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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiang%20%28disambiguation%29
A kiang is a large mammal belonging to the horse family. Kiang may also refer to: 3751 Kiang, a main-belt asteroid Kiang (Gambia), a region in the Gambia C. S. Kiang (fl. 1978–2006), academic in physics and atmospheric sciences Nelson Kiang (fl. 1952–1990s), academic in auditory physiology See also Horse Tsao-k...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landau%E2%80%93Lifshitz%20equation
In physics, the Landau–Lifshitz equation (LLE), named for Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, is a name used for several different differential equations For the Landau–Lifshitz aeroacoustic equation see aeroacoustics. For the Landau–Lifshitz equation describing the precessional motion of magnetization M in a solid with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landau%E2%80%93Lifshitz%20model
In solid-state physics, the Landau–Lifshitz equation (LLE), named for Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz, is a partial differential equation describing time evolution of magnetism in solids, depending on 1 time variable and 1, 2, or 3 space variables. Landau–Lifshitz equation The LLE describes an anisotropic magnet. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Konopinski
Emil John (Jan) Konopinski (December 25, 1911 in Michigan City, Indiana – May 26, 1990 in Bloomington, Indiana) was an American nuclear scientist of Polish descent. His parents were Joseph and Sophia (). He was, with George Uhlenbeck as thesis advisor, a 1934 Ph.D graduate of the University of Michigan, and later a pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus%20Kern
Klaus Kern (born 24 March 1960) is a German physical chemist. Kern received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in 2008. Biography Kern studied at the University of Bonn chemistry and physics, and received his Ph.D. in 1986. Research He worked first at the Jülich Research Ce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeong%20Han%20Kim
Jeong Han Kim (; born July 20, 1962) is a South Korean mathematician. He studied physics and mathematical physics at Yonsei University, and earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at Rutgers University. He was a researcher at AT&T Bell Labs and at Microsoft Research, and was Underwood Chair Professor of Mathematics at Yonsei ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takai%20olefination
Takai olefination in organic chemistry describes the organic reaction of an aldehyde with a diorganochromium compound to form an alkene. It is a name reaction, referencing Kazuhiko Takai, who first reported it in 1986. In the original reaction, the organochromium species is generated from iodoform or bromoform and an e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20College%20of%20Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Molecular%20Medicine%20and%20Genetics
The Medical College of Georgia Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics (IMMAG) is a biomedical research facility located in Augusta, Georgia. Mission The mission of IMMAG is to promote excellence in basic and translational biomedical research and promote a philosophy of open doors interdisciplinary collaboration....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus%20Aspelmeyer
Markus Aspelmeyer is an Austrian quantum physicist. Aspelmeyer was born 1974 in the Bavarian town Schongau. He also attended the local school, where he received his abitur in 1993. He studied physics and philosophy at the University of Munich, receiving his BS in philosophy and his Ph.D in physics in 2002. He joined ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Ernest%20Kronauer
Richard Ernest Kronauer (1925 – October 18, 2019) was the Gordon McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering, emeritus, at Harvard University. Though experienced with research in both fluid mechanics and applied mathematics. He is primarily known for his pioneering work in mathematical biology, especially his research...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedekind%E2%80%93MacNeille%20completion
In mathematics, specifically order theory, the Dedekind–MacNeille completion of a partially ordered set is the smallest complete lattice that contains it. It is named after Holbrook Mann MacNeille whose 1937 paper first defined and constructed it, and after Richard Dedekind because its construction generalizes the Dede...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20W.%20Barrett%20%28physicist%29
John W. Barrett is professor of mathematical physics at the University of Nottingham. He is a quantum gravity researcher who is known for the Barrett–Crane model of quantum gravity. References Living people Scientists from London Academics of the University of Nottingham Year of birth missing (living people)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%20Middleton%20Boring
Alice Middleton Boring (, February 22, 1883 – September 18, 1955) was an American biologist, zoologist, and herpetologist, who taught biology and did research in the United States and China. Early life and education Alice Middleton Boring was born in 1883 in Philadelphia. Her family originally settled in the Americas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev%20Bulat
Lev Petrovich Bulat (; 1947–2016) was a Russian physicist. Bulat was born on April 11, 1947, in Chernovtsy, Ukraine. In 1988 he received a D.Sc in Physics and Mathematics, from Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, with the thesis: "Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors under Large Temperature Gradients". He was an exp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation%20ring
In mathematics, especially in the area of algebra known as representation theory, the representation ring (or Green ring after J. A. Green) of a group is a ring formed from all the (isomorphism classes of the) finite-dimensional linear representations of the group. Elements of the representation ring are sometimes call...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Ulens
Arthur Ulens (born 1946) is a Belgian businessman and former head of AGC Flat Glass which groups the worldwide flat glass activities of the Asahi Glass Company (AGC). Education He graduated in chemistry and economy at the Catholic University of Leuven. Career Ulens started his career at Glaverbel at the new products ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey%E2%80%93Stewartson%20equation
In fluid dynamics, the Davey–Stewartson equation (DSE) was introduced in a paper by A. Davey and Keith Stewartson to describe the evolution of a three-dimensional wave-packet on water of finite depth. It is a system of partial differential equations for a complex (wave-amplitude) field and a real (mean-flow) field : ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume%20of%20fluid%20method
In computational fluid dynamics, the volume of fluid (VOF) method is a free-surface modelling technique, i.e. a numerical technique for tracking and locating the free surface (or fluid–fluid interface). It belongs to the class of Eulerian methods which are characterized by a mesh that is either stationary or is moving ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Evans%20%28radio%20presenter%29
Richard William Gilmour Evans (born 17 February 1958, in Swansea), is a Welsh journalist and Broadcaster. He was educated at Llanelli Boys Grammar Technical School, and studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath before studying journalism at City University, London. He trained as a Newspaper reporter on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin%20Lorrel%20Nichols
Melvin Lorrel "Pete" Nichols (November 30, 1894 – March 29, 1981) was an American chemistry professor and author. Early life Nichols was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of Joseph Wiseman Nichols, a cabinetmaker, and Sarah Rebecca Heidelbaugh. He was the youngest of six children. Career Nichols was awarded his PhD from ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonioceras
Estonioceras is an extinct genus of tarphyceridan nautiloids from the Ordovician of Europe. Sources Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward External links Estonioceras in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric nautiloid genera Ordovician cephalopods of Europe Fossil t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josip%20Kri%C5%BEan
Josip Križan (December 31, 1841 in Kokoriči – July 16, 1921 in Varaždin, Croatia) was a Slovenian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer. He studied mathematics, physics and philosophy in Graz and between 1867 and 1869 obtained a doctorate to become a professor. Sources Slovenian Wikipedia 20th-centur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear%20partial%20differential%20equation
In mathematics and physics, a nonlinear partial differential equation is a partial differential equation with nonlinear terms. They describe many different physical systems, ranging from gravitation to fluid dynamics, and have been used in mathematics to solve problems such as the Poincaré conjecture and the Calabi con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloat
Bloat may refer to: Biology and medicine Bloat (canine) (gastric dilatation volvulus), an overstretched and rotated stomach in dogs Bloat (ruminant) (ruminal tympany), an excessive volume of gas in ruminants Bloating, an abnormal swelling or enlargement of the abdomen Gas bloat syndrome, a complication of Nissen ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsonisuchus
Watsonisuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Australia, Madagascar, and South Africa. It was up to 122 cm long and had a robust skull of 24 cm in length. References Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania by Ralph E. Molnar (Pg. 39) Tria...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20R.%20Griesemer
James R. Griesemer is an American professor of philosophy at the University of California, Davis in Davis, California specializing in philosophy of biology. Education and career Griesemer received his PhD in 1983 in the Conceptual Foundations of Science at the University of Chicago under the supervision of William C....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eomys
Eomys is an extinct genus of eomyid rodent from the late Oligocene of France, Germany, Spain, and possibly Turkey. The species Eomys quercyi is the earliest known gliding rodent. References External links Eomys in the Paleobiology Database Geomyoid rodents Prehistoric rodent genera Gliding animals Oligocene rodents...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingression
Ingression may refer to: Ingression (biology) Ingression coast See also Ingress (disambiguation) Ingressive sound
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold%20von%20Pebal
Leopold von Pebal (29 December 1826 – 17 February 1887) was an Austrian chemist. In 1851 he obtained his PhD at the University of Graz, followed by several years working as an assistant at the Joanneum. In 1855 he became a privat-docent of theoretical chemistry. Afterwards, he continued his education at Heidelberg, wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Gustav%20Guckelberger
Carl Gustav Guckelberger (1820 – 9 August 1902) was a German chemist. Life Guckelsberger worked in a pharmacy in Stuttgart, but started studying chemistry with Hermann von Fehling, also in Stuttgart, for two semesters. With the recommendation of Fehling, Guckelsberger joined the laboratory of Justus von Liebig at the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen%20Freiherr%20von%20Gorup-Besanez
Eugen Freiherr von Gorup-Besanez (15 January 1817 – 24 November 1878) was an Austrian-German chemist. Biography He was educated in Graz and at Vienna, Padua, Munich, and Göttingen. He was appointed professor of chemistry at Erlangen in 1849. His researches on zoöchemical analysis are important: and his work entitled A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Heeren
Friedrich Heeren (11 August 1803 – 2 May 1885) was a German chemist. He received his doctorate in Göttingen, and from 1831 was an instructor of technological-chemical subjects at the Polytechnic School in Hannover (Höheren Gewerbeschule). Here he taught classes in physics, mineralogy and chemistry. With technologist ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification%20%28biology%29
Identification in biology is the process of assigning a pre-existing taxon name to an individual organism. Identification of organisms to individual scientific names (or codes) may be based on individualistic natural body features, experimentally created individual markers (e.g., color dot patterns), or natural individ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20imaging
Biological imaging may refer to any imaging technique used in biology. Typical examples include: Bioluminescence imaging, a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent protein Calcium imaging, determining the calcium status of a tissue using fluorescent light Diffuse optical imaging, using near-infra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulation%20%28single-access%20key%29
In biology, a reticulation of a single-access identification key connects different branches of the identification tree to improve error tolerance and identification success. In a reticulated key, multiple paths lead to the same result; the tree data structure thus changes from a simple tree to a directed acyclic graph...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Cohler
Jonathan Cohler (born June 19, 1959) is an American classical clarinetist, conductor, music educator and record producer. Early career Jonathan Cohler graduated from Harvard University in 1980 with a degree in physics. He studied clarinet with Pasquale Cardillo, Harold Wright, Karl Leister, Charles Neidich and Frank M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor%20Wertheim
Theodor Wertheim (25 December 1820 – 6 July 1864) was an Austrian chemist born in Vienna. He was the father of gynecologist Ernst Wertheim (1864-1920). He studied organic chemistry in Berlin as a pupil of Eilhard Mitscherlich, and in 1843 travelled to the University of Prague, where he studied under Josef Redtenbache...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor%20von%20Lang
Viktor von Lang (2 March 1838 – 3 July 1921) was an Austrian chemist. He is counted among the pioneers and founders of crystal physics. Career Lang earned his doctorate from the University of Giessen in 1859 with a thesis titled "Physikalische Verhältnisse kristallisierter Körper". From 1865 to 1909, Lang served as...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinchonine
Cinchonine is an alkaloid found in Cinchona officinalis. It is used in asymmetric synthesis in organic chemistry. It is a stereoisomer and pseudo-enantiomer of cinchonidine. It is structurally similar to quinine, an antimalarial drug. It is a GLP-1 agonist and therefore has potential as a possible treatment for obesi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20history%20of%20the%20Middle%20East
The genetic history of the Middle East is the subject of research within the fields of human population genomics, archaeogenetics and Middle Eastern studies. Researchers use Y-DNA, mtDNA, and other autosomal DNAs to identify the genetic history of ancient and modern populations of Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, Anatolia,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial%20differential%20equation
In mathematics, the binomial differential equation is an ordinary differential equation containing one or more functions of one independent variable and the derivatives of those functions. For example: when is a natural number (i.e., a positive integer), and is a polynomial in two variables (i.e., a bivariate poly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%E2%80%93Ono%20equation
In mathematics, the Benjamin–Ono equation is a nonlinear partial integro-differential equation that describes one-dimensional internal waves in deep water. It was introduced by and . The Benjamin–Ono equation is where H is the Hilbert transform. It possesses infinitely many conserved densities and symmetries; thus...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygyny%20threshold%20model
The polygyny threshold model is an explanation of polygyny, the mating of one male of a species with more than one female. The model shows how females may gain a higher level of biological fitness by mating with a male who already has a mate. The female makes this choice despite other surrounding males because the choi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology%20Institute%20for%20Robotics%20and%20Intelligent%20Machines
The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM@GT) is an interdisciplinary research unit at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The center was launched May, 2006, and consists of researchers from the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing, College of Engineering, and Georgia Tech Resear...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20McSweegan
Edward McSweegan is an American microbiologist, science writer and fiction author. Education and early research McSweegan earned his undergraduate biology degree from Boston College in 1978. He went on to earn two degrees in microbiology, a masters degree from the University of New Hampshire and a Ph.D. from the Univ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking%20the%20Code
Breaking the Code is a 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, who was a key player in the breaking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park during World War II and a pioneer of computer science. The play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peridiniales
Peridiniales is an order of dinoflagellates. Below is an uncritical list of the families in Peridinales, but molecular phylogenetics circumscribe the group in a stricter sense. Amphilothaceae, Archaeosphaerodiniopsidaceae, Blastodiniaceae, Calciodinellaceae, Ceratiaceae, Cladopyxidaceae, Coccidinaceae, Crypthe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles-Gaston%20Granger
Gilles-Gaston Granger (; ; 28 January 1920 – 24 August 2016) was a French philosopher. Work His works discuss the philosophy of logic, mathematics, human and social sciences, Aristotle, Jean Cavaillès, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He produced the most authoritative French translation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Adair%20%28physicist%29
Robert Kemp Adair (August 14, 1924 – September 28, 2020) was an American physicist. He latterly held the position of Sterling Professor Emeritus of physics at Yale University. Biography Adair served in the European theatre after volunteering for World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart and Bronze star. After achie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%E2%80%93Poisson%E2%80%93Darboux%20equation
In mathematics, the Euler–Poisson–Darboux equation is the partial differential equation This equation is named for Siméon Poisson, Leonhard Euler, and Gaston Darboux. It plays an important role in solving the classical wave equation. This equation is related to by , , where and some sources quote this equati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azores%20hotspot
The Azores hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. The Azores is relatively young and is associated with a bathymetric swell, a gravity anomaly and ocean island basalt geochemistry. The Azores hotspot lies just east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Geological area The Azores domain comprises the Azores ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transform%20theory
In mathematics, transform theory is the study of transforms, which relate a function in one domain to another function in a second domain. The essence of transform theory is that by a suitable choice of basis for a vector space a problem may be simplified—or diagonalized as in spectral theory. Spectral theory In spec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss%27s%20law%20for%20gravity
In physics, Gauss's law for gravity, also known as Gauss's flux theorem for gravity, is a law of physics that is equivalent to Newton's law of universal gravitation. It is named after Carl Friedrich Gauss. It states that the flux (surface integral) of the gravitational field over any closed surface is proportional to t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courant%20minimax%20principle
In mathematics, the Courant minimax principle gives the eigenvalues of a real symmetric matrix. It is named after Richard Courant. Introduction The Courant minimax principle gives a condition for finding the eigenvalues for a real symmetric matrix. The Courant minimax principle is as follows: For any real symmetric ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morwen%20Thistlethwaite
Morwen Bernard Thistlethwaite is a knot theorist and professor of mathematics for the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He has made important contributions to both knot theory and Rubik's Cube group theory. Biography Morwen Thistlethwaite received his BA from the University of Cambridge in 1967, his MSc from the U...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority%20interpretations%20of%20quantum%20mechanics
There is a diversity of views that propose interpretations of quantum mechanics. They vary in how many physicists accept or reject them. An interpretation of quantum mechanics is a conceptual scheme that proposes to relate the mathematical formalism to the physical phenomena of interest. The present article is about th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS%201
In cryptography, PKCS #1 is the first of a family of standards called Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), published by RSA Laboratories. It provides the basic definitions of and recommendations for implementing the RSA algorithm for public-key cryptography. It defines the mathematical properties of public and pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20%28number%29
1987 is the natural number following 1986 and preceding 1988. In mathematics 1987 is an odd number and the 300th prime number. It is the first number of a sexy prime triplet (1987, 1993, 1999). Being of the form 4n + 3, it is a Gaussian prime. It is a lucky number and therefore also a lucky prime. 1987 is a prime fact...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang%20Steglich
Wolfgang Steglich (born 12 August 1933) is a German chemist. Life Wolfgang Steglich was born in Kamenz and studied chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin and later at the Technical University of Munich where he received his PhD in 1960 for work with . Following a postdoc stay with Sir Derek H. R. Barton at t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocker%27s%20Arithmetick
Cocker's Arithmetick, also known by its full title "Cocker's Arithmetick: Being a Plain and Familiar Method Suitable to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of That Incomparable Art, As It Is Now Taught by the Ablest School-Masters in City and Country", is a grammar school mathematics textbook written by Edw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20stupidity
Artificial stupidity is a term used within the field of computer science to refer to a technique of "dumbing down" computer programs in order to deliberately introduce errors in their responses. History Alan Turing, in his 1950 paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence, proposed a test for intelligence which has si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-access%20key
In biology or medicine, a multi-access key is an identification key which overcomes the problem of the more traditional single-access keys (dichotomous or polytomous identification keys) of requiring a fixed sequence of identification steps. A multi-access key enables the user to freely choose the characteristics that ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrius%20Baltu%C5%A1ka
Andrius Baltuška (born 26 November 1971 in Leningrad) is a Lithuanian physicist. Baltuška studied physics at the University of Vilnius later at the University of Amsterdam and received his PhD from the University of Groningen in 2000. After postdoctoral positions at the University of Tokyo, Technical University of Vi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Micura
Ronald Micura is an Austrian chemist. He received his PhD working in the field of phycobilin pigments under the supervision of Karl Grubmayr in 1995. He was awarded the Lieben Prize in 2005. Micura studied chemistry at the University of Linz, where he also received his Ph.D. in 1995. After a postdoc position at the Un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antal%20Festetics
Antal Festetics, exactly () (born June 12, 1937, Budapest, Hungary), is a Hungarian-Austrian biologist, zoologist and behavioural researcher. A student of Konrad Lorenz, in 1973 he became a university professor and director of the Institute for Hunting Biology at the University of Göttingen. In 1981 he became an honor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetek
Magnetek, Inc., is a technology company founded in 1984 and headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and is a NASDAQ Global Market listed company. The company develops, manufactures, and markets digital power and motion control systems for material handling, people-moving and mining applications. Its power control ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidation%20of%20alcohols%20to%20carbonyl%20compounds
The oxidation of alcohols to carbonyls (ketone or aldehydes) is an important oxidation reaction in organic chemistry. This only occurs with primary and secondary alcohols. (R' can be a carbon or hydrogen) When a alcohol is oxidized, it is converted to either a ketone or aldehyde. Secondary alcohols form ketones, while...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20C.%20Arkin
Ronald Craig Arkin (born 1949) is an American roboticist and roboethicist, and a Regents' Professor in the School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is known for the motor schema technique in robot navigation and for his book Behavior-Based Robotics. Biography Ed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakharov%20system
In mathematics, the Zakharov system is a system of non-linear partial differential equations, introduced by Vladimir Zakharov in 1972 to describe the propagation of Langmuir waves in an ionized plasma. The system consists of a complex field u and a real field n satisfying the equations where is the d'Alembert operato...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakharov%E2%80%93Schulman%20system
In mathematics, the Zakharov–Schulman system is a system of nonlinear partial differential equations introduced in to describe the interactions of small amplitude, high frequency waves with acoustic waves. The equations are where L1, L2, and L3, are constant coefficient differential operators. References Partial d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz%20London
Heinz London (Bonn, Germany 7 November 1907 – 3 August 1970) was a German-British physicist. Together with his brother Fritz London he was a pioneer in the field of superconductivity. Biography London was born in Bonn in a liberal Jewish-German family. His father, Franz London, was professor of mathematics at the Uni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-access%20key
In phylogenetics, a single-access key (also called dichotomous key, sequential key, analytical key, or pathway key) is an identification key where the sequence and structure of identification steps is fixed by the author of the key. At each point in the decision process, multiple alternatives are offered, each leading ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkki%20Ruoslahti
Erkki Ruoslahti (born 16 February 1940 in Imatra, Finland) is a cancer researcher and distinguished professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. He moved from Finland to the United States in 1976. Ruoslahti made seminal contributions to biology of extracellular matrix and its receptors. He was one ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced%20entity%E2%80%93relationship%20model
The enhanced entity–relationship (EER) model (or extended entity–relationship model) in computer science is a high-level or conceptual data model incorporating extensions to the original entity–relationship (ER) model, used in the design of databases. It was developed to reflect more precisely the properties and const...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkanolamine
In organic chemistry, alkanolamines (amino alcohols) are organic compounds that contain both hydroxyl () and amino (, , and ) functional groups on an alkane backbone. Most alkanolamines are colorless. 1-Aminoalcohols 1-Aminoalcohols are better known as hemiaminals. Methanolamine is the simplest member. 2-Aminoalcoho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heli%20Simpson
Dr Heli Simpson (born 21 February 1987) is an Australian actress, singer, dancer, equestrian, comedian, and doctor. She is best known for her role as Veronica DiAngelo #1 on The Saddle Club. In 2005, Simpson was selected for the Australian team for the International Biology Olympiad in Beijing, winning a bronze medal. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%20G.%20Harrison
Lionel George Harrison (May 29, 1929 – March 17, 2008) was a physical chemist, theoretical biologist, and the author of the 1993 book, Kinetic Theory of Living Pattern, which approaches problems in developmental biology from the standpoint of physical science and mathematics. Born in Liverpool, England, Harrison studi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambhram%20Institute%20of%20Technology
Sambhram Institute of Technology was started in 2001 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University and approved by AICTE. It is also accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA). The campus is situated in M.S.Palya, Jalahalli East, Bangalore-97, India. Courses offered...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Harwit
Martin Otto Harwit (born 9 March 1931) is a Czech-American astronomer and author known for his scientific work on infrared astronomy as a professor at Cornell University. He was later director of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. from 1987 to 1995. Career He attended Oberlin College for his B.A. in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QCDOC
The QCDOC (quantum chromodynamics on a chip) is a supercomputer technology focusing on using relatively cheap low power processing elements to produce a massively parallel machine. The machine is custom-made to solve small but extremely demanding problems in the fields of quantum physics. Overview The computers were ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20E.%20Brooks
Harold Edward Brooks (born March 11, 1959) is an American meteorologist whose research is concentrated on severe convective storms and tornadoes, particularly severe weather climatology, as well as weather forecasting. Life and work Brooks began his higher education career at William Jewell College, studying physics...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%20Society%20of%20Information%20Technology%20Educators
The Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE) is a professional body of information technology education practitioners in the Philippines. Its members are primarily academics; teachers of computer science, information technology, information and communication technology, engineering, mathematics an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Baym
Gordon Alan Baym (born July 1, 1935) is an American theoretical physicist. Biography Born in New York City, he graduated from the Brooklyn Technical High School, and received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1956. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1960, studying under Julian Schwinger. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%20Burgess
Graham K. Burgess (born 24 February 1968 in Liverpool, England) is an English FIDE Master of chess and a noted writer and trainer. He became a FIDE Master at the age of twenty. He attended Birkdale High School in Southport, Merseyside. In 1989 he graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in mathematic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Robotics
Universal Logic, Inc., formerly Universal Robotics, Inc., is an artificial intelligence software engineering and robotics integration company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The Company was founded in 2008 by brothers, David and Alan Peters. In 2015, the company received its first million-dollar contract. Le...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Carroll%20%28physicist%29
David Carroll (born January 13, 1963) is a U.S. physicist, materials scientist and nanotechnologist, Fellow of the American Physical Society, and director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University. He has contributed to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology through his wo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-machine
A Q-machine is a device that is used in experimental plasma physics. The name Q-machine stems from the original intention of creating a quiescent plasma that is free from the fluctuations that are present in plasmas created in electric discharges. The Q-machine was first described in a publication by Rynn and D'Ang...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon%20cell%20decomposition
The boustrophedon cell decomposition (BCD) is a method used in artificial intelligence and robotics for configuration space solutions. Like other cellular decomposition methods, this method transforms the configuration space into cell regions that can be used for path planning. A strength of the boustrophedon cell de...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Henri
Victor Henri (6 June 1872 – 21 June 1940) was a French-Russian physical chemist and physiologist. He was born in Marseilles as a son of Russian parents. He is known mainly as an early pioneer in enzyme kinetics. He published more than 500 papers in a variety of disciplines including biochemistry, physical chemistry, ps...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%20Ferrari
Andrea Ferrari may refer to: Andrea Ferrari (footballer) (born 1986), Italian football goalkeeper Andrea Ferrari (sailor) (1915–2011), Italian Olympic sailor Andrea Carlo Ferrari (1850–1921), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Milan from 1894 to his death Andrea C. Ferrari (born 1972), Italian...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corso%20%28surname%29
Corso is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bill Corso, makeup artist Daniel Corso (born 1978), Canadian hockey player Giovanni Corso, Italian surgeon Gregory Corso (1930–2001), American poet, member of the Beat Generation Jason J. Corso, American professor of electrical engineering and computer scien...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20Grid%20Infrastructure
The INFN Grid project was an initiative of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) —Italy's National Institute for Nuclear Physics—for grid computing. It was intended to develop and deploy grid middleware services to allow INFN's users to transparently and securely share the computing and storage resources tog...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail%20Roco
Mihail C. Roco is the founding chair of the US National Science and Technology Council subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET), and is Senior Advisor for Science and Engineering, including Nanotechnology, at the National Science Foundation. He is also the editor in chief of the Journal of N...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primapus
Primapus is an extinct genus of apodiform bird from the Early Eocene of the United Kingdom. Its fossils were found in the London Clay, which was deposited around 50 million years ago. The type species is P. lacki. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (page 262) External links Primapus in the Paleobi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly%20Williams
Kim or Kimberly Williams may refer to: People Kimberly Williams-Paisley (born 1971), American actress Kimberly Williams (triple jumper) (born 1988), Jamaican triple jumper Kimberly Williams (politician), American politician in the state of Delaware Kim Williams (architect), American independent scholar of architecture...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplopteryx
Hoplopteryx is an extinct genus of Trachichthyidae from the Cretaceous. Biology Hoplopteryx has a dorsal fin supported by nine unjointed, bony rays, deeply forked, homocercal tail, a moderately developed anal fin, and a pelvic fin located well forward. The snout is quite short, the eyes fairly large, and both jaws of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asineops
Asineops (Greek for "donkey-faced") is a genus of prehistoric fish from the Eocene. It was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1870. References Asineops, Paleobiology Database Acanthomorpha Eocene fish Eocene fish of North America Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enniskillenus
Enniskillenus (named after the Northern Irish village of Enniskillen) is a genus of prehistoric fish from the Eocene. It was described by Casier in 1966. References Enniskillenus, Paleobiology Database Acanthomorpha Eocene fish Eocene fish of Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homorhynchus
Homorhynchus (Greek for "same snout") is a genus of prehistoric fish from the Eocene and Oligocene. It was described by Edouard Van Beneden in 1873. References Homorhynchus, Paleobiology Database Acanthomorpha Eocene fish Oligocene fish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeorhynchus
Palaeorhynchus (meaning "old snout") is a genus of prehistoric fish from Central and Southeastern Europe that was described by Wagner in 1860. One fossil found is dated (Early Oligocene). References Palaeorhynchus, Paleobiology Database External links Acanthomorpha Oligocene fish Extinct animals of Europe