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111Maragheh observatory — (Persian:رصدخانه مراغه) is an astronomical observatory which was established in 1259 CE by Nasir al Din al Tusi, an Iranian scientist and astronomer. Located in the heights west of Maragheh, East Azarbaijan province, Iran, it was once considered… …
112Herb Di Gioia — is a documentary film director who pioneered the field of observational cinema in his work and impacted ethnographic film making through his contributions as a teacher at Britain’s National Film and Television School. Di Gioia s films are… …
113Inventions in the modern Islamic world — [ Abdus Salam, the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient, include the electroweak interaction, electroweak symmetry breaking, magnetic photon, neutral current, preon, W and Z bosons, supergeometry, supermanifold, superspace and superfield.] This… …
114nebula — nebular, adj. /neb yeuh leuh/, n., pl. nebulae / lee , luy /, nebulas. 1. Astron. a. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Cf. dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula …
115Carnap, Rudolf — born May 18, 1891, Ronsdorf, Ger. died Sept. 14, 1970, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S. German born U.S. philosopher. He earned a doctorate in physics at the University of Jena in 1921. In 1926 he was invited to join the faculty of the University of… …
116Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric — FRW redirects here. For other uses, see FRW (disambiguation). Physical cosmology …
117Washington Irving — This article is about the writer. For the cricketer, see Irving Washington. Washington Irving Daguerreotype of Washington Irving Born April 3, 1783(1783 04 03) New York City …
118George Carlin — Infobox Comedian name = George Carlin caption = Carlin in Trenton, New Jersey on April 4 2008 pseudonym = birth name = George Denis Patrick Carlin birth date = birth date|1937|5|12 birth place = Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States… …
119Ultimate fate of the universe — The ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in physical cosmology. Many possible fates are predicted by rival scientific theories, including futures of both finite and infinite duration. Once the notion that the universe started with a Big Bang… …
120Dennis Miller — Miller speaking at JavaOne, 2005. Born November 3, 1953 (1953 11 03) (age 58) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States …
