Previously, the country’s achievements in science, particularly chemistry, had been hailed as models of successful modern organization. After the war, the journal had to acknowledge science’s role in the bloodshed, a task for Richard Gregory who, having been editor in all but name for years,...
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A Brief History of Hypertext Without hypertext, there would be no World Wide Web. But its name and conception predate the web's creation by decades. Nov 28 1991 The HTTP Protocol As part of his specification for the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee introduces HTTP as a way for clients ...
According to the Congressional resolution which established the committee,“…It shall be the duty of the advisory committee for aeronautics to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight with a view to their practical solution. … The committee initially consisted of 12 memb...
The planets are known to move against the background of the stars which appear fixed to a crystal sphere. The word planet means "wanderer". Stars rotating around the pole Pythagoras 500 BCE Pythagorasand his followers teach that the Earth is a sphere. The idea came about from observations of...
The name 'Aventine' itself is believed to have mythological roots. According to one legend, it is derived from 'Aventinus', a king of Alba Longa who was buried there. Another, and perhaps more popular legend, links it to the Latin word "aves," meaning "birds." This version has it that...
Stephen Heilman, the first automatic implantable defibrillator was developed and manufactured under the name of “AID” by Medrad/Intec Systems in Pittsburgh, PA. It was encased in titanium and hermetically sealed with a laser beam weld. It had a volume of 145 ml and weighed 250 gm. The ...
2004: A Mercury Odyssey; APL-Built Messenger to Make History Deciphering PlanetRichard Sine
For a local event to bring the world to Austin, it needed to have value everywhere. A name was sought that was not restrictive in its concept. Finally, in October of 1986, the announcement of the first South By Southwest was made. The SXSW group expected initial resistance from the ...
Origin, Meaning, And History Of Marquise Marquise is a unique gender-neutral name that is more common for boys than girls. It is a proclaimed variant of the African-American masculine name Marquis, derived from the Old French word marche, symbolizing ‘march, borderland.’ A possible interpreta...