She is said to have married a Berkeley physicist named Rhyman and is doing guest lectures there on prehistoric pollens. Her role is reprised in the film Jurassic Park III. We learn that the relationship between her and Dr. Grant did not work out, although they remain close ...
Periodically, Tesla would take time from his ever-intensive research to present lectures and public demonstrations. His lectures, given before the leading scientific institutions, were as carefully crafted and magnificent as his inventions. He never repeated a lecture and for each occasion he demonstrat...
He is noted for designing various toys (probably developed as teaching aids for his lectures); these included a puppet theater driven by strings and weights, a robot trumpet, a trick wine glass (the Pythagorean Cup mentioned in Pythagoras' mini-bio), "Hero's Fountain" (another trick using ...
From 1956 to 1961 he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford; his lectures were popular with students and faculty, and served as the basis for his 1962 prose collection The Dyer's Hand. Auden and Isherwood maintained a lasting but intermittent sexual friendship from around 1927 to 1939, while both...
They know the preacher who lectures his flock on the "evils" of sex is just as randy as the rest of them, and probably less inhibited (unless he's a septuagenarian and his hormones have "petered" out, pun intended). Wilde, Blake and Twain understood human nature and were honest about...
Dyer left his teaching job and started pursuing a career in motivational speaking, holding various lectures across the states and becoming an incredibly popular author. The first book that Dyer ever wrote has now had over35 million copies soldand he’s proceeded to continue with his lecture tours...
Onora O'Neill challenges current approaches, investigates sources of deception in our society and re-examines questions of press freedom. This year's Reith Lectures present a ... More »68. Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century By Anthony Sampson | Under $1.00 ...
The site contains lectures, citations from books, thousands of terms and examples, 3D applets for interactive geometry, and more. The layout is simple, clean and intuitive. This site might not appeal to someone who think of mathematics as forced labor, but it can be of great use for ...
Art History professor Libby Otto said: "Marie Laurencin is of the 'lipstick lesbian' variety. She constructs this very soft, feminine world that really spoke to viewers of that time.” Producing paintings with few men in them, as in Laurencin’s Réunion à la Campagne, her art was ...
This barrier island resort town off the southern coast of Texas has earned its reputation as Spring Break Central with all-day music,beach parties,concerts,and crowds,especially during the month of March.Families with kids on school break can also enjoy the weather and nature while avoiding the...