Ptolemy, Claudius (c.100 – c.170)

Ptolemy, Claudius (c.100 – c.170)

Ptolemy, Claudius (c.100 – c.170) Alternative last name spellings: Κλαύδιος Πτολεμαῖος Alternative first name spellings: Claudius Ptolemaeus Alias: Ptolemy I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro...
Sounds of Antarctica

Sounds of Antarctica

Sounds of Antarctica GENERAL INFO Description: Antarctica is the most inhospitable place on Earth. There are many scientists who venture to record the sounds produced by the movement of large ice sheets, wind and animals who reside there, such as penguins, whales or...
Dada, Salim (1975)

Dada, Salim (1975)

Dada, Salim (1975)  Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: سليم دادة Alias:    GENERAL INFO Description: Salim Dada is a musician, composer, musicologist and ethnomusicologist from Algeria. Dada was composer and conductor of the...
Leela (2007)

Leela (2007)

Leela (2007) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: –   GENERAL INFO Description: Leela is a computer Go software developed by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, a Belgian programmer author of the strong chess program Sjeng....
al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995) Alternative last name spellings: ibn Abī Ya’qūb Ishāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Warrāq Alternative first name spellings: Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Nadīm Alias:   GENERAL INFO Description: Ibn al-Nadim was an Arab erudite and...