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Fr. Gregor Johann Mendel

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Augustinian friar and scientist (1822–1884) Part of a series onGenetics Key components Chromosome DNA RNA Genome...
Augustinian friar and scientist (1822–1884) Part of a series onGenetics Key components Chromosome DNA RNA Genome Heredity Nucleotide Mutation Genetic variation Allele Amino acid Outline Index History and topics Introduction History Evolution (molecular) Population genetics Mendelian inheritance Quantitative genetics...
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Quantum Turing Machine

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Model of quantum computation Turing machines Machine Turing machine equivalents Turing machine examples Turing machine gallery...
Model of quantum computation Turing machines Machine Turing machine equivalents Turing machine examples Turing machine gallery Variants Alternating Turing machine Neural Turing machine Nondeterministic Turing machine Quantum Turing machine Post–Turing machine Probabilistic Turing machine Multitape Turing machine Mul...
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Cutting Stock Problem

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Mathematical problem in operations research This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this...
Mathematical problem in operations research This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Cutting stock problem" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2...
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Flâneur

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McNamara Fallacy

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Erroneous reasoning based solely on numeric metrics Not to be confused with McNamara's folly. The McNamara...
Erroneous reasoning based solely on numeric metrics Not to be confused with McNamara's folly. The McNamara fallacy (also known as the quantitative fallacy),[1] named for Robert McNamara, the US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, involves making a decision based solely on quantitative observations (or metrics) a...
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Neo (Keyboard Layout)

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Keyboard layout Layers of the Neo LayoutLayer 1Layer 2Layer 3Layer 4Layer 5Layer 6 The Neo layout...
Keyboard layout Layers of the Neo LayoutLayer 1Layer 2Layer 3Layer 4Layer 5Layer 6 The Neo layout is an optimized German keyboard layout developed in 2004 by the Neo Users Group,[1] supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets, including the International Phonetic Alphabet,[2] the Vietnamese language, and some Cyrill...
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Earth Abides

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1949 novel by George Rippey Stewart Earth Abides Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science...
1949 novel by George Rippey Stewart Earth Abides Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by George R. Stewart. The novel tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and the emergence of a new culture with simpler tools. Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the ...
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Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Izbushensky

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Cavalry charge in World War II You can help expand this article with text translated from...
Cavalry charge in World War II You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as ...
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Ice to treat soft-tissue injuries contraindicated by creator of protocol

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Medical acronym For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). RICE is a mnemonic acronym for the four...
Medical acronym For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). RICE is a mnemonic acronym for the four elements of a treatment regimen that was once recommended for soft tissue injuries: rest, ice, compression, and elevation.[1] It was considered a first-aid treatment rather than a cure and aimed to control inflammation...
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Refal

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Functional programming language This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article...
Functional programming language This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Refal" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Refal Refal ("R...
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Ramanujan's Lost Notebook

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Collection of Srinivasa Ramanujan's discoveries in mathematics Ramanujan's lost notebook is the manuscript in which the...
Collection of Srinivasa Ramanujan's discoveries in mathematics Ramanujan's lost notebook is the manuscript in which the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan recorded the mathematical discoveries of the last year (1919–1920) of his life. Its whereabouts were unknown to all but a few mathematicians until it was re...
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Simplified Technical English

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Controlled language for technical documentation For other simplified forms of English, see Simple English. ASD-STE100 Simplified...
Controlled language for technical documentation For other simplified forms of English, see Simple English. ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) is a controlled language designed to simplify and clarify technical documentation. It was originally developed during the 1980's by the European Association of Aero...
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Yagi–Uda Antenna

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Gay Bomb

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Hypothetical psychochemical weapon For the WWII bomber, see Enola Gay. For the act of protest, see...
Hypothetical psychochemical weapon For the WWII bomber, see Enola Gay. For the act of protest, see Glitter bombing. The "gay bomb" (informally known) refers to a non-lethal psychochemical weapon concept that was speculated upon by a research laboratory within the United States Air Force. This unconventional idea inv...
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Friedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation

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Model that assists in the analysis of conflictsFriedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation assists in the...
Model that assists in the analysis of conflictsFriedrich Glasl's model of conflict escalation assists in the analysis of conflicts. Appropriate reactions can be derived from this analysis. The model has nine stages – in contrast to the earlier model of Kurt R. Spillmann,[1] which describes five distinct stages of es...
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Albino Redwood

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Tree without chlorophyll Foliage of an 'albino' redwood An albino[a] redwood is a redwood tree which...
Tree without chlorophyll Foliage of an 'albino' redwood An albino[a] redwood is a redwood tree which is unable to produce chlorophyll, and has white needles instead of the normal green. It survives by obtaining sugar through the connections between its roots and those of neighboring normal redwood(s), usually the pa...
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Zooming User Interface (ZUI)

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Graphical interface allowing for image scaling Example of a ZUI In computing, a zooming user interface...
Graphical interface allowing for image scaling Example of a ZUI In computing, a zooming user interface or zoomable user interface (ZUI, pronounced zoo-ee) is a type of graphical user interface (GUI) where users can change the scale of the viewed area in order to see more detail or less, and browse through different ...
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Optical Tweezers

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Scientific instruments A photograph of a nanoparticle (diameter 103 nm) trapped by an optical tweezer. The...
Scientific instruments A photograph of a nanoparticle (diameter 103 nm) trapped by an optical tweezer. The nanoparticle can be seen as the tiny bright spot in the middle. For additional control two copper electrodes are placed above and below the particle. Optical tweezers (originally called single-beam gradient for...
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Paradox of Plenty

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Theory that resource wealth slows growth This article's lead section may be too short to adequately...
Theory that resource wealth slows growth This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (June 2022) The resource curse, also known as the paradox of plenty or the povert...
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Climategate (2009)

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2009 controversy Climatic Research Unit email controversy The Climatic Research Unit email controversy (also known as...
2009 controversy Climatic Research Unit email controversy The Climatic Research Unit email controversy (also known as "Climategate")[2][3] began in November 2009 with the hacking of a server at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) by an external attacker,[4][5] copying thousands of...
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Saskatoon Freezing Deaths

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Deaths of indigenous Canadians linked to the Saskatoon Police Service A photo of a riverbank near...
Deaths of indigenous Canadians linked to the Saskatoon Police Service A photo of a riverbank near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, taken during winter. During the winter months, average temperatures in Saskatoon can be as cold as −20.7 °C (−5.3 °F).[1] The Saskatoon freezing deaths involved Indigenous Canadians in and immed...
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Swatch Internet Time

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Alternate time system by watch maker Swatch Swatch Internet Time logo Time[a] (update) 24-hour time (UTC)...
Alternate time system by watch maker Swatch Swatch Internet Time logo Time[a] (update) 24-hour time (UTC) 23:59:31 .beat time (BMT) @41.33 Swatch Internet Time (or .beat time) is a decimal time system introduced in 1998 by the Swatch corporation as part of their marketing campaign for their line of ".beat" watches. ...
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Monomyth

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Pattern in storytelling "The Hero's Journey" redirects here. For other uses, see The Hero's Journey (disambiguation)....
Pattern in storytelling "The Hero's Journey" redirects here. For other uses, see The Hero's Journey (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Hiero's Journey. Illustration of the hero's journey In narratology and comparative mythology, the hero's journey, also known as the monomyth, is the common template of stories...
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George Washington Carver

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American botanist and inventor (1864–1943) "George Carver" redirects here. For other people of the same name,...
American botanist and inventor (1864–1943) "George Carver" redirects here. For other people of the same name, see George Carver (disambiguation). George Washington Carver (c. 1864[1] – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent...
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