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Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce: Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce
Charles Sanders Santiago Peirce (pronounced purse), (September 10, 1839, Cambridge, Massachusetts – April 19, 1914, Milford, Pennsylvan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Mass Index: Encyclopedia - Body Mass Index
The body mass index (BMI) is a calculated number, based on height and weight, used to compare and analyse the health effects of body weig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Von Neumann: Encyclopedia - John Von Neumann
John von Neumann (Neumann János) (December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Jewish Hungarian-born mathematician and polymath who mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-schmaltz: Encyclopedia - Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-schmaltz
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (October 22, 1783-September 18, 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius: Encyclopedia - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius1 (AD 480 - 524 or 525) was a Christian philosopher of the 6th century. He was born in Rome to an impor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Asia: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Asia
Like the vast supercontinent Eurasia, the culture of Asia is the aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities, societies, rel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cryptanalysis: Encyclopedia - Cryptanalysis
Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, "hidden", and analýein, "to loosen" or "to untie") is the study of methods for obtaining the mea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accademia Dei Lincei: Encyclopedia - Accademia Dei Lincei
The Accademia dei Lincei, (literally the "Academy of the Lynxes", but also known as the Lincean Academy), is located at the Palazzo Corsi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (also Leibnitz) (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646, Leipzig – November 14, 1716, Hanover) was a German poly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhoj: Encyclopedia - Bhoj
Bhoj was a great philosopher king and polymath of medieval India. He ruled the kingdom of Malwa in central India from about 1010 to 1060....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia - Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (IPA: /rə'bɪndrəˌnät tə'gôr/, /'täkur/; Bangla: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর, translite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript
The Voynich manuscript is a mysterious illustrated book of unknown contents, written some 600 years ago by an anonymous author in an unid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denmark: Encyclopedia - Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark) is geographically the smallest and southernmost Nordic country, and is part of the Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André-marie Ampère: Encyclopedia - André-marie Ampère
André-Marie Ampère (January 20, 1775 – June 10, 1836), was a French physicist who is generally credited as one of the main discoverer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cryptographers: Encyclopedia - List Of Cryptographers
Cryptography List of cryptographers - Pre-computer. Charles Babbage, UK, 19th century mathematician who, about the time of the Crimean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genius: Encyclopedia - Genius
A genius is a person with distinguished mental prowess. This can manifest either as a foremost intellect, or as an outstanding creative t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judo: Encyclopedia - Judo
Judo (Japanese: 柔道, jūdō; "gentle way") is a martial art, sport, and philosophy originated in Japan. Judo was developed from Jujuts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mikhail Lomonosov: Encyclopedia Ii - Mikhail Lomonosov - His Achievements
On his arrival in Russia he rapidly rose to distinction, and was made professor of chemistry in the University of St. Petersburg, where h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Polanyi: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Polanyi - Early Life
Michael was born into a Jewish family in Budapest. His older brother Karl become a famous economist. Their father was an engineer and ent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - Rivers Of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh represents great river basins and the watersheds of a number of rivers. Catchments of many rivers of India are lying in Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norwich: Encyclopedia Ii - Norwich - History
Norwich - Roman. The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is now at modern day Caistor S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Valéry: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Valéry - Life
Born of a Corsican father and Genoese mother, he grew up in Sète, a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Hérault. After a good tradit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terra Obscura: Encyclopedia Ii - Terra Obscura - The Characters
Having so many characters from the original Nedor comics at his disposal, Moore tried not to miss any out when reviving them for his stor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Posidonius: Encyclopedia Ii - Posidonius - Life
Posidonius (also spelled Poseidonius), nicknamed "the Athlete", was born to a Greek family in Apamea, a Roman city on the river Orontes i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Language - Major Problems And Sub-fields
Philosophy of language - Composition and parts. A major question in the field - perhaps the single most important question for formalis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Erdős: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Erdős - Biography
He was born in Budapest, Hungary as Erdős Pál. (Erdős is pronounced as IPA /ɛrdøːʃ/, similar to "Air-dersh" if you say the second ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Physicians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Physicians - Physicians Famous As Writers
see also A Roster of Physician Writers The most famous writers: Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) - Russian playwright Erasmus Darwin - English ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Mathematician
Although the mathematical notion of function was implicit in trigonometric and logarithmic tables, which existed in his day, Leibniz was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geology: Encyclopedia Ii - Geology - History
In China, the polymath Shen Kua (1031 - 1095) formulated a hypothesis for the process of land formation: based on his observation of foss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hm Nautical Almanac Office: Encyclopedia Ii - Hm Nautical Almanac Office - Leaders Of Hmnao
HM Nautical Almanac Office - Superintendents of the Nautical Almanac. Thomas Young (1818–1829) — physicist and polymath John Pond ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herbert Simon: Encyclopedia Ii - Herbert Simon - Decisions
The keystone to Administrative Behavior 1 is the behavioral and cognitive process of making rational human choices, ie. decisions. Prior...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Von Neumann: Encyclopedia Ii - John Von Neumann - Biography
"We can all think clearly, more or less, some of the time, but von Neumann's clarity of thought was orders of magnitude greater than that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Muir: Encyclopedia Ii - John Muir - Biography
Muir was born in the historic royal burgh of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland to Daniel Muir and Ann Gilrye. He had two brothers, Daniel an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jack London: Encyclopedia Ii - Jack London - Works
Jack London - Short stories. Western writer and historian Dale L. Walker writes[4]: London's true métier was the short story....Londo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ivan Illich: Encyclopedia Ii - Ivan Illich - Deschooling Society
His most celebrated work remains Deschooling Society (1971), a critical discourse on education as practised in 'modern' economies. Full o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simon Newcomb: Encyclopedia Ii - Simon Newcomb - Life
Son of Emily Prince and itinerant school teacher John Burton Newcomb, Simon soon became disillusioned with Dr Foshay and walked the 120 m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanquhar: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanquhar - History Of Sanquhar
The name “Sanquhar” comes from ancient Gaelic words San Caer meaning “Old Fort”. There is an impressive ancient ruin of a castle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemis Fowl Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Artemis Fowl Ii - Books
There are currently four books in the series: Artemis Fowl, in which the twelve-year old Artemis attempts to steal fairy gold; Artemis Fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alasdair Gray: Encyclopedia Ii - Alasdair Gray - Life
Gray was born in Riddrie, east Glasgow. His father had been wounded in the First World War and worked at the time in a factory, while his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Bastian: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Bastian - Works And Ideas
Bastian is remembered as one of the pioneers of the concept of the 'psychic unity of mankind' -- the idea that all humans shared a basic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renaissance Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Renaissance Man - Plot
Danny DeVito plays Bill Rago, a divorced advertising executive down on his luck. When he loses his job in Detroit, the unemployment agenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Asia - Architecture
Until contact with European influence, some cultures would build renewable buildings. For example, in Japan, the temples of Kyoto and Nar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Terror: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Terror - Revivals
Black Terror - Eclipse Comics. Eclipse Comics did a four-issue mini-series 'revival' of the Black Terror. In this issue, the character ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatal Hilarity: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatal Hilarity - In Fiction
David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest deals with a video tape containing a movie so entertaining that anyone watching it loses all d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Erdős: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Erdős - Biography
He was born in Budapest, Hungary as Erdős Pál. (Erdős is pronounced as IPA /ɛrdøːʃ/, similar to "Air-dersh" if you say the second ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Denmark - History
The exact origin of Denmark is lost in history. The oldest Danevirke is from the seventh century, appearing at the same time as the new R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Peirce - Peirce's Philosophy
It is not sufficiently recognized that Peirce’s career was that of a scientist, not a philosopher; and that during his lifetime he was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rajput: Encyclopedia Ii - Rajput - Rajputs And Invasions Of India
Rajput - Organization of Indian kingdoms during invasions and facts related to the wars.. There is a big misconception that India was c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Life
The only biography in English is Aiton (1986). A lively short account of Leibniz’s life, one also doing fair justice to the breadth of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lomonosov Gold Medal: Encyclopedia Ii - Lomonosov Gold Medal - Recipients Of Lomonosov Gold Medal
Lomonosov Gold Medal - 1959. Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa  cumulatively, for works in physics of low temperatures. Lomonosov Gold ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mário De Andrade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mário De Andrade - Macunaíma
Throughout the 1920s Andrade continued traveling in Brazil, studying the culture and folklore of the interior. He began to formulate a so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mr. Peabody: Encyclopedia Ii - Mr. Peabody - Trivia
The actor Clifton Webb is said by some to be the inspiration for Peabody. [1] Singer Peter Noone's resemblance to Sherman is said to be t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabindranath Tagore - Works
Poetry dominates Tagore's literary reputation, but he also wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, and drama. In addition to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kenneth E. Boulding: Encyclopedia Ii - Kenneth E. Boulding - Quotations
Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist. Mathematics brought rigor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - José Rizal: Encyclopedia Ii - José Rizal - Family
José Rizal was born into a prosperous middle class Filipino family in the town of Calamba in the Province of Laguna. His parents were Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rajputs: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rajputs - Rajput Origins
Rajput is a kshatriya caste in India.The Rajputs are comprised of many different clans. They were known for their valor and chivalry in b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Zappa: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Zappa - Early Life And Influences
Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 21st, 1940 to Francis Zappa (who was of Greek and Lebanese descent) and Rose Mari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis - Academics
IUPUI offers more than 180 majors and ranks among the top fifteen in the country in the number of first professional degrees it confers a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Von Neumann: Encyclopedia Ii - John Von Neumann - Biography
"We can all think clearly, more or less, some of the time, but von Neumann's clarity of thought was orders of magnitude greater than that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frequency Analysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Frequency Analysis - Frequency Analysis For Simple Substitution Ciphers
In a simple substitution cipher, each letter of the plaintext is replaced with another, and any particular letter in the plaintext will a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malwa: Encyclopedia Ii - Malwa - History
The name Malwa is derived from the ancient Aryan tribe of Malavas, about whom very little is known apart from the fact that they founded ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Asia - Nationalities And Ethnic Groups
There are an abundance of ethnic groups throughout Asia, with adaptations to the climate zones of Asia, which can be arctic, subarctic, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius: Encyclopedia Ii - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius - Early Life
The exact birthdate of Boethius is unknown. However, it is generally placed at around AD 480, the same year of birth as St. Benedict. Boe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cryptanalysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cryptanalysis - History Of Cryptanalysis
Cryptanalysis has coevolved together with cryptography, and the contest can be traced through the history of cryptography — new ciphers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accademia Dei Lincei: Encyclopedia Ii - Accademia Dei Lincei - L'accademia
The academy replaced the first scientific community ever, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, that was closed due to Inquisition. It was fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Theories About The Language
Many theories have been advanced as to the nature of the Voynich manuscript "language". Here is a partial list: Voynich manuscript - Let...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Denmark - History
The origin of Denmark is lost in prehistory. The oldest Danevirke is from the 7th century, at the same time as the new Runic alphabet. Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genius: Encyclopedia Ii - Genius - Limitations
It has often been noted that geniuses are accused of a lack of common sense. Stories of a genius in a given field being incapable of gras...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabindranath Tagore - Literature
Poetry dominates Tagore's literary reputation, but he also wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, and drama. He also wrote num...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André-marie Ampère: Encyclopedia Ii - André-marie Ampère - Early Days
Ampère was born in Lyon, near his father's country house in Poleymieux and, as a child prodigy, took a passionate delight in the pursuit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Galton: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Galton - Biography
Francis Galton - Early life. He was born near Sparkbrook, Birmingham and was Charles Darwin's half-cousin, sharing the common grandpare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Peirce - Peirce's Philosophy
It is not sufficiently recognized that Peirce’s career was that of a scientist, not a philosopher; and that during his lifetime he was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Judo: Encyclopedia Ii - Judo - Judo's Theory Of Combat
Judo assumes that there are two main phases of combat: the standing/tachi waza and the ground/newaza phase. Each phase requires its own m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Mass Index: Encyclopedia Ii - Body Mass Index - Bmi Thresholds
Human bodies rank along the index from around 15 (near starvation) to over 40 (morbidly obese). This statistical 'curve' is usually descr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Peirce - Works
Peirce's reputation is based in large part on a number of academic papers published in American scholarly and scientific journals. These ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Denmark - Politics And Government
Denmark is the oldest monarchy in Europe. In 1849, it became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution. The monar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Theories About Authorship
Many names have been proposed as possible authors of the Voynich manuscript. Here are only the most popular ones. Voynich manuscript - R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Peirce - Bibliography
Charles Peirce - Primary literature. Abbreviations for frequently cited works: CE n, m = Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronologica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Denmark - Counties
Denmark is divided into 13 counties (amter, singular: amt), and 271 municipalities (kommuner, singular kommune). Three municipalities hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - History
The history of the manuscript is still full of gaps, especially in its earliest part.[3] Since the manuscript's alphabet does not resembl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gottfried Leibniz: Encyclopedia Ii - Gottfried Leibniz - Philosopher
It is very difficult to grasp Leibniz's philosophical thinking, because his philosophical writings consist mainly of a multitude of short...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Erdős: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Erdős - Mathematical Work
Erdős was one of the most prolific publishers of papers in mathematical history, second only to Leonhard Euler. He wrote around 1,500 ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rabindranath Tagore: Encyclopedia Ii - Rabindranath Tagore - Biography
Rabindranath Tagore - Early life. Tagore was born in Jorasanko, Kolkata (Calcutta; Bangla: কলকাতা), the son of Debendranath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fatal Hilarity: Encyclopedia Ii - Fatal Hilarity - In Reality
According to the urban legend reference website Snopes.com, there have been at least two documented instances in which people have died a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Peirce: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Peirce - Reception
Bertrand Russell opined, "Beyond doubt … he was one of the most original minds of the later nineteenth century, and certainly the great...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voynich Manuscript: Encyclopedia Ii - Voynich Manuscript - Description
By current estimates, the book originally had 272 pages in 17 quires of 16 pages each [2]. Only about 240 vellum pages remain today, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frequency Analysis: Encyclopedia Ii - Frequency Analysis - History And Usage
The first known recorded explanation of frequency analysis (indeed, of any kind of cryptanalysis) was given by 9th century Arab polymath ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Denmark - Culture
Perhaps the most famous Dane is Hamlet, an English literary figure and title character of William Shakespeare's famous play, which was se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denmark: Encyclopedia Ii - Denmark - Demographics
The majority of the population is of Scandinavian descent, with small groups of Inuit (from Greenland), Faroese, and immigrants. Accordin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Asia - Festivals & Celebrations
Asia has a variety of festivals and celebrations. In China, Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Moon Festival are trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius: Encyclopedia Ii - Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius - Late Life
By 520, at the age of about thirty-five, Boethius had already been appointed by Theodoric the Great as magister officiorum, the head of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André-marie Ampère: Encyclopedia Ii - André-marie Ampère - Contributions To Physics And Further Studies
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre's recommendation obtained for him the Lyons appointment, and afterwards (1804) a subordinate position in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alasdair Gray: Encyclopedia Ii - Alasdair Gray - Literary Works
Alasdair Gray - Novels. Lanark (1981) 1982, Janine (1984) The Fall of Kelvin Walker (1985) McGrotty and Ludmilla (1989) Something Leat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rajput: Encyclopedia Ii - Rajput - History
The first Rajputs kingdoms are attested in the 6th century, and the Rajputs rose to prominence in Indian history in the ninth and tenth c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rajput: Encyclopedia Ii - Rajput - Character
The Rajput ethos is martial in spirit, fiercely proud and independent, and emphasizes lineage and tradition. Rajput patriotism is legenda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rajput: Encyclopedia Ii - Rajput - Definition
The term Rajputra has been used since the time of Harshavardhana, however the modern usage of the term refers to the descendants of the 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rajput: Encyclopedia Ii - Rajput - The Rajput Rule Of India
Today the Rajput kings are mainly remembered as warriors. However as influential rulers, they were responsible for emergence of the moder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rajput: Encyclopedia Ii - Rajput - Origins
The Rajputs are divided into 36 clans, claiming three basic lineages: the Suryavanshi (Solar Race), the Chandravanshi (Lunar Race), and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemis Fowl Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Artemis Fowl Ii - Background
The Fowl family is an Irish criminal family going back at least to the Norman Conquest, which has amassed a fabulous fortune through both...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Asia - Art
A rich imagery of Asian art is revealed in several spheres, including its sculpture, paintings and handicrafts; music, dance, drama, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Asia - Food & Drink
This diversity is also reflected in Asian cuisine, in the use of basic ingredients as well as in the style of preparation and cooking tec...   » Read the article