Sentences with phrase «eccentric works in»

When Newton was the outstanding name in physics, eccentric works in that science were violently anti-Newton.

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He has some stunningly brilliant work in mathematics which has been overshadowed by a book and movie which details some very eccentric behavior.

We have many types of people working here (from buttoned - up folks to eccentric ones, and everything in between), and everybody is welcomed and appreciated.

Ultimately this elliptical, even eccentric involvement of biblical themes, figures, and narratives does not make for a work of superior accomplishment in either religious or literary terms, whether by comparison to masterworks of the past or the finer novels in Coetzee's own oeuvre.

Lucretius» only known work, On the Nature of Things, is remarkable for its foreshadowing of Darwinism, humans as higher primates, the study of atoms and the scientific method — all contemplated in a geocentric world ruled by eccentric gods.

DESPITE the many scientific and artistic geniuses in their ranks — among them Galileo, Kepler, Darwin, Joyce and Dali — eccentrics had never been subjected to scientific study until David Weeks began his work.

Psychologist Hans - Peter Erb and biologist Susanne Gebert explore the forces at work in forging character in «Embrace Your Inner Eccentric.»

This biography weaves together an informative portrait of an eccentric theorist and his work on the pricing of risk that played a crucial role in the development of derivatives markets.

A recent study published in Frontiers in Physiology found that accentuated eccentric loading (AEL)-- which involves lowering a weight slowly during the lengthening of the muscle, rather than letting it drop — might be more effective in avoiding a plateau then changing a program week to week.Scientists conducted a ten - week experiment involving three strength - training groups, with the AEL programming noting an increase in force production, work capacity, muscle activation and resistance compared to the other methods.

However, for this potential energy to be released, the CNS must be able to quickly reverse from eccentric to concentric work in less than 120 msec.

What should dictate how much weight to use in eccentric work is tempo; you should have a preset time of lowering (i.e., six seconds) in your mind before doing your set.

Strength coaches recommend using anywhere from 100 % to 175 % of maximum for optimal loading in eccentric work.

Eccentric training differs from accentuated eccentric (also called eccentric overload) training, which involves working hard in both concentric and eccentric phases, but with an even greater load in the eccentrEccentric training differs from accentuated eccentric (also called eccentric overload) training, which involves working hard in both concentric and eccentric phases, but with an even greater load in the eccentreccentric (also called eccentric overload) training, which involves working hard in both concentric and eccentric phases, but with an even greater load in the eccentreccentric overload) training, which involves working hard in both concentric and eccentric phases, but with an even greater load in the eccentreccentric phases, but with an even greater load in the eccentriceccentric phase.

Importantly, eccentric training and concentric training produce comparable increases in collagen synthesis (and of related collagen growth factors) when the work done is matched between conditions (Moore et al. 2005), but eccentric training causes greater increases when the total volume (sets x reps) is matched between conditions (Heinemeier et al. 2007; Holm et al. 2017).

It is suggested that this works due to the ability of the exercise to increase the peak eccentric force of the hamstrings at shallower angles of knee flexion (the knee is more extended) vs. a leg curl which puts a premium on concentric force when the knee is in full flexion.

Research has proven that muscles actually work in an isometric manner instead of eccentric manner which is normally believed.

I change it up in this workout working the «negative» or eccentric contraction to bring a major burn to your muscles.

Variations of these movements that change angle work the muscles differently and in some cases can more beneficial and joint - friendly — dumbbell floor press, Neutral grip eccentric chin - up, Chest supported neutral grip dumbbell row, steep incline dumbbell press, B - stance deadlift, Bulgarian split squats.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

The one balm in Marty's life is his friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine.

A work from one of Britain's most loved authors finds itself in the hands of American indie auteur Wes Anderson, best known for his arch and perfectionist takes on eccentric schemers and fractured family dynamics.

Sandy Wexler (Adam Sandler) is a talent manager working in Los Angeles in the 1990s who diligently represents a group of eccentric clients on the fringes of show business.

There have been similar films about young men traveling home to find themselves of late, perhaps most successfully in a similarly themed vehicle, Garden State, but Buscemi's knack for drawing out well - rounded eccentric characters that are believable allows Jim to work more often than not.

The family that's barely even seem to be working with a distant father and a couple of eccentric loner sons who just don't seem to fit in the real world; one is obsessed with «molecules» and the other with blowing things up.

Rowling's debut as a screenwriter is inspired by a same - named, catalog - style textbook that is supposed to be the work of a «magizoologist» and Hogwarts alum named Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne in eccentric shy - guy mode).

Of the six features on this set, all but Playtime make their respective American Blu - ray debuts and two appear on disc for the first time in the U.S.. From his debut feature Jour de Fête (1949) to the birth of both M. Hulot and the distinctive Tati directorial approach in his brilliant and loving Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) through the sublime Playtime (1967) to his post-script feature Parade (1974), this set presents the development of an artist who took comedy seriously and sculpted his films like works of kinetic art driven by eccentric engines of personality.

The central plot — eccentric grandparents Artie (Billy Crystal, Analyze That) and Diane (Bette Midler, The Women) are last - minute ring - ins to babysit highly - strung Harper (Bailee Madison, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark), sensitive Turner (Joshua Rush, TV's Heroes) and mischievous Barker (feature debutant Kyle Harrison Breitkopf) when their daughter Alice (Marisa Tomei, The Ides of March) and her husband Phil (Tom Everett Scott, Mars Needs Moms) endeavour to enjoy a work - oriented holiday — is as threadbare as it is trivial, with nothing sighted beyond a basic sketch.

One of American cinema's finest character actors, Dern, whose career took off in the Seventies, proved too eccentric, too unconventional to work as a mainstream leading man in commercial fare, but here he's wonderfully worthy of this auspicious lineage.

In his works, Hartley expertly blends intelligent, ironic humor with dramatic incident, gripping his eccentric, usually obsessed, but always very passionate characters with deep philosophical quandaries.

Lest we forget the wonderful work executed by Jason Patric in the film, whose eccentric, psychopathic villain is nothing short of exceptional, goofy and, overall, difficult not to watch at all times.

Ostensibly the middle film in Aki Kaurismäki's still in the works Le Havre harbor trilogy (following 2011's Le Havre), The Other Side of Hope is another eccentric humanist tale from the forever happy - sad Finnish auteur.

Like Arthur, adventure follows an adolescent boy who is left to live with his two eccentric uncles while his mother goes off to work in the film Secondhand Lions.

When: June 19th Why: Mark Ruffalo is hands - down one of the best actors working today, but while he's earned great reviews for his performance in writer Maya Forbes» directorial debut, his character feels a little too close to the eccentric fathers he's played over the past few years, especially in fellow indies like «The Kids Are All Right» and «Begin Again.»

Mother, Jugs & Speed is one of many seriocomic work - related movies to come out in the mid-70s, not too dissimilar to Car Wash and FM, with an ensemble cast of eccentric characters, sporting a hip (for the time) soundtrack and a marriage of fun with drama at the end.

With a phenomenal lead performance from Annette Bening, superb supporting work from young Lucas Jade Zumann, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, and Billy Crudup, 20th Century Women is a movie about people - some eccentric, some trying to survive - living life passionately in all of its messy glory.

It's Me, Chelsea centers on an outspoken, sexually aggressive young woman (Laura Prepon) who works in a bar, where she drinks away its profits, avoids her eccentric father and goes home with the clientele.

To my dismay, what didn't work in the last film also is the problem with this third installment: the characters are wafer - thin eccentrics, the plot meanders, and the situations remain unmoving.

But then the book is stolen by the eccentric out - of - work actor Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant) and given Paddington's well - expressed desire to own the book, he's found guilty of theft and thrown in prison.

Over the course of the book, you'll meet the Navy's Top Gun pilots, a violinist so skilled that when a string breaks during a performance he simply completes the piece on the remaining strings, and the eccentric Hungarian psychologist who was so confident in his theory of genius that he sought a wife who would collaborate with him in raising a child to be a chess prodigy (it worked).

Carter describes the five other people who shaped his early life, only two of them white: his eccentric relatives who sometimes caused the boy to examine his heritage with dismay; the boyhood friends with whom he hunted with slingshots and boomerangs and worked the farm, but who could not attend the same school; and the eminent black bishop who refused to come to the Carters» back door but who would stand near his Cadillac in the front yard discussing crops and politics with Jimmy's father.

The first in a series, The Spellman Files tells the story of Isabelle Spellman, a tough - talking 28 - year - old (described by another character as «Dirty Harry meets Nancy Drew») who works for her eccentric family's P.I. business.

At the center of this multigenerational novel is Eileen Leary, who cares for her alcoholic mother, falls in love with an eccentric neuroscientist, raises a son and works a demanding nursing career before Alzheimer's threatens her husband — and her family's very fabric.

When Alice Whitley arrives at the Banning mansion, she's put to work right away - as a full - time companion to Frank, the writer's eccentric nine - year - old, a boy with the wit of Noel Coward, the wardrobe of a 1930s movie star, and very little in common with his fellow fourth - graders.

Although the work lives in the landscape - full - of - eccentric - beings mode of painting, Gaiman — whose own latest master - stroke is the towering plethora of coverage he's able to bring to The Ocean at the End of the Lane — is refreshingly blunt in his assessment near the end of the article:

This week's GoodEReader.com Ebook of the Week is the YA paranormal work I Wish... which beguilingly unveils an entire town of witches, an eccentric author - grandmother, a pink RV, and a family on the run attempting to hide in plain sight.

Her debut book Shop Girl Diaries began as a blog about working in her Mum's eccentric chandelier shop.

Annie finds her work with the feral cats to be deeply gratifying, but she is saddened when she realizes that she is viewed by people in her community as an eccentric, troublesome old lady.

This traditional symbol for a printer's shop indicates where eccentric writer and publisher Thomas Gent had premises in the eighteenth century, referring to young boys who worked fetching tape for the printer, known colloquially in Gent's time as «printer's devils».

These eccentric and demanding games take the basics of Dungeons and Dragons gameplay — combat, monsters, exploration — and place them in terrifying, intricate worlds that work like a series of fiendish clockwork traps, complete with spike pits, poison mists and falling masonry.

Revealed in full, DriveClub's car list spans a number of different classes, ranging from humble hot hatches such as the Mini John Cooper Works GP, spritely sports cars such as the Bentley Continental GT V8 and perky performance cars such as the Alfa Romeo 4C, to eccentric super and hyper cars such as the Ferrari 458 Italia and Koenigsegg Agera R. Without further ado, here's a full list of all the cars you'll be able to burn some next - gen rubber with in DriveClub: Hot - Hatches