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| Fingers of God Fingers of God is an effect in observational cosmology that causes clusters of galaxies to be elongated in redshift space, with an axis of elongation pointed toward the observer. It is caused by a Doppler shift associated with the peculiar velocities of galaxies in a cluster. Fingers_of_God | |
| Science wars science wars were a series of intellectual battles in the 1990s between "postmodernists" and "realists" (though neither party would likely use the terms to describe themselves) about the nature of scientific theories. In brief, the postmodernists questioned the objectivity of science and encompass a huge variety of critiques on scientific knowledge and method within cultural studies, cultural anthropology, feminist studies, comparative literature, media studies, and science and technology studies. Science_wars | |
| Joanna Waley-Cohen (Eleanor) Joanna Waley-Cohen is Professor of History at New York University, where she has taught since 1992. Born 10 June 1952, daughter of Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, Bt. Educated Cranborne Chase School, and a graduate of Cambridge and Yale universities, she specialises in Chinese history. Joanna_Waley-Cohen | |
| Claw of Archimedes Claw ( Claw_of_Archimedes | |
| Thurlow Weed Thurlow Weed (November 15, 1797 November 22, 1882) was a New York political boss. While he never held national office himself, he was the principal political advisor to the prominent New York politician William H. Seward and was instrumental in the presidential nominations of William Henry Harrison (1840), Henry Clay (1844), Zachary Taylor (1848), Winfield Scott (1852), John Charles Frémont (1856) and Abraham Lincoln (1860). Thurlow_Weed | |
| Hell house Hell houses are haunted attractions typically run by American, fundamentalist Christian churches or parachurch groups. These depict sin, the torments of the damned in Hell, and usually conclude with a depiction of heaven. They are most typically operated in the days preceding Halloween, although they are not part of the holiday.A hell house, like a conventional haunted-house attraction, is a space set aside in which actors attempt to frighten patrons with gruesome exhibits and scenes. Hell_house | |
| American Labor Party American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party (SP) who had established themselves as the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). American_Labor_Party | |
| Eugene Volokh Eugene Volokh (born as Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Volokh, , February 29, 1968) is an American legal commentator and law professor at the UCLA School of Law (located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles). He publishes the widely-read weblog "The Volokh Conspiracy" and is frequently cited in the American media. Eugene_Volokh | |
| John Sexton John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since May 17, 2002. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, one of the top five law schools in the country according to U.S. News and World Report. Until January 1, 2008, he also served as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. John_Sexton | |
| Randy Shilts Randy Shilts (August 8, 1951 February 17, 1994) was a pioneering gay American journalist and author. He worked as a freelance reporter for both The Advocate and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as for San Francisco Bay Area television stations. Randy_Shilts | |
| Hisashi Owada Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆 Owada Hisashi, born September 18, 1932), a former Japanese diplomat, is a judge on the International Court of Justice. Hisashi_Owada | |
| Ira Rennert Ira Leon Rennert (born 1934, Brooklyn, New York) is an American investor and businessman. He has built up his wealth by using junk bonds to secure companies, often in bankruptcy sales, in basic, cyclical industries like mining and metals. Over the years he has amassed holdings in lead smelters, coal mines, magnesium producers and vehicle assembly lines. Ira_Rennert | |
| Communist Workers Party (United States) The Communist Workers Party (CWP) was a Maoist group in the United States. It was founded in 1969 as the Workers' Viewpoint Organization. Its founding cadre were drawn mainly from those in the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) who had grown disenchanted with the group and disagreed with its new position on nationalism. The party is mainly remembered for the "Greensboro Massacre" of 1979. Communist_Workers_Party_(United_States) | |
| Theatre of the Ridiculous The Play-House of the Ridiculous" and the spin-off group formed in 1967 "The Ridiculous Theatrical Company". "The Theatre of the Ridiculous" made a break with the dominant trends in theatre of naturalistic acting and realistic settings. It employed a very broad acting style, with often very surrealistic stage settings and props, frequently making a conscious effort at being shocking or disturbing. Theatre_of_the_Ridiculous | |
| The Explorers Club The Explorers Club was founded in New York City, New York, in 1904. The club as explained in its charter was formed to further general exploration, to spread knowledge of the same; to acquire and maintain a library of exploration; and to encourage explorers in their work by “evincing interest and sympathy, and especially by bringing them in personal contact and binding them in the bonds of good fellowship” (TEC, Certificate of Incorporation, October 25, 1905). The_Explorers_Club | |
| African slave trade This article discusses systems of slavery within Africa, the history and effects of the slavery trade upon Africa, and Maafa. See Atlantic slave trade for the trans-Atlantic trade, and Arab slave trade for the Trans-Saharan trade. See Slavery in modern Africa for contemporary slavery in Africa.The slave trade in Africa existed for thousands of years. African_slave_trade | |
| Planned Parenthood Talk:Planned_Parenthood | |
| Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris Sciences Po - Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (), officially referred to as Sciences Po Paris (pronounced see-ohns po), is a highly selective Grand Établissement in Paris, France. Sciences Po has traditionally educated French politicians and diplomats elite, but its academic focus spans not only the political and economic sciences, but also law, communications, finance, business, urban policy, management, and journalism. Institut_d'Études_Politiques_de_Paris | |
| Abraham Lubelski Abraham Lubelski (born 1940) is an American contemporary artist and founder of the NYArts Magazine.He was born in Siberia, USSR, and emigrated to the United States with his parents, becoming a U. S. citizen in 1954. He is widely known as a media artist and as a curator.. Abraham_Lubelski | |
| Ready Rock C Clarence Holmes (born April 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), better known as Ready Rock C, is an American Hip hop record producer and beatboxer. He is best known for his early career with Will Smith and Jeffrey Townes then known as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. According to Holmes' website, he was dropped from the group in 1990 due to creative differences with Smith who claimed that beatboxing was "played out". Ready_Rock_C | |
| Margaret Sanger Talk:Margaret_Sanger | |
| Alfred Winslow Jones Alfred Winslow Jones (9 September 1900 - 2 June 1989), a sociologist, author, and financial journalist, is credited with forming the first modern hedge fund and is widely regarded as the father of the hedge fund industry. Alfred_Winslow_Jones | |
| Real closed field Real_closed_field | |
| David Trinidad David Trinidad (born 1953) is an American poet. David_Trinidad | |
| Leisler's Rebellion Leisler's Rebellion was an uprising in late 17th century colonial New York, in which militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of lower New York from 1689 to 1691. The uprising, which occurred in the midst of Britain's "Glorious Revolution," reflected colonial resentment against the policies of King James II. Royal authority was restored in 1691 by British troops sent by James' successor, William III. Leisler's_Rebellion | |
| Modern geocentrism Modern geocentrism is the belief by extant groups that Earth is the center of the universe as described by classical geocentric models. This belief is often based on Biblical verses and is most common among American Protestants. This belief is directly opposed to scientific evidence that the Sun is essentially the gravitational center of the solar system, and that the location of the Earth is not privileged. Modern_geocentrism | |
| Gastronomy Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between culture and food. It is often thought erroneously that the term gastronomy refers exclusively to the art of cooking (see Culinary Arts), but this is only a small part of this discipline; it cannot always be said that a cook is also a gourmet. Gastronomy | |
| Subdivision surface subdivision surface, in the field of 3D computer graphics, is a method of representing a smooth surface via the specification of a coarser piecewise linear polygon mesh. The smooth surface can be calculated from the coarse mesh as the limit of an recursive process of subdividing each polygonal face into smaller faces that better approximate the smooth surface. Subdivision_surface | |
| Query by humming Query by humming (QbH) is a music retrieval system that branches off the original classification systems of title, artist, composer, and genre. It normally applies to songs or other music with a distinct single theme or melody. The system involves taking a user-hummed melody (input query) and comparing it to an existing database. The system then returns a ranked list of music closest to the input query. Query_by_humming | |
| Partition of India Talk:Partition_of_India | |
| Glossary of golf sport of golf. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. Glossary_of_golf | |
| Kerry Collins Kerry Michael Collins (born December 30, 1972 in ) is an American football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers with the fifth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft (first draft choice in franchise history). He played college football at Penn State, where he was a Heisman Trophy finalist during his senior season in 1994. Kerry_Collins | |
| Michael Simmons (author) Michael Simmons is the author of the bestselling book,The Student Success Manifesto, which has received testimonials from Mark Victor Hansen, Stephen Covey, Russell Simmons, and Paul Orfalea (founder of Kinko's). Simmons, along with wife Sheena Lindahl, founded Extreme Entrepreneurship Education, LLC, while attending NYU in 2003. Michael_Simmons_(author) | |
| Cognitive closure (philosophy) Cognitive closure refers to the possibility that certain problems cannot be explained by the human mind. philosophy of science some have adopted the position that some problems are forever outstanding, and not because their solutions do not exist, but rather because the solutions cannot be properly conceived. Cognitive_closure_(philosophy) | |
| Peter Unger Peter K. Unger (born 1942) is a contemporary American philosopher and professor at New York University. His main interests lie in the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of mind. He attended Swarthmore College at the same time as David Lewis, earning a B.A. in philosophy in 1962, and Oxford University, where he studied under A. J. Ayer and earned a doctorate in 1966. Peter_Unger | |
| United States v. Miller United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939), was the first Supreme Court of the United States decision to directly address the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Miller is a controversial decision in the ongoing American gun politics debate, as both sides claim that it supports their position. United_States_v._Miller | |
| Elizur Wright Elizur Wright (12 February 1804–22 November 1885) was an American mathematician and abolitionist. He is sometimes described as the "father of life insurance" for his pioneering work on actuarial tables. Elizur_Wright | |
| Liquidity risk finance, liquidity risk is the risk that a given security or asset cannot be traded quickly enough in the market to prevent a loss (or make the required profit). Liquidity_risk | |
| Blockhead (computer system) Blockhead is the name of a theoretical computer system invented as part of a thought experiment by philosopher Ned Block, which appeared in a paper entitled Psychologism and Behaviourismss. In this paper, Block argues that the internal mechanism of a system is important in determining whether that system is intelligent, and also claims to show that a non-intelligent system could pass the Turing Test. Blockhead_(computer_system) | |
| Ned Block Ned Block (born 1942) is a philosopher of mind who has made important contributions to matters of consciousness and cognitive science. He obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University under Hilary Putnam and was a professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for many years, and now teaches at New York University (NYU).Block is noted for presenting the Blockhead argument against the Turing Test as a test of intelligence in a paper entitled Psychologism and Behaviourism (1981). Ned_Block | |
| Statistical arbitrage statistical arbitrage is used in two related but distinct ways In academic literature, statistical arbitrage is opposed to (deterministic) arbitrage. In deterministic arbitrage a sure profit can be obtained from being long some securities and short others. In statistical arbitrage there is a statistical mispricing of one or more assets based on the expected value of these assets. Statistical_arbitrage | |
| Online codes Online_codes | |
| Spin alley Spin alley is a term that refers to a designated meeting area reserved for use by the news media after political events to perform interviews of public policy experts. It is usually used after a major televised event, such as a campaign debate, and provides political experts and public officials a space to make statements to the press that are pejoratively referred to by some observers as spin, or highly-biased propaganda of the event. Spin_alley | |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1869) is a short story written by renowned author of the American West Bret Harte. This story is a good example of local color and regionalism during the Gilded Generation. Hart, although he was born in Albany, New York, wrote passionately and in graphic detail about the American West. This short story, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" was first published in January 1869 in the magazine Overland Monthly. The_Outcasts_of_Poker_Flat | |
| Logic/archive-1 Talk:Logic/archive-1 | |
| Robert F. Engle Robert Fry Engle III (born November 10, 1942) is an American economist and the winner of the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)". Robert_F._Engle | |
| Tisch School of the Arts Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University (NYU).The school was founded in 1965. It has 2,700 undergraduates (in 7 programs) and 500 graduate students (in 10 programs). Tisch is best known for its renowned acting program, and its impressive film program (often called the NYU Film School), one of the most selective film schools in the world. Tisch_School_of_the_Arts | |
| Detection theory Detection theory, or signal detection theory, is a means to quantify the ability to discern between signal and noise. Much of the early work in detection theory was done by radar researchers.psychophysics. Green and Swets criticized the traditional methods of psychophysics for their inability to discriminate between the real sensitivity of subjects and their (potential) response biases. Detection_theory | |
| Rochdale College Rochdale College was an experiment in student-run alternative education and co-operative living in Toronto, Canada. Rochdale_College | |
| Doctor Glas Doctor_Glas |
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