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KY or Ky may refer to:

• Kentucky
• County Kerry, a county of Ireland
• Kirkcaldy, a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland
• Cayman Islands's ISO two-letter country code
  • .ky, its top-level domain
• Kyrgyz language's ISO 639 alpha-2 code
• Air São Tomé and Príncipe's IATA airline designator
• K-Y Jelly, a brand of personal lubricant
• Kvalificerad Yrkesutbildning, Swedish Qualified Vocational Education

People with the name[link]

• Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, general and prime minister of South Vietnam
• Ky Kiske, a character in the Guilty Gear Series

See also[link]

• ΚΨ or Kappa Psi, a professional pharmacy fraternity

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Ky-mani (born February 26, 1976)^[1] is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist whose East African name means Adventurous Traveler. The only child of table tennis champion Anita Belnavis and reggae icon Bob Marley, Ky-mani Marley was born in Falmouth, Jamaica. At the age of nine he relocated to the inner-city of Miami.

In beginning, Ky-Mani was unaware of his musical abilities, sports being his first love, but with his mother's direction, he took piano and guitar lessons and played trumpet in his high school band. In addition to tapping into his musical talents Ky-Mani was a serious jock, competing in soccer and football. As a teenager Ky-Mani started rapping and deejaying; his first single was "Unnecessary Badness". He became inspired as a singer after being asked to sing a hook to a song during a recording session at a studio in Miami. The decision to actually get into the entertainment world loomed over him because of his father's legacy. Ky-Mani soon began experimenting with laying tracks, at times with his brothers, Stephen, Julian and Damian.

Ky-Mani signed to Shang Records where he recorded his debut album in 1996 titled Like Father Like Son and several singles: "Judge Not" with Patra, followed by "Dear Dad" (which topped the British reggae charts),^[1] "Who The Cap Fit (remix)", and "Sensimelia", all of which added to his growing reputation as a master in the new generation of reggae musicians. In 1997, Ky-Mani joined forces with Praswell (Fugees) on a hit cover of Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue". The extent of his star power became abundantly clear when Ky-Mani took the stage at Midem (international music showcase), when it was held in Miami for the first time. Catering to an international audience in the filled to capacity Cameo Theatre, Ky-Mani delivered an explosive set which aired live by CANA (Caribbean News Agency) to 36 countries.

Ky-Mani immediately became the subject of an intense label bidding war. He signed with Gee Street/V2 Records in 1997 where he completed a collaboration with label mate P.M. Dawn on the single "Gotta Be Movin' On Up" (Senseless Soundtrack, which went Gold in Africa). Both collaborations helped to establish Ky-Mani outside his tight knit reggae community.

Ky-Mani's willingness to embrace all genres of music is also evident in the 2000 release, The Journey. From the Spanish guitar which introduces "RudeBoy", to the lover rock flow of "Fell In Love", the deeply spiritual "Lord Is My Shepherd" or the rock steady tribute "Dear Dad", Ky-mani brings songs of universal themes laced with a personal insight and passion. In 2001 he released his third studio album Many More Roads. He then went on tour and in 2004 released his fourth studio album Milestone. He then in 2007 released his fifth studio album Radio.

Fulfilling his name adventurous traveler branching out from his music, Ky-mani Marley has also made a name for himself as an actor playing the lead role in the number one underground movie coming out of Jamaica, Shottas directed by Cess Silvera, co-starring Spragga Benz and Paul Campbell. Displaying his diversification and talent playing the role of a bad man in Shottas, Ky-mani Marley then went on to play the lead Kassa with co-star Cherine Anderson in One Love, a romantic comedy infused with the music and culture of Jamaica.

Ky-mani Marley is now working on his sixth studio album showcasing his growth as an individual and illustrating the duality of his personality: Ky-mani and Maestro. The result is an urban sound deeply rooted in the reggae and hip hop cultures. The album promises to be a refreshing departure from the typical synthetic pop associated with the genre, and will instead be a representation of authentic urban hip-hop and reggae fusion. His newest single is called " New Heights" released March 3, 2011.

Discography[link]

• Like Father Like Son (1996)
• The Journey (2000)
• Many More Roads (2001)
• Milestone (2004)
• Radio (2007)
• New Heights (2012)

Filmography[link]

• Shottas (2002)
• One Love (2003)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ky-Mani Marley at the Internet Movie Database

Peter William Atkins
Born	(1940-08-10) 10 August 1940 (age 71) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
Residence	Oxford, England
Citizenship	British
Nationality	British
Fields	Physical chemistry
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles Lincoln College, Oxford
Alma mater	University of Leicester
Doctoral advisor	MCR Symons
Doctoral students	Laurence Barron A.D. Wilson-Gordon
Known for	Academic level chemistry text books
Notable awards	RSC Meldola Medal

Peter William Atkins (born 10 August 1940) is a British chemist and former Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lincoln College. He is a prolific writer of popular chemistry textbooks, including Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Molecular Quantum Mechanics. Atkins is also the author of a number of science books for the general public, including Atkins' Molecules and Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science.

Career[link]

Atkins left school (Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham) at fifteen and took a job with Monsanto as a laboratory assistant. He studied for A-levels by himself and gained a place, following a last-minute interview, at University of Leicester.

Atkins studied chemistry there, obtaining a bachelor's degree in chemistry, and – in 1964 – a PhD for research into electron spin resonance spectroscopy, and other aspects of theoretical chemistry. Atkins then took a postdoctoral position at the UCLA as a Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth fund.^[1] He returned to Oxford in 1965 as fellow and tutor of Lincoln College, and lecturer in physical chemistry (later, professor of physical chemistry). In 1969, he won the Royal Society of Chemistry's Meldola Medal. He retired in 2007, and since then has been a full-time author .^[2]

He has honorary doctorates from the University of Utrecht, the University of Leicester (where he sits on the university Court), Mendeleev University in Moscow, and Kazan State Technological University.

He was a member of the Council of the Royal Institution and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He was the founding chairman of IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education, and is a trustee of a variety of charities.

Atkins has lectured in quantum mechanics, quantum chemistry, and thermodynamics courses (up to graduate level) at the University of Oxford. He is a patron of the Oxford University Scientific Society.

Private life[link]

Atkins married Judith Kearton in 1964 and they had one daughter, Juliet (born 1970). They divorced in 1983. In 1991, he married fellow scientist Susan Greenfield (later Baroness Greenfield). They divorced in 2005. In 2008, he married Patricia-Jean Nobes (née Brand).

Views on religion[link]

Atkins is a well-known atheist.^[3] He has written and spoken on issues of humanism, atheism, and the incompatibility of science and religion. According to Atkins, whereas religion scorns the power of human comprehension, science respects it.^[4]

He was the first Senior Member of the Oxford University Secular Society and is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of The Reason Project, a US-based charitable foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. The organisation is led by fellow atheist and author Sam Harris. Atkins has regularly participated in debates with theists such as Alister McGrath, William Lane Craig,^[5] Rabbi Shmuley Boteach,^[6] and Richard Swinburne.

In December 2006, Atkins was featured in a UK television documentary on atheism called The Trouble with Atheism, presented by Rod Liddle. In that documentary Liddle asked Atkins to "Give me your views on the existence, or otherwise, of god." Atkins replied, "Well it's fairly straightforward: there isn't one. And there's no evidence for one, no reason to believe that there is one, and so I don't believe that there is one. And I think that it is rather foolish that people do think that there is one."^[7]

Atkins is known for his use of astringent language in criticising religion: he appeared in the controversial 2008 documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, in which he told interviewer Ben Stein that religion was "a fantasy", and "completely empty of any explanatory content. It is also evil."^[8] He appeared on a television panel about science and religion with Richard Dawkins and Richard Swinburne. When the latter tried to explain Holocaust as a God's way of giving Jews the opportunity to be brave and noble, Atkins growled: "May you rot in hell".^[9]

In 2007, Atkins's position on religion was described by Colin Tudge in an article in The Guardian as being non-scientific. In the same article, Atkins was also described as being 'more hardline than Richard Dawkins', and of deliberately choosing to ignore Peter Medawar's famous adage that "Science is the art of the soluble".^[10]

Publications[link]

General readers[link]

• The Creation. W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd. 1981. ISBN 0-7167-1350-0. 
• The Second Law. New York: W. H. Freeman. 1987.
• Creation revisited. W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd. 1993. ISBN 0-7167-4500-3. 
• The Periodic Kingdom: A journey into the land of the chemical elements. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1995
• Atkins' Molecules. Cambridge University Press. 2003. ISBN 0-521-53536-0. 
• Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science. Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 0-19-860941-8. 
• Four Laws That Drive the Universe. Oxford University Press. 2007. ISBN 0-19-923236-9. 
• On Being: A scientist's exploration of the great questions of existence. Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 0-19-960336-7. 

University textbooks[link]

• Aktins, Peter W.; Symons, M. C. R. (1967). The Structure of Inorganic Radicals. Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier Pub. Co. OCLC 543225. 
• Aktins, Peter W. (1991). Quanta: A Handbook of Concepts (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-198-55573-5. 
• Aktins, Peter W. (1995). The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey Into the Land of the Chemical Elements. New York: BasicBooks. ISBN 978-0-788-15518-5. 
• Aktins, Peter W.; Friedman, Ronald (2005). Molecular Quantum Mechanics (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-927498-3. 
• Aktins, Peter W.; de Paula, Julio; Friedman, Ronald (2009). Quanta, Matter, and Change: A molecular approach to physical chemistry. New York: W. H. Freeman. ISBN 0-7167-6117-3. 
• Aktins, Peter W.; Shriver, D. F. (2010). Inorganic Chemistry (5th ed.). W. H. Freeman. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-7167-4878-6|0-7167-4878-6]]. 
• Aktins, Peter W.; Jones, Loretta (2010). Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight (5th ed.). New York: W. H. Freeman. ISBN 978-1-4292-1955-6. 
• Aktins, Peter W.; de Paula, Julio (2010). Physical Chemistry (9th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-19-954337-3|0-19-954337-3]]. 
• Aktins, Peter W.; de Paula, Julio (2011). Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences (2nd ed.). W.H. Freeman & Company. ISBN 1-4292-3114-9. 

Footnotes[link]

Sources[link]

• Who's Who in the World, 21st edition.
• Debrett's People of Today. Debrett's Peerage Ltd., 2006.
• Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006.

External links[link]

• The Joy of Science, the Existence of God, and Galileo's Finger The Science Network interview
• Transcript of debate with theist William Lane Craig
• Articles – Infidels website
• Video of March 2007 debate with Alister McGrath
• Works by or about Peter Atkins in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Debate with Dr Peter McDonald about science vs. poetry