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William Stanley Jevons, after whom the effect is named. The Jevons paradox was first described by the English economist William Stanley Jevons in his 1865 book The Coal Question.
Sofia Boutella was born in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers, Algeria, [10] to an architect mother and a jazz musician father, Safy Boutella. [11] Her brother, Seif, works as a visual effects artist in the entertainment industry.
A human computer, with microscope and calculator, 1952. It was not until the mid-20th century that the word acquired its modern definition; according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the word computer was in a different sense, in a 1613 book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [] read the truest computer of Times, and the best ...
The View is an American talk show created by broadcast journalist Barbara Walters.Currently in its 28th season, the show has aired on ABC as part of the network's daytime programming block since August 11, 1997.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun.It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant.Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or volatiles.
Dan Simmons's epic science fiction adaptation/tribute Ilium was released in 2003, receiving a Locus Award for best science fiction novel of 2003. [69] Troy (2004), a loose film adaptation of the Iliad, received mixed reviews but was a commercial success, particularly in international sales. It grossed $133 million in the United States and $497 ...