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Superfluous means unnecessary or excessive. It may also refer to: Superfluous precision, the use of calculated measurements beyond significant figures; The Diary of a Superfluous Man, an 1850 novella by Russian author Ivan Turgenev; Superfluous man, a Russian archetype inspired by the above novella
The superfluous man (Russian: лишний человек, líshniy chelovék, "extra person") is an 1840s and 1850s Russian literary concept derived from the Byronic hero. [1] It refers to a man, perhaps talented and capable, who does not fit into social norms.
Superfluidity is the characteristic property of a fluid with zero viscosity which therefore flows without any loss of kinetic energy.When stirred, a superfluid forms vortices that continue to rotate indefinitely.
Oblomov (Russian: Обломов, pronounced [ɐˈbloməf]) is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859.Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century Russian literature.
Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the most.
In Memoirs of a Superfluous Man (1943), Nock had this to say about mass democracy in America: I could see how "democracy" might do very well in a society of saints and sages led by an Alfred or an Antoninus Pius. Short of that, I was unable to see how it could come to anything but an ochlocracy of mass-men led by a sagacious knave.
If you're tired of your stomach feeling like a distended balloon, you're not alone. In fact, it is pretty common. A study shows that almost 18% of people experience bloating at least once a week ...
A transgender man was physically tortured for more than a month in an upstate New York motel until he died, with his alleged attackers ditching his corpse in an empty field in an attempt to cover ...