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20 hours ago · Stoke-on-Trent is often known as "the city of five towns", the name given to it by local novelist Arnold Bennett, and is the only polycentric city in the UK. In his novels, Bennett used mostly recognisable aliases for five of the six towns, although he called Stoke "Knype".
20 hours ago · The Celts (/ kɛlts / KELTS, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples (/ ˈkɛltɪk / KEL-tik) were a collection of Indo-European peoples [1] in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages and other cultural similarities. [2][3][4][5] Major Celtic groups included the Gauls; the Celtiberians and Gallaeci [6 ...
Sep 18, 2024 · Quantum dots, for example, have size-dependent optical properties, with a changing band gap resulting in tunable emission colours. Nowadays, semiconductor quantum dots have been investigated to possess strong and adjustable fluorescence emission properties, which render them suitable for biosensing and bioimaging, and to various other ...
20 hours ago · Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated within the contemporary territory of modern-day Egypt. Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology) [1] with the political ...
20 hours ago · University of Minnesota. Indiana University. Harvard University. Signature. Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, inventor, and social philosopher. [2][3][4][5] He was the Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.
20 hours ago · Signature. Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.; July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023) was an American writer who authored twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, postapocalyptic, and southern gothic genres. His works often include graphic depictions of violence, and his writing style ...
20 hours ago · The Gita in the title of the Bhagavad Gita literally means "song". Religious leaders and scholars interpret the word Bhagavad in a number of ways. Accordingly, the title has been interpreted as, "the song of God"; "the word of God" by the theistic schools, [4] "the words of the Lord", [5] "the Divine Song", [6] [page needed] [7] and "Celestial Song" by others.
