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Crank (person) — Crank is a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false.[1] A cranky belief is so wildly at variance with commonly accepted belief as to be ludicrous. Cranks… … Wikipedia
Crank (mechanism) — A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. The arm may be … Wikipedia
Science and invention in Birmingham — Birmingham is the second largest city in the United Kingdom. It is one of the country s principal industrial centres and has an impressive history of industrial and scientific innovation.16th century1547: Although no record is kept to indicate… … Wikipedia
Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci — Infobox Artist name = Leonardo da Vinci imagesize = 200px caption = The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo is possibly the best known drawing in the world. birthname = Leonardo di Ser Piero birthdate = birth date|1452|4|15|mf=y flagicon|ITA Anchiano,… … Wikipedia
science, history of — Introduction the history of science from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the 20th century. On the simplest level, science is knowledge of the world of nature. There are many regularities in nature that mankind has had to… … Universalium
Timeline of Islamic science and engineering — This timeline of Islamic science and engineering covers the general development of science and technology in the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age, usually dated from the 7th to 16th centuries.From the 17th century onwards, the advances … Wikipedia
John Crank — (* 6. Februar 1916 in Hindley, Lancashire, Vereinigtes Königreich; † 3. Oktober 2006) war ein englischer Mathematiker, dessen Arbeiten zur numerischen Lösung partieller Differentialgleichungen, besonders der Wärmeleitungsgleichung, wegweisend… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pseudo-science — Instrument du début du XXe siècle conçu par Franciszek Rychnowski afin de mesurer les radiations d une « énergie cosmique ». Une pseudo science (du grec pseudês ψευδἡς : « faux » ) est une démarche prétendument… … Wikipédia en Français
Creation Science — Creationism can also refer to creation myths, or to a concept about the origin of the soul. For the movement in Spanish literature, see Creacionismo. Part of a series on Creationism … Wikipedia
Pseudo science — Une pseudo science (Du grec pseudês ψευδἡς : « faux » ) est une démarche prétendument scientifique qui ne respecte pas les canons de la méthode scientifique, dont celui de réfutabilité. Ce terme, de connotation normative, est… … Wikipédia en Français
