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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotetrapturus
Pseudotetrapterus (Greek for "false four fins") is a genus of prehistoric fish from the Oligocene. References Pseudotetrapterus, Paleobiology Database Acanthomorpha Oligocene fish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koebe%20quarter%20theorem
In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, the Koebe 1/4 theorem states the following: Koebe Quarter Theorem. The image of an injective analytic function from the unit disk onto a subset of the complex plane contains the disk whose center is and whose radius is . The theorem is named after Paul Koebe, who conj...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20Korteweg%E2%80%93De%20Vries%20equation
In mathematics, a generalized Korteweg–De Vries equation is the nonlinear partial differential equation The function f is sometimes taken to be f(u) = uk+1/(k+1) + u for some positive integer k (where the extra u is a "drift term" that makes the analysis a little easier). The case f(u) = 3u2 is the original Korteweg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra%20%26%20Number%20Theory
Algebra & Number Theory is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal published by the nonprofit organization Mathematical Sciences Publishers. It was launched on January 17, 2007, with the goal of "providing an alternative to the current range of commercial specialty journals in algebra and number theory, an alternative of h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20Sciences%20Publishers
Mathematical Sciences Publishers is a nonprofit publishing company run by and for mathematicians. It publishes several journals and the book series Geometry & Topology Monographs. It is run from a central office in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. Journals owned and published ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20David%20Kennedy
John David Kennedy (born 1943) is a chemist and emeritus professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Leeds. He works in the area of polyhedral borane chemistry. Biography John D Kennedy was born in 1943. He was educated at Scarborough High School for Boys between 1954 and 1962 and received his BSc from Univ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20F%20Krauss
Thomas F Krauss is a physics researcher at the University of York, where he is the head of the photonics group and of the nanocentre cleanroom. Before he was head of the school of physics and astronomy at the University of St Andrews. He has several research interests, but is mostly known for his work in the field of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%20differential%20equation
In mathematics, the Hill equation or Hill differential equation is the second-order linear ordinary differential equation where is a periodic function by minimal period . By these we mean that for all and and if is a number with , the equation must fail for some . It is named after George William Hill, who i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuole%20Alle%20Stimate
Scuole Alle Stimate is a middle and high school in the center of Verona, Italy. There is a Classical High School, where the main subjects are Greek and Latin; a Scientific High School where the main subjects are maths and biology; in the Linguistic High School Spanish, German and English are taught. The school house...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology%20for%20Christian%20Schools
Biology for Christian Schools is a 1991 school-level biology textbook written from a Young Earth Creation point of view by William S. Pinkston and published by the Bob Jones University Press. The book has been controversial because it espouses the idea of Biblical inerrancy; that whenever science and Christianity conf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Clausen%20%28mathematician%29
Thomas Clausen (16 January 1801, Snogbæk, Sottrup Municipality, Duchy of Schleswig (now Denmark) – 23 May 1885, Dorpat, Imperial Russia (now Estonia)) was a Danish mathematician and astronomer. Clausen learned mathematics at home. In 1820, he became a trainee at the Munich Optical Institute and in 1824, at the Altona ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathullah%20Shirazi
Sayyed Mīr Fathullāh Shīrāzī (; died 1588-89) was a Persian Sufi polymath and inventor who specialized in many subjects: theology, literature, grammar, philosophy, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, and mechanics. A close confidant of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, Shirazi held several important administrative pos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke%20Camp%20Wildlife%20Management%20Area
Smoke Camp Wildlife Management Area is located on 252 acres (102 ha) northwest of Weston in Lewis County, West Virginia. See also Conservation biology Fishing Hunting List of West Virginia wildlife management areas References External links West Virginia DNR District 3 Wildlife Management Areas Wildlife management ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Hummel
Hermann Hummel (22 June 1876 – 13 September 1952) was a German chemist and politician in the Republic of Baden. He was a member of the DDP. Early life and career Hummel was born in Lahr in the Grand Duchy of Baden. He studied astronomy, chemistry, mathematics and philosophy at the universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessarolax
Tessarolax is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae. The fossil shells of these snails are found in Cretaceous to Paleocene deposits in Europe, North America, and Madagascar. References Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 122) Tessarolax in the Pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimella%20fissurella
Rimella fissurella is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. This species is found from the Paleocene to the Oligocene of Europe. References Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 123) External links Rimella fissurella in the Paleob...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimerocrinites
Dimerocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids that lived from the Silurian to the Early Devonian of Australia and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 166) External links Dimerocrinites in the Paleobiology Database Diplobathrida Prehistoric crinoid genera Silurian crinoids Dev...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parisangulocrinus
Parisangulocrinus is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Early Devonian of Europe. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 166) Parisangulocrinus in the Paleobiology Database Cladida Prehistoric crinoid genera Devonian animals of Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupressocrinites
Cupressocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Middle to Late Devonian of Asia, Australia, Europe, Morocco, and North America. References External links Cupressocrinites in the Paleobiology Database Cladida Prehistoric crinoid genera Devonian crinoids Devonian echinoderms of Asia Devonian echinoderms...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyathocrinites
Cyathocrinites is an extinct genus of crinoids that lived from the Early Silurian to the Late Permian in Europe and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 167) External links Cyathocrinites in the Paleobiology Database Cladida Prehistoric crinoid genera Silurian crinoids Devon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccocoma
Saccocoma is an extinct genus of crinoids that lived from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous in Europe and North America. It contains at least two species. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 170) External links Saccocoma in the Paleobiology Database Roveacrinida Prehistoric crinoid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocoma
Pterocoma is an extinct genus of crinoids from the Late Jurassic of Europe. References Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 171) External links Pterocoma in the Paleobiology Database Comatulida Prehistoric crinoid genera Jurassic crinoids Jurassic animals of Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melonechinus
Melonechinus is an extinct genus of echinoid that lived in the Carboniferous. Its remains have been found in North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 175) External links Melonechinus in the Paleobiology Database Echinocystitoida Prehistoric echinoid genera Carboniferous echinoder...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plegiocidaris
Plegiocidaris is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Triassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in Asia and Europe. It was named by the paleontologist Auguste Pomel Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 175) External links Plegiocidaris in the Paleobiology Da...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeocidaris
Archaeocidaris is an extinct genus of echinoid that lived from the Late Devonian to the Late Permian. Its remains have been found in Africa, Europe, and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 176) External links Archaeocidaris in the Paleobiology Database Devonian echinoderms Ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylocidaris
Tylocidaris is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Early Cretaceous to the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Europe and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 177) External links Tylocidaris in the Paleobiology Database Psychocidaridae Prehistoric echinoid ge...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temnocidaris
Temnocidaris is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. Its remains have been found in Europe and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 177) External links Temnocidaris in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric echinoid genera Cidaroid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicidaris
Hemicidaris is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 178) External links Hemicidaris in the Paleobiology Database Hemicidaroida Prehistoric echin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phymosoma
Phymosoma is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Cretaceous to the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179) External links Phymosoma in the Paleobiology Database Phymosomatoida Prehistoric echinoid genera ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiolampas
Plesiolampas is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived in the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Africa and Asia. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 181) External links Plesiolampas in the Paleobiology Database Cassiduloida Prehistoric echinoid genera Eocene animals Prehistoric echin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardouinia
Hardouinia is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived in the Late Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 182) External links Hardouinia in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric echinoid genera Cretaceous echinoderms of North America C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinocorys
Echinocorys is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. The genus belongs to the Holasteridae family. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, Australia (Oceania) and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 182) External links Echinoco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropidaster
Tropidaster is an extinct genus of sea stars that lived in the Early Jurassic. Its fossils have been found in Europe. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 187) External links Tropidaster in the Paleobiology Database Velatida Prehistoric starfish genera Jurassic echinoderms Prehistoric echin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metopaster
Metopaster is an extinct genus of sea star that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Early Eocene. Its fossils have been found in Europe. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 188) External links Metopaster in the Paleobiology Database Goniasteridae Prehistoric starfish genera Cretaceous ech...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stauranderaster
Stauranderaster is an extinct genus of sea stars that lived from the Late Jurassic to the Paleocene. Its fossils have been found in Europe. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 188) External links Stauranderaster in the Paleobiology Database Valvatida Jurassic echinoderms Cretaceous echinode...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoma
Geocoma is an extinct genus of brittle stars that lived in the Jurassic. Its fossils are known from Europe. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 189) External links Geocoma in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric Asterozoa genera Ophiuroidea genera Jurassic echinoderms Prehistoric animals of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltoblastus
Deltoblastus is a genus of blastoid echinoderms that lived in the Permian. Its fossils are known from Asia. References Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 190) External links Deltoblastus in the Paleobiology Database Blastozoa genera Permian echinoderms Permian animals of Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter%20Fox
Dieter Fox is a German-American roboticist and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Bonn in 1998. He is most notable for his contributions to several fields including robotics, artificial in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Ogilvie%20Dodge
Bernard Ogilvie Dodge (18April 18729August 1960) was an American botanist and pioneer researcher on heredity in fungi. Dodge was the author of over 150 papers dealing with the life histories, cytology, morphology, pathology and genetics of fungi, and with insects and other animal pests of plants. He made the first stu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandalodus
Sandalodus is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish from the Carboniferous period. It was named by Newberry and Worthen in 1866. Eastman 1903 gave Cochliodontidae as the parent taxon while Sepkoski 2002 suggested Holocephali. Species Sandalodus carbonarius Sandalodus complanatus Sandalodus laevissimus Sources Exte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meristina
Meristina is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Devonian of Asia, Europe, and North America. Meristina had a smooth convex shell with a one-inch diameter. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 85) External links Meristina in the Paleobiology Databa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinoconchus
Actinoconchus is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Carboniferous to the Late Permian in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 85) External links Actinoconchus in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric brachiopod genera Spiriferida Carbo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancistrocrania
Ancistrocrania is an extinct genus of brachiopods from the Upper Cretaceous of Europe and North-America. The name is derived from the Greek words αγκιστρο (agkistro) "fish hook" and κρανίον (kranion) skull. References Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92) External links Ancistrocrania in the Pale...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny%20Aramovich%20Abramyan
Evgeny Aramovich Abramyan (; August 3, 1930 – December 23, 2014) was a Soviet-Armenian physicist, Professor, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Winner of USSR State Prize, one of the founders of several research directions in the Soviet and Russian nuclear technology. Author of more than 100 inventions and several books o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryphaea%20arcuata
Gryphaea arcuata is an extinct species of foam oyster, a bivalve mollusc in the family Gryphaeidae from the Early Jurassic of Europe. It is commonly referred to in English folklore as the 'devils toenail' due to its supposed resemblance to the devil's 'cloven hoof'. Sources Gryphaea arcuata in the Paleobiology Datab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiola
Cardiola is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs that lived from the Silurian to the Middle Devonian in Africa, Europe, and North America. References Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 94) External links Cardiola in the Paleobiology Database Praecardiidae Prehistoric biva...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20structure%20database
In biology, a protein structure database is a database that is modeled around the various experimentally determined protein structures. The aim of most protein structure databases is to organize and annotate the protein structures, providing the biological community access to the experimental data in a useful way. Dat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implenia
Implenia is a Swiss real estate and construction services company with activities in development and civil engineering in Switzerland and Germany. Implenia is also active in tunnelling and related infrastructure construction in Austria, France, Sweden, Norway and Italy. The Group was formed at the beginning of 2006 fro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acroteuthis
Acroteuthis is a genus of belemnite from the early Cretaceous of Asia, Europe, and North America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 161) External links Acroteuthis in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric cephalopod genera Cretaceous cephalopods of Europe Cretaceous animals of Asia Early...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicoelosia
Dicoelosia is an extinct genus of brachiopod that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Early Devonian in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 80) External links Dicoelosia in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric brachiopod genera O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth%20A.%20Hutchinson
Seth A. Hutchinson is an American electrical and computer engineer. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is also Professor and KUKA Chair for Robotics in the School of Interactive Computing. His research in robotics spans th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solenomorpha
Solenomorpha is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Late Triassic in Australia, Europe, and North America. References Solenomorpha in the Paleobiology Database Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 112) Prehistoric bivalve genera Ordovician bivalves Siluria...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippurites
Hippurites is an extinct genus of rudist bivalve mollusc from the Late Cretaceous of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Species Hippurites atheniensis Hippurites colliciatus Hippurites cornucopiae Hippurites cornuvaccinum References Hippurites in the Paleobiology Database Fossils (Smithso...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamomya
Potamomya is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusc from the late Eocene of Europe. References Potamyoma in the Paleobiology Database Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 110) Prehistoric bivalve genera Eocene bivalves Eocene animals of Europe Myida
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervillaria
Gervillaria is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs that lived from the Triassic to the Cretaceous in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. References Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 96) External links Gervillaria in the Paleobiology Database Bakevelliidae Prehi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebrirostra
Terebrirostra is an extinct genus of brachiopod from the Cretaceous of Europe. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 91) External links Terebrirostra in the Paleobiology Database Prehistoric brachiopod genera Cretaceous brachiopods Prehistoric animals of Europe Terebratulida
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation%20of%20American%20Societies%20for%20Experimental%20Biology
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), based in Rockville, Maryland, is a non-profit organization of scientific societies in the United States. With a focus on the biological and biomedical sciences, the federation represents scientists in such fields as anatomy, physiology, immunology, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnozoology
Ethnozoology is a field of study that explores the complex relationships between humans and animals in their environment. This discipline encompasses the classification and naming of various animal species, as well as the cultural knowledge and use of both wild and domesticated animals. Ethnozoology is a subdiscipline ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L3%20experiment
The L3 experiment was one of the four large detectors on the Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP). The detector was designed to look for the physics of the Standard Model and beyond. It started up in 1989 and stopped taking data in November 2000 to make room for construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Now, t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon%20%28disambiguation%29
Megalodon is an extinct species of giant shark. Megalodon may also refer to: Biology Megalodon (bivalve), a genus of fossil bivalves Brachysuchus megalodon, a phytosaur Schistura megalodon, a stone loach; see Schistura Entertainment Megalodon (2004 film), a 2004 action film Megalodon (2018 film), an action ho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETS%20transcription%20factor%20family
In the field of molecular biology, the ETS (E26 transformation-specific or E-twenty-six. (Erythroblast Transformation Specific)) family is one of the largest families of transcription factors and is unique to animals. There are 29 genes in humans, 28 in the mouse, 10 in Caenorhabditis elegans and 9 in Drosophila. The f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Association%20of%20Geomagnetism%20and%20Aeronomy
The International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) is an international scientific association that focuses on the study of terrestrial and planetary magnetism and space physics. IAGA is one of the eight associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. It is a non-governmental body fund...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley%20Townsend
Stanley Townsend (born August 1961) is an Irish actor. Personal life Townsend was born and brought up in Dublin. After attending Wesley College, Dublin, he studied mathematics and civil engineering at Trinity College. While there he joined the Dublin University Players, the college's Amateur Dramatic Society. He later...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Olbers%20Focke
Wilhelm Olbers Focke (5 April 1834, Bremen – 29 September 1922, Bremen) was a medical doctor and botanist who in 1881 published a significant work on plant breeding entitled Die Pflanzen-Mischlinge, Ein Beitrag zur Biologie der Gewächse (The plant hybrids, a contribution to the biology of plants) which briefly mentione...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Vision
Journal of Vision is an open access online scientific journal specializing in the neuroscience and psychology of the visual system. It publishes primary research from any discipline within the visual sciences. Submissions go through pre-publication peer review and are indexed in PubMed. External links Journal of Visi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Grinspoon
David H. Grinspoon (born 1959) is an American astrobiologist. He is Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and was the former inaugural Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology for 2012–2013. His research focuses on comparative planetology, with a focus on climate evolution on Ear...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ktenoura
Ktenoura is a genus of trilobite from the Silurian of Europe. References Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 59) Ktenoura in the Paleobiology Database Cheiruridae Silurian trilobites of Europe Prehistoric animals of Europe Phacopida genera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonaspis
Leonaspis is a widespread genus of odontopleurid trilobite that lived from the Late Ordovician to the late Middle Devonian. Fossils of various species have been found on all continents except Antarctica. Sources Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 61) Leonaspis in the Paleobiology Database Reference...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole%20nationale%20sup%C3%A9rieure%20d%27ing%C3%A9nieurs%20de%20Caen
The École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen & Centre de Recherche (ENSICAEN), which translates as National Graduate School of Engineering & Research Center, is one of the French grandes écoles, whose main purpose is to form chemical, electronical, and Computer science engineers (with a level "bac+5"). It is lo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawai%CA%BBi%20Institute%20of%20Marine%20Biology
The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) is a marine biology laboratory located on the state-owned Coconut Island in Kāneohe Bay. History The institute was established in 1912. It began as a wooden structure on the shores of Waikiki and originally functioned in conjunction with the Waikiki Aquarium until 1919 wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volgograd%20State%20University%20of%20Architecture%20and%20Civil%20Engineering
The Volgograd State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering is one of the major Universities in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). It was founded in December 1951 and gained university status on December 29, 2003. Previous names were: Stalingrad Institute of Engineers of Municipal Economy Volgograd Institute o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic%20photography
Kinetic photography (kinetic meaning "caused by motion") is an experimental photographic technique in which the photographer uses movement resulting from physics to create an image. This typically involves the artist not directly holding the camera, but allowing the camera to react to forces applied to it in order to m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Eudaemonic%20Pie
The Eudaemonic Pie is a non-fiction book about gambling by American author Thomas A. Bass. The book was initially published in April 1985 by Houghton Mifflin. Overview The book focuses on a group of University of California, Santa Cruz, physics graduate students (known as the Eudaemons) who in the late 1970s and early...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochanski%20multiplication
Kochanski multiplication is an algorithm that allows modular arithmetic (multiplication or operations based on it, such as exponentiation) to be performed efficiently when the modulus is large (typically several hundred bits). This has particular application in number theory and in cryptography: for example, in the RSA...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%20Mathematical%20Journal
The Michigan Mathematical Journal (established 1952) is published by the mathematics department at the University of Michigan. An important early editor for the Journal was George Piranian. Historically, the Journal has been published a small number of times in a given year (currently four), in all areas of mathemati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20ragazzi%20di%20via%20Panisperna
(Via Panisperna Boys) is an Italian movie by director Gianni Amelio, telling the enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of young men fond of physics and mathematics, who just made history as the Via Panisperna boys. The movie derives from a 3-hour long...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied%20Neuroscience%20Society%20of%20Australasia
The Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia (ANSA) is a non-profit professional organization for applied neuroscience in Australia, with members in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. It is established in 2007, following an amalgamation of AAAPB (Australian Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback) and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Abella
Isaac David Abella (June 20, 1934 – October 23, 2016) was a Canadian physicist who was a professor at the University of Chicago. He specialized in laser physics, quantum optics, and spectroscopy. Isaac was the cousin of Irving Abella. Early life and education Isaac Abella was born on June 20, 1934, in Toronto, Ontario...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20T.%20Draine
Bruce Thomas Draine (born November 19, 1947 in Kolkata) is an American astrophysicist. He is Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University. He attended Swarthmore College from 1965 to 1969. He served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Ghana from 1969–71, where he taught secondary school physics and mathematics. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheitholt
The scheitholt or scheitholz is a traditional German stringed instrument and an ancestor of the modern zither. It falls into the category of drone zithers. History The scheitholt may have derived from an ancient Greek instrument for theoretical education in music and physics, the so-called monochord (an oblong wooden...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20H.%20Wright
Margaret H. Wright (born February 18, 1944) is an American computer scientist and mathematician. She is a Silver Professor of Computer Science and former Chair of the Computer Science department at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, with research interests in optimization, linear algebra, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calogero%E2%80%93Degasperis%E2%80%93Fokas%20equation
In mathematics, the Calogero–Degasperis–Fokas equation is the nonlinear partial differential equation This equation was named after F. Calogero, A. Degasperis, and A. Fokas. See also Boomeron equation Zoomeron equation External links Partial differential equations Integrable systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCL%20Neuroscience
UCL Neuroscience is a research domain that encompasses the breadth of neuroscience research activity across University College London's (UCL) School of Life and Medical Sciences. The domain was established in January 2008, to coordinate neuroscience activity across the many UCL departments and institutes in which neuro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Bearpark
Michael Bearpark is an English scientist and musician. Work as scientist Bearpark is a Principal Research Fellow in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College London. He works in computational chemistry, including method and software development with applications to modeling the excited electronic states of large mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willey%20Glover%20Denis
Willey Glover Denis (February 26, 1879 – January 9, 1929) was an American biochemist and physiologist. She was noted particularly for her collaborations with Otto Folin, including studies of protein metabolism. She was a pioneer in the field of clinical chemistry and the measurement of protein in biological fluids (blo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20E.%20Taylor
Harold E. Taylor, Haverford College, MIT, and University of Iowa alumnus, was a professor of physics at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey for over 30 years. As one of the original faculty members, Taylor did research and instructed in the subjects of astrophysics, meteorology, astronomy, electronics, and gener...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth
Bandwidth commonly refers to: Bandwidth (signal processing) or analog bandwidth, frequency bandwidth, or radio bandwidth, a measure of the width of a frequency range Bandwidth (computing), the rate of data transfer, bit rate or throughput Spectral linewidth, the width of an atomic or molecular spectral line Bandwi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director%20string
In mathematics, in the area of lambda calculus and computation, directors or director strings are a mechanism for keeping track of the free variables in a term. Loosely speaking, they can be understood as a kind of memoization for free variables; that is, as an optimization technique for rapidly locating the free vari...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Epstein%20%28geochemist%29
Samuel Epstein (December 9, 1919 – September 17, 2001) was a Canadian-American geochemist who developed methods for reconstructing geologic temperature records using stable isotope geochemistry. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1977, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1997...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNIST
SUNIST (or Sino-UNIted Spherical Tokamak) is a small spherical tokamak in the Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. The main parameters of SUNIST Current research activities Alfven wave current drive experiments in spherical tokamak plasmas Alfven wave can generate toroidal plasma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFD-DEM
The CFD-DEM model, or Computational Fluid Dynamics / Discrete Element Method model, is a process used to model or simulate systems combining fluids with solids or particles. In CFD-DEM, the motion of discrete solids or particles phase is obtained by the Discrete Element Method (DEM) which applies Newton's laws of motio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Tafel
Julius Tafel (2 June 1862 – 2 September 1918) was a Swiss chemist and electrochemist. Work He worked first with Hermann Emil Fischer on the field of organic chemistry, but changed to electrochemistry after his work with Wilhelm Ostwald. He is known for the discovery of an electrosynthetic rearrangement reaction of var...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20Kansas%20people
The list of University of Kansas people includes notable alumni and faculty of the University of Kansas, whose main campus is located in the American city of Lawrence, Kansas. Alumni Nobel laureates Frank Rowland (1956–64), awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Vernon Smith (M.A. in economics 1952), awarded th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz%20Riesenhuber
Heinz Friedrich Ruppert Riesenhuber (born 1 December 1935) is a German politician (CDU) who served as Minister of Scientific Research under Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1982 to 1993. Life and education Riesenhuber received his high school diploma (Abitur) in 1955 in Frankfurt am Main. He studied economics and chemistry...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence%20isomer
In organic chemistry, two molecules are valence isomers when they are constitutional isomers that can interconvert through pericyclic reactions. Benzene There are many valence isomers one can draw for the C6H6 formula benzene. Some were originally proposed for benzene itself before the actual structure of benzene was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Grill
John Grill AO (born 1945) was the founder and chief executive officer of Australian-based engineering company, Worley. Biography He graduated with Honours in Civil Engineering from the University of Sydney before joining Esso Australia in 1968. Grill then moved in 1971 to be Chief Executive of Wholohan Grill and Partn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauville%E2%80%93Laszlo%20theorem
In mathematics, the Beauville–Laszlo theorem is a result in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry that allows one to "glue" two sheaves over an infinitesimal neighborhood of a point on an algebraic curve. It was proved by . The theorem Although it has implications in algebraic geometry, the theorem is a local re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s%20Oak%20Academy
King's Oak Academy, formerly Kingsfield School and Kingswood Grammar School, is a Mathematics and Computing College located in Kingswood in Bristol, England. The education authority Ofsted rated it as "good" in 2018. Location and admissions The school is located just within the unitary authority of South Gloucestersh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb%20Finch
Caleb Ellicott Finch (born July 4, 1939) is an American academic who is a professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology. Finch's research focuses on aging in humans, with a specialization in cell biology and Alzheimer's disease. Early life and education Finch was born in London in 1939, the son of American parents...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon%20coating
Chameleon coating, also known as nano composite tribological coating, is an adaptive adhesive that uses nanotechnology to adjust to environmental fluctuations to make living conditions more suitable to the object that the coat has been applied to. Purpose The purpose of chameleon coating is to provide optimal perfor...