2022-8-13
Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, or Ocham's razor (Latin: novacula Occami), also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae), is the problem-solving principle that "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity".
#science #philosophy #mathematics
2022-8-12
A hunger stone (German: Hungerstein) is a type of hydrological landmark common in Central Europe.
2022-8-8
Dame Olivia Newton-John AC DBE (26 September 1948 — 8 August 2022) was a British-born Australian-raised singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist.
RIP
#film #music
2022-8-7
The twelfth root of two is an algebraic irrational number, approximately equal to 1.0594631.
It is most important in Western #music theory, where it represents the frequency ratio (musical interval) of a semitone in twelve-tone equal temperament.
2022-8-5
Yazidism (Kurdish: Êzdiyatî, Êzdîtî) or Sharfadin (Kurdish: شه‌رفه‌دین, lit. 'Şerfedîn') is a monotheistic ethnic religion that has roots in a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition.
2022-8-5
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
2022-8-3
An amphidromic point, also called a tidal node, is a geographical location which has zero tidal amplitude for one harmonic constituent of the tide.
#science
2022-8-2
Lenna or Lena is a standard test image used in the field of image processing since 1973.
2022-8-1
Mutation breeding, sometimes referred to as "variation breeding", is the process of exposing seeds to chemicals, radiation, or enzymes in order to generate mutants with desirable traits to be bred with other cultivars.
#science
2022-8-1
An aerial telescope is a type of very long focal length refracting telescope, built in the second half of the 17th century, that did not use a tube.
#astronomy #science
2022-7-31
William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time NBA All-Star, he was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career.
RIP
2022-7-26
The Tamám Shud case, also known as the Mystery of the Somerton Man, is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead in 1948 on the Somerton Park beach, just south of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2022-7-24
2022 monkeypox outbreak