Sentences with phrase «famous early example»

Phineas Gage, the man whose personality changed drastically after an accident where an iron spike was driven through his head, is a famous early example of the link between brain regions and behavior.

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The most famous example is the hyperinflation that struck the German Weimar Republic in the early 1920s.

It takes a very long period of time, so we could have some luck with money that was raised last year, but I'm reminded of the fact that, as an example, Carlin Trend exploration in Nevada began in earnest with the publication of that famous paper, Alignment of Mineral Deposits in Northeast Nevada, in the early 1970s.

The vast majority of the money he made in his partnership was made from a handful of well - selected investments that he made a large portion of his portfolio (the famous example of course being American Express in the early 60's, when he put 40 % of his assets into that stock).

Among the most famous examples is Hanny's Voorwerp, a galaxy - size gas cloud discovered in 2007 in a project called Galaxy Zoo, one of the earliest astronomy projects.

Taruffi's racing career Part 2 — Charlie Rous concludes his article on the famous racing driver with an account of the years 1934 to 1950 / Our anniversary competition — Enter our motoring quiz competition and you could win a special day at the National Motor Museum / 1929 Sunbeam special — An enthusiastic report from David Hawtin on this exciting20 hp non-standard Sunbeam / The Lea - Francis story 1924 - 37 — Michael Worthington - Williams continues with part 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chains.

As so much had been borrowed from a glorious past it came as no surprise that the new model was by a certain margin more expensive than any other Bentley motor car - there had been the case with its famous ancestors too like for example the Gurney Nutting Sedanca Coupé on Bentley Mark VI chassis, the most expensive coachwork on Bentley during the early post-war period...

A good example of one of these early mixed breed husky - hound or pointer racing dogs is the famous «Balto».

The controversy surrounds the recently added Street Fighter 5 version of the Thailand stage, made famous by Street Fighter 2 and widely regarded as one of the best examples of the Street Fighter series» early level... Continue reading →

These bands become one of the earliest examples of Judd's use of space, and «negative» space in particular, within the body of his sculpture - a device that would eventually manifest itself fully in his famous Stacks and Progressions.

For example, Jean - Michel Basquiat, who began his career as a graffiti artist but became internationally famous in his early 20s, developed a personal visual vocabulary that repeats throughout his oeuvre.

[79] Modern ideas in art also began to appear more frequently in commercials and logos, an early example of which, from 1916, is the famous London Underground logo designed by Edward Johnston.

Song of Love (1914) is one of the most famous works by de Chirico and is an early example of the surrealist style, though it was painted ten years before the movement was «founded» by André Breton in 1924.

For example, when Los Angeles painter Toba Khedoori fills a huge sheet of white paper with rows of tiny dark apartment windows, each with shades or sashes forming a slightly different configuration, she surely has in mind the fields of variant forms in drawings by Sol LeWitt (or perhaps a famous early work by Ellsworth Kelly).

Arguably now one of America's most famous successful examples of drastic weight loss, Palu will join me for Brita Climate Ride, which starts bright and early tomorrow, September 21 in Eureka, California.During the trip we will also be eating healthy, locally sourced food, a Climate Ride organizer told me.