Sentences with phrase «relatively modern concept»

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The beginnings of modern science are traced back to relatively obscure figures, such as Pierre Gassendi, credited with the first concept of gravity, and early «atomicists», such as the «Mad Duchess», Margaret Cavendish, who believed in four types of atoms — square, long, round and sharp.

While few technical details have been confirmed so far, Bugatti says its Vision Gran Turismo concept stays relatively close to what is possible from modern car technologies.

It's called the tontine, a relatively unknown concept in modern times, although it has from time to time featured in various Hollywood movies (notably the novel and movie The Wrong Box).

Human beings have always, and will always, seek to arrange, produce, and think with the more formalized 2D visual concepts; the relatively modern format and practice of painting has, for the last hundred years, been one of the primary sites of that inquiry.