Nicolaus Copernicus (German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; Italian: Nicolò Copernico; Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik (help·info); in his youth, Niclas Koppernigk; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.
Copernicus' epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), published just before his death in 1543, is often regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that began the scientific revolution. His heliocentric model, with the Sun at the center of the universe, demonstrated that the observed motions of celestial objects can be explained without putting Earth at rest in the center of the universe. His work stimulated further scientific investigations, becoming a landmark in the history of science that is often referred to as the Copernican Revolution.
Among the great polymaths of the Renaissance, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist with a doctorate in law, physician, quadrilingual polyglot, classics scholar, translator, artist,Catholic cleric, governor, diplomat and economist.
Sir Roger Penrose OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. He has received a number of prizes and awards, including the 1988 Wolf Prize for physics which he shared with Stephen Hawking for their contribution to our understanding of the universe. He is renowned for his work in mathematical physics, in particular his contributions to general relativity and cosmology. He is also a recreational mathematician and philosopher.
He was born in Colchester, Essex, England, Roger Penrose is a son of Lionel S. Penrose and Margaret Leathes. Penrose is the brother of mathematician Oliver Penrose and of chess Grandmaster Jonathan Penrose. Penrose attended University College School and University College, London, where he graduated with a first class degree in mathematics. In 1955, while still a student, Penrose reintroduced the E. H. Moore generalized matrix inverse, also known as the Moore–Penrose inverse, after it had been reinvented by Arne Bjerhammar (1951). Penrose earned his Ph.D. at Cambridge (St John's College) in 1958, writing a thesis on "tensor methods in algebraic geometry" under algebraist and geometer John A. Todd. He devised and popularised the Penrose triangle in the 1950s, describing it as "impossibility in its purest form" and exchanged material with the artist M. C. Escher, whose earlier depictions of impossible objects partly inspired it. Escher's Waterfall, and Ascending and Descending were in turn inspired by Penrose. As reviewer Manjit Kumar puts it:
Johannes Kepler (German pronunciation: [ˈkʰɛplɐ]; December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630) was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, codified by later astronomers, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy. These works also provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation.
During his career, Kepler was a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, Austria, where he became an associate of Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg. Later he became an assistant to astronomer Tycho Brahe, and eventually the imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II and his two successors Matthias and Ferdinand II. He was also a mathematics teacher in Linz, Austria, and an adviser to General Wallenstein. Additionally, he did fundamental work in the field of optics, invented an improved version of the refracting telescope (the Keplerian Telescope), and mentioned the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei.
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The misadventures of a quick-witted self-proclaimed know it all (Lefty) and his, the world owes me something in a big way, friend (Merde). The story takes place 3-months after these two lie to win an Extreme Home Makeover smack dab in the middle of a non-posh town! Not really knowing the ramifications that go along with having such a nice dwelling and what it takes to keep the house running on all cylinders; these two imbeciles try and do anything possible to keep the lights on, which are including but not limited to...engineering a cult, bamboozling anybody and everybody for sex, drugs, money, social status, personal entertainment and last but not least, s&gs; ! No ethnic group or race will be spared of a thrashing on this program, that's a fact! They try to accomplish a feat that many have tried but few have succeeded in, which is, to do things really good without really doing anything at all!
Keywords: alcohol, alcoholic, arrogance, bad-behavior, best-friend, black-comedy, childhood-friend, cigarette-smoking, classical-art, crazy-humor
Two Broke Guys
They're Not The Typical Pair Of Friends.
Matthew: Why the fuck is there a transvestite prostitute in our house?::Steve: Matt, calm down, it's just a goddamn Asian in a pool. What are they going to do?::Matthew: They're selfish, greedy and they fucking cook better!
Matthew: We should never have trusted A.I.D.S.
Martha: I'll just go fuck someone else!
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Bill Nye "The Science Guy" hosts a new series that highlights the greatest scientific discoveries of all time, from the earliest time to the present day. The series features nine episodes: Evolution, Earth Sciences, Medicine, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Genetics and Biology, plus a wrap up episode featuring the top 10 discoveries of all time. This is a fun and instructive series, with a lot of historical re-creations, archival footage, visits to interesting scientific research facilities and interviews with present-day scientists including several Nobel laureates - all presented with the flair and humor associated with television's "Science Guy" Bill Nye.
Keywords: charles-darwin, digit-in-title, number-in-title, reenactment, religion, religion-versus-science, science, science-history, scientific-research, tv-mini-series
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Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly receives written word from his friend, Doctor Emmett Brown, as to where can be found the DeLorean time machine. However, an unfortunate discovery prompts Marty to go to his friend's aid. Using the time machine, Marty travels to the old west where his friend has run afoul of a gang of thugs and has fallen in love with a local schoolteacher. Using the technology from the time, Marty and Emmett devise one last chance to send the two of them back to the future.
Keywords: 17-year-old, 1880s, 1950s, 1980s, 19th-century, 20th-century, abandoned-mine, actor-playing-multiple-roles, actress-playing-multiple-roles, adult-actor-playing-teenage-boy
They've saved the best trip for last... But this time they may have gone too far.
Doc: You're just not thinking fourth dimensionally!::Marty McFly: Right, right. I have a real problem with that.
[Doc Brown and Marty are hijacking a train]::Doc: Reach!::Engineer: Is this a holdup?::Doc: It's a science experiment!
[after the duel between Buford Tannen and Marty, which ended with Buford landing in green horse dung]::Seamus McFly: [chuckling to himself] That was good.
Marty McFly: Listen, you got a back door to this place?::Bartender: Yeah, it's in the back.
Jennifer Parker: Dr. Brown, I brought this note back from the future and now it's erased.::Doc: Of course it's erased.::Jennifer Parker: But what does that mean?::Doc: It means your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one, both of you.::Marty McFly: [Marty wraps his arm around Jennifer] We will, Doc.
Doc: Clara was one in a million. One in a billion. One in a googolplex!
Doc: Marty, I gave you explicit instructions not to come here but to go directly back to 1985.::Marty McFly: I know, Doc. But I had to come.::Doc: But it's good to see ya, Marty.
Doc: Marty, you can't go losing your judgment every time someone calls you a name. That's exactly what causes you to get into that accident in the future.
[at the town festival]::Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Then let's finish it, right now!::Buford's Gang Member #1: Uh, not now, Buford. Uh, Marshal's got our guns.::Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Like I said, we'll finish this tomorrow.::Buford's Gang Member #2: Tomorrow, we're robbin' the Pine City Stage.::Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: What about Monday? Are we doin' anything Monday?::Buford's Gang Member #1: Uh, no, Monday'd be fine. You can kill him on Monday.::Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: I'll be back this way on Monday! We'll settle this then... right there... out in the street... in front of the Palace Saloon!::Marty McFly: Yeah, right. When? High noon?::Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Noon? I do my killin' before breakfast! Seven o'clock!::Marty McFly: Eight o'clock. I do my killin' after breakfast!
[last lines]::Marty McFly: Hey, Doc! Where you goin' now? Back to the future?::Doc: Nope. Already been there.
I don't know if I was caught into this trap.
Or born into it.
The more I look into my life.
The more and more I see my destiny.
To work every single day (destiny)
To never have my way.
To never see further than five feet in front of my face.
Until I'm layed to waste
Mother I'm scared of what's becoming of me.
Humiliation is all I can see.
I'll never be what I long to be.
Our names are written on the stars on heaven's tree
Yes, nine by nine they die just like you and me
These peerless eyes look down giving us our choices
Each one calls out a universe of voices
These are the ancient fathers, the laws that binds us all
White jewels of mystery, mirrors for our souls
They spoke of life and death, love and history
Today the stars are for fools and vanity
And there's Orion and there's a Zodiac
If you look close, they're needles in the stack
And you saw in your telescope on earth
Copernicus, the order of the worlds
Evening caress always yearning
I must confess the stars aren't burning
Copernicus
The sky is full of shining crosses for our sins
Each one a monument for what ends and what begins
Small emerald satellites orbiting so fast
Will they be gone tomorrow just like painted glass?
If I had wishes, I would shout to you and scream
But now I realize you're like young dying streams
I'm in the real world with people, crises and scars
Copernicus, I don't care about your stars
Evening caress always yearning
I must confess the stars aren't burning
Close the doors
If you want to see her breathing again
Blur the days
sleeping is just not an option
How come every time I walk you crawl
When you cut out all the letters
that make up this note
I won't give up
'till I find what happened to you
The solution inhaled from
the rag I hold
holds a maximum vacancy
As I held you in crippled bandages
Don't you stay up and wait for me
Left dangling in the wind
You're not there
I poke needles
in the neck of a doll
She pokes back
asking why can't
I just let her out
How come every time I walk you crawl
When you cut out all the letters
that make up this note
I won't give up
'till I find what happened to you
The solution inhaled from
the rag I hold
holds a maximum vacancy
As I held you in crippled bandages
Don't you stay up and wait for me
Left dangling in the wind
Don't let the days escape
What I did brings more of them
And we'll be waiting just for them
Over my dead body
Over the search they lead
and they won’t find them anymore
Don't let the days escape
What I did brings more of them
And we'll be waiting just for them
Over my dead body
Over the search they lead
and they won’t find them anymore
Now that I collect
from cells that we once shared
with multi-headed union
of multiple selves
The solution inhaled from
the rag I hold
holds a maximum vacancy
As I help you in crippled bandages
don't you stay up and wait for me
The solution inhaled from
the rag I hold
holds a maximum vacancy
As I help you in crippled bandages
don't you stay up and wait for me
I can see you now
Like a million suns align
As they pierce the darkest night
When our hope is gone and lost, I know
When I was a child
I had the strangest dream
A thousand mirrors
All reflecting the same beam
It seems so hard
When you're left alone outside
To like upon and all the greatest things in life
Now I'm at this crossroad
The light will be my guide
I can see you now
Like a million suns align
As they pierce the darkest night
When our hope is gone and lost, I know…
So real at the dawn
Making up my mind
A stronger current
Pulling me into its line
When all hope was lost
You became my friend
And now we stand here in unity again
Now we're at this crossroad
The light will be our guide
I can see you now
Like a million suns align
As they pierce the darkest night
When our hope is gone and lost
I can see you now
Like a millions suns align
As they pierce the darkest night
When our hope is gone and lost
When our hope is gone and lost
Forever I'll be here, right by your side
When all the times change and all worlds collide
[Solo]
When I was a child
I had the strangest dream
A thousand mirrors
All reflecting the same beam
Now I'm at this crossroad
The light will be my guide
I can see you now
Like a million suns align
As they pierce the darkest night
When all hope is gone and lost…
I can see you now
Like a millions suns align
As they pierce the darkest night
When all hope is gone and lost
This is a song about the place I come from
It's not on the moon at all
Where people's hearts are filled with passion
I miss it so, 'cause I'm here chasing love
In my land of great romantics
I'm the biggest dreamer of them all
No way to stop their desire to change
And to improve our world
One invented Esperanto
Ready to move and to try something new
I'm convinced that Chopin too
Would dig samba if he had a chance to groove
Though it's true
That I only know very few simple words of your language
I've cracked it I've decided
Because the only words we need to communicate
Are the ones that can help me say, "I do love you"
And that make me understand you love me too
Our love will take this globe by storm
If it's London, Warsaw or New York
'Cause all around the world
People want to love
Open your eyes, there's so much we don't know
We don't even realize
So you might get a better picture
And if I say, that on this planet today
We all have the same hearts
I don't claim I'm Curie or Copernicus
Guess it's true
That I only know very few simple words of your language
I've cracked it I've decided
Because the only words we need to communicate
Are the ones that can help me say, "I do love you"
And that make me understand you love me too
Our love will take this globe by storm
If it's London, Warsaw or New York
'Cause all around the world
People want to love and be loved
Our love will take this globe by storm
If it's London, Warsaw or New York
'Cause all around the world
People want to love and be loved
And our love, our love will take this globe by storm
If it's London, Warsaw or New York
'Cause all around the world
People want to love and be loved
Nasza miloscia podbijemy glob
Londyn, Warszawe albo Nowy Jork
Sporjz tylko wsyscy w krag
Chca byc kochani i kochac chca
All around the world
Hey Copernicus
Will you take my hand, help me understand
That the world rotates at a constant rate
But not round me, not round me
Hey Copernicus
Is it really fact, that the world’s not flat?
And if that’s the case, if I walk for days
Will I end up here, end up here?
Aye, right!
Hey Schrödinger
Did your cat survive, to leave the box alive?
This uncertainty really bothers me
Should a principle be so cruel?
When, finally
It’s goodnight from him, and goodnight from me
And the bouncer shouts “drink yir drinks get out!”
Are we going home, going home?