviation, power, renewable energy, digital industry, weapons manufacturing, locomotives, and venture capital and finance, but has sinc...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20planet
Giant planet
The giant planets constitute a diverse type of planet much larger than Earth. They are usually primarily composed of low-boiling-point materials (gases or ices), rather than rock or other solid matter, but massive solid planets can also exist. There are four known giant planets in the Solar System: Jupiter, Saturn, Ura...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess
Goddess
A goddess is a female deity. In many known cultures, goddesses are often linked with literal or metaphorical pregnancy or imagined feminine roles associated with how women and girls are perceived or expected to behave. This includes themes of spinning, weaving, beauty, love, sexuality, motherhood, domesticity, creativi...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20German-language%20poets
List of German-language poets
This list contains the names of individuals (of any ethnicity or nationality) who wrote poetry in the German language. Most are identified as "German poets", but some are not German. A Abraham a Sancta Clara Friedrich Achleitner Dietmar von Aist Heinrich Albert (composer) Der wilde Alexander Hermann Allmers Peter Paul...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder
Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, carbon (in the form of charcoal) and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). The sulfur and carbon act as fuels while the saltpeter is an oxidizer. Gunpowde...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grampus
Grampus
Grampus may refer to: Animals Grampus, the genus and another name for Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus A synonym of the genus Orcinus Another name for Orcinus orca, the killer whale or orca Another name for the hellbender, a species of salamander Another name for a hellgrammite, the dobsonfly larva Another name for Ma...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Kildall
Gary Kildall
Gary Arlen Kildall (; May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the CP/M operating system among other operating systems and programming tools, and subsequently founded Digital Research, Inc. (or "DRI") to market and sell his soft...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta%20Danorum
Gesta Danorum
Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the nation's early history. It is also one of the ol...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison%20Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatia
Galatia
Galatia (; , Galatía, "Gaul") was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir, in modern Turkey. Galatia was named after the Gauls from Thrace (cf. Tylis), who settled here and became a small transient foreign tribe in the 3rd century BC, followin...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatians
Galatians
Galatians may refer to: Galatians (people) Epistle to the Galatians, a book of the New Testament English translation of the Greek Galatai or Latin Galatae, Galli, or Gallograeci to refer to either the Galatians or the Gauls in general See also Galatia in Asia Minor Galatia (Roman province) Galatian (disambiguat...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalization
Generalization
A generalization is a form of abstraction whereby common properties of specific instances are formulated as general concepts or claims. Generalizations posit the existence of a domain or set of elements, as well as one or more common characteristics shared by those elements (thus creating a conceptual model). As such, ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia%20Carangi
Gia Carangi
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960November 18, 1986) was an American model, considered by many to be the first woman to be titled as supermodel. She was featured on the cover of fashion magazines, including multiple editions of Vogue and Cosmopolitan, and appeared in advertising campaigns for such fashion houses as Ar...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo%20Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late-Baroque era. Though his early work was firmly rooted in ...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone%20%28disambiguation%29
Gramophone (disambiguation)
Gramophone or phonograph is a device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. Gramophone may also refer to: Businesses Gramophone Company, a British record company Gramophone Company of India or Saregama, an Indian record company Berliner Gramophone, an early American record company Deutsche Gramm...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Cukor
George Cukor
George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of Production, assigned Cukor to direct several of RKO's major films, including What...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20mask
Gas mask
A gas mask is a mask used to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases. The mask forms a sealed cover over the nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other vulnerable soft tissues of the face. Most gas masks are also respirators, though the word gas mask is often used to refer to mil...