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LL = Loemker (1969). W = Wiener (1951). The ongoing complete critical edition of Leibniz's writings is Sämtliche Schriften und Briefe. Selected works; major ones in bold. The year shown is usually the year in which the work was completed, not of its eventual publication. 1666. De Arte Combinatoria (On the Art of Combination). LL §1 (part). 1671. Hypothesis Physica Nova (New Physical Hypothesis). 1684. Nova methodus pro maximis et minimis (New Method for maximums and m ...

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As his autobiography The Real Frank Zappa Book notes, his real name was "Frank", never "Francis". Until rediscovering his birth certificate as an adult, Zappa himself believed he had been christened Francis, and he is credited as Francis on some of his early albums. Some encyclopedias still incorrectly claim that his real name was "Francis". Zappa is Italian for hoe. ...

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Frank Zappa - Theatrical releases. 200 Motels (1971) Baby Snakes (1979) Frank Zappa - Honker Home Video. The Dub Room Special (1984) Video from Hell (1985) Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985) The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) The Amazing Mr. Bickford (1987) Uncle Meat (1987) ...

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Perhaps the most famous Dane is actually a mythical figure: Hamlet, the title character of William Shakespeare's famous play, which was set in a real castle (Kronborg) in Helsingør, north of Copenhagen. The Dane most well-known in foreign countries is probably Hans Christian Andersen, a writer mostly famous for such fairy tales as The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, and The Ugly Duckling. Other Danes that are probably known outside of Denmark in various degrees, includes: See also: List of Danes See also:

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There are a number of important principles in geology. Many of these involve the ability to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in which they were formed. The Principle of Intrusive Relationships concerns crosscutting intrusions. In geology, when an igneous intrusion cuts across a formation of sedimentary rock, it can be determined that the igneous intrusion is younger than the sedimentary rock. There are a number of different types of intrusions, ...

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Zappa was married twice, once to Kay Sherman (1959–1964; no children), and then to Gail (Sloatman) Zappa, with whom he remained until his death. They have four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil (born Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa, (the names of his band members) because the hospital refused to put Dweezil on the birth certificate; Dweezil later legally changed his name to "Dweezil") ("Dweezil" is also the name Frank had given to one of Gail's toes), Ahmet Emuukha Rodan, and Diva Muffin. As a guest on The Tonight Show, chatting with gues ...

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In the early 1990s Zappa devoted almost all of his energy to modern orchestral and synclavier works. In 1991 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Although ill, in 1992 he appeared as a guest conductor with the Ensemble Modern in a series of concerts in Germany devoted to his compositions, recordings from which appeared on The Yellow Shark. During these years, he edited numerous CD collections of concert recordings made throughout his career. In 1993, he completed Civilization, Phaze III, a major synclavier work he had begun in the '80s. He stated in interviews that he was working on hundreds of synclavier piece ...

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After a short career as a professional songwriter — his elegiac "Memories of El Monte" was recorded by The Penguins — in 1964 Zappa joined a local R&B band, The Soul Giants, as a guitarist. Soon he assumed leadership, renaming the band "The Mothers." The Mothers gradually began to gain attention on the burgeoning Los Angeles underground 'freak scene' and in 1965 they were spotted by leading record producer Tom Wilson, who had earned acclaim as the producer of the seminal Bob Dylan album Bringin' It All Back HomeSee also:

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After he disbanded the original Mothers, Zappa released the acclaimed solo instrumental album Hot Rats, featuring his jazz-inflected guitar playing backed by jazz, blues and R&B session players including violinist Don "Sugarcane" Harris, drummer John Guerin, multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood, and bassist Shuggie Otis. It remains one of his most popular and accessible recordings and inarguably had a major influence on the devel ...

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In 1980, Zappa helped former band members Warren Cuccurullo, Terry Bozzio and Patrick O'Hearn launch their new band, Missing Persons, by letting them record their 4-song demo EP in his brand new UMRK (Utility Muffin Research Kitchen) studios. In 1981, the double album You Are What You Is was released, featuring 19 songs, which included such complex instrumentals as "Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear", but mainly focused on rock songs with Zappa's sardonic social commentary. "Dumb All Over", is an example of this, being ...

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Geology - Australia. Geology of the Yilgarn Craton Geology of Victoria Geology - United Kingdom. Geology of Dorset Geology of Hampshire Geology of Hertfordshire Geology - United States. Geology of the Bryce Canyon area(Utah) Geology of the Canyonlands area (Utah) Geology of the Capitol Reef area (Utah) Geology of Connecticut Geo ...

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The majority of the population is of Scandinavian descent, with small groups of Inuit (from Greenland), Faroese, and immigrants. According to official statistics in 2003 immigrants made up 6.2% of the total population. Danish is spoken in the entire country, although a small group near the German border also speaks German. Many Danes are fluent in English as well, particularly those in larger cities and the youth, who are taught English in school. Of the religions in Denmark, according to official statistics from January 2002 8 ...

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The only biography in English is Aiton (1986). Also see MacDonald Ross (1984: chpt. 1), Mates (1986: 14-35), Jolley (2005: chpt. 1 & references therein), and the excerpt from Rouse Ball (1908) bearing on Leibniz. Gottfried Leibniz - Early life and education. Leibniz's parents were Friedrich Leibniz and Catharina Schmuck. His father, a Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Leipzig, died in Leibniz's sixth year. From age 8 on, Leibniz was granted free access to his late father's library. By ...

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It is very difficult to grasp Leibniz's philosophical thinking, because his philosophical writings consist mainly of a multitude of short pieces: journal articles, manuscripts published long after his death, and many letters to many correspondents. He only wrote two philosophical treatises, and the only one he published in his lifetime, the Théodicée of 1710, is as much theological as philosophical. Leibniz dated his beginning as a philosopher to his Discourse on Metaphysics, which he composed in 1686 as a commentary on an on ...

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Denmark consists of the peninsula of Jutland (Jylland) and 405 named islands. Of these, 323 are habited, with the largest being Zealand (Sjælland) and Funen (Fyn). The island of Bornholm is located somewhat east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. Many of the larger islands are connected by bridges; the Øresund Bridge connects Zealand with Sweden, the Great Belt Bridge connects Funen with Zealand, ...

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Leibniz's writingss are currently discussed seriously in a number of fields at the forefront of science, not only as anticipations and possible discoveries not yet recognized, but as ways of advancing present knowledge. Until the discovery of subatomic particles and the quantum mechanics governing them, many of Leibniz's speculative ideas made no sense. Leibniz devised a new theory of motion (dynamics) based on kinetic and potential energy. He anticipated Einstein by arguing, against Newton, that space, time and motion are relative, not abso ...

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This section incorporates text from the CIA World Factbook, which is in the public domain. This thoroughly modern market economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable living standards, a stable currency, and high dependence on foreign trade. Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and has a comfortable balance of payments surplus. The Danish economy is highly unionized; 75% of its labour force [1] are members o ...

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The John von Neumann Theory Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS, previously TIMS-ORSA) is awarded annually to an individual (or sometimes group) who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. The IEEE John von Neumann Medal is awarded annually by the IEEE "for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology." Von Neumann, a crater on Ear ...

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In Ancient Rome, the genius was the guiding or "tutelary" spirit of a person or indeed of an entire gens. A related term is genius loci, the spirit of a specific locale. In contrast, the internal driving force within all living things is the animus. A specific spirit , or daemon, may inhabit an image or icon, giving it supernatural powers. A comparable term from Arabic lore is a djinn, often Anglicized as "genie". Note, however, that this te ...

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A rich imagery of Asian art is revealed in several spheres, including its sculpture, paintings and handicrafts; music, dance, drama, and other performing arts. Culture of Asia - Visual arts. Asia is the home of two major traditions of calligraphy. In the far east is the Chinese and Japanese (called Shodo or Shuuji) traditions of brush calligraphy. As found in most forms of east asian art, Chinese and Japanese calligrapy typically t ...

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In French: 1895. Introduction à la méthode de Léonard de Vinci. 1896. La soirée avec monsieur Teste. 1917. La jeune parque. 1920. Album des vers anciens. 1922. Charmes. 1931. Regards sur le monde actuel. Variét&#xE9 I; II; III (1936); IV (1938); V (1944). 1942. Mauvaises pensées et autres. 1943 (1941). Tel quel. 1948. Vu ...

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Philosophers of language are not much concerned with what individual words or sentences mean. The nearest dictionary or encyclopedia may solve the problem of the meaning of words, and to speak a language correctly is generally to know what most sentences mean. What is more interesting for philosophers is the question of what it means for an expression to mean something. Why do expressions have the meanings they have? Which expressions have the same meaning as other expressions, and why? How can these meanings be known? And the best, and simplest, ques ...

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