That is why Kasner coined the term in “Mathematics and the Imagination.” http://books.google.com/books?id=Ad8hAx-6m9oC&lpg=PP1&dq=Mathematics%20and%20the%20Imagination&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false So in summary we see that Prof. Stenger’s claim is simply false. A googol year ...
This idiom is an English translation of 'tempus fugit', coined byVirgilin the first century BC. To be precise, he wrote 'fugit inreparabile tempus' which translates as “it escapes, irretrievable time“. Who coined the phrase tempus fugit? The term is believed to have been paraphrased ...
A person who seems superhuman, with astounding powers, can be called an Ubermensch. This German word, more accurately spelled Übermensch, literally means "overman" and was coined in 1883 bythe philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The Ubermensch was meant to be an ideal future human and an ultimate...
Her achievements included the development of the theory of radioactivity (a term she coined), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms using ...
David Letterman used it in several Top Ten lists (June 27, 1997: "Top Ten Revelations About President Clinton's Sexual History." "4. Actually coined the term 'Booty Call.'"). Since then it's popped up on a legion of shows, including Castle, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, How ...