Sentences with phrase «writing encyclopedia»

By necessity, some emotion has to be involved; otherwise, we'd all be writing encyclopedia entries.

In a 1959 speech, physicist Richard Feynman wondered whether crafty researchers would one day find a way to write an encyclopedia on the head of a pin.

It's easy to write an encyclopedia of notes because it's all there, and some may think that by staying in the library all the time - that you're going to pass the test.

So when he writes an encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds, it's gonna be dull, right?

In the same way that Wikipedia is a collaboratively written encyclopedia, Congresspedia is a collaboratively written encyclopedia of Congress.

No doubt, a driving force in their greater popularity has been the best - known wiki — the collaboratively written encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Like Wikipedia, Congresspedia is a collaboratively written encyclopedia.

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The guides were written by Dan Wallace, author of Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman and the The DC Comics Encyclopedia, among other superhero - inspired works.

He wrote the long article on ethics for the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Plinius wrote «Naturalis Historia», an encyclopedia into which he collected much of the knowledge of his time.

Having recently edited a collaborative Encyclopedia of World Fascism, in which I myself wrote the entry of Antisemitism, I was fascinated to buy Finkelstein's book.

Another bit of prima facie evidence that might be considered in favor of Hartshorne's «personalism» is that in Virgilius Ferm's 1945 classic Encyclopedia of Religion, a work to which Brightman contributed forty articles, 14 and in which Brightman had particular editorial input, 15 the article on «God, as personal» was written by none other than Charles Hartshorne.16 This, along with Brightman's review of me Divine Relativity (cited below), suggests that Brightman himself considered Hartshorne a personalist.

Its roots: Aside from the brief account in the Bible, «everything written about the Wise Men stems principally from legend,» says The Christmas Encyclopedia.

But the Catholic and Jewish encyclopedias were sponsored, edited, and largely written by Catholics and Jews, and are primarily intended to be consulted and read by Catholics and Jews.

Father Charles Curran writes the long entry on «academic freedom» in Richard McBrien's Encyclopedia of Catholicism.

Ahh, the authoritative Catholic Encyclopedia, a wealth of myths and embellishments written in an attempt to keep 2000 years of flawed theology and history in some form of belief.

This reminds me of the scientific idea of gathering of evidence from many sources, writing them down, diseminating them for others to review and then combining them into one encyclopedia.

My primary sources are Edith Hamilton's collection of Greek, Roman, and Norse myths, 6 plus one of the translations of Grimms's fairy tales, 7 and the Larousse encyclopedia of myths throughout the world.8 Once I find several likely candidates among the tales, I try to read everything written about them available in a library with large holdings in the humanities.

Her mother was Jane Grigson, who wrote possibly the definitive encyclopedia of vegetables (though it's not a vegetarian book).

Q: Hi Dave, First of all, I want to thank you for writing «The Chile Pepper Encyclopedia.»

A veteran speaker and author, he wrote the chapter on Modified Atmosphere Packaging for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging as well as numerous scientific publications and industry bulletins dealing with fresh - cut microbial safety, packaging, quality, and operations.

Better - educated folks and broadband users were more likely to turn to Wikipedia than their less - educated and slower - connected brethren, meaning that the collectively - written online encyclopedia is disproportionately likely to reach potential voters (since voting tends to rise with education).

Compiled and written in his own hand between 1090 and 1120 by Lambert, the canon of St. Omer, in northern France, the encyclopedia encompasses astronomical, biblical, geographical, and natural history subjects.

He exercises authority on the subject: In the Encyclopedia of Aging, published in its third edition last year, Sonntag wrote one chapter on growth hormone and insulin - like growth factor - 1 (IGF - 1) and another on neuroendocrinology.

Pliny the Elder, the Roman savant who compiled the eclectic 37 - book encyclopedia Historia Naturalis nearly 2,000 years ago, was obsessed with the written word.

The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour is a treasure trove of delight, wonderfully illustrated, beautifully written and totally engrossing.

They put the bet in writing, specifying that the winner would receive «an encyclopedia of the winner's choice, from which information can be recovered at will.»

Ten years ago no one would have ever believed that an encyclopaedia written by random strangers from the internet would be better than the Encyclopedia Britannica, but that's the power of crowdsourcing.

He wrote the article on «Mercury» in the current (2008) edition of the on - line Encyclopedia Britannica.

The telltale signs of inflammation were even noted in the Roman encyclopedia of medicine and other historical texts written thousands of years ago:

To complete the dish, Padma adds sautéed lentils, herbs, and spices from her childhood, which she writes about in her new book The Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs (Amazon, $ 24).

At various points in his fantastically varied and storied career he wrote position papers on the need of support for a moribund Australian film industry, wrote and directed numerous episodes of such seminal TV shows as Homicide and Division 4 for Crawford Productions, was central in establishing film courses and departments in places such as Canberra and Brisbane (Griffith University), wrote plays and performed poems at Melbourne University and La Mama in the 1960s, directed feature films in the early 1980s (most memorably Ginger Meggs in 1982), made documentaries for the ABC and SBS (The Myth Makers, Images of Australia, The Legend of Fred Paterson, and numerous others), wrote and edited such books as Screenwriting: A Manual and Queensland Images in Film and Television, helmed commercials for a vast array of companies and government bodies, contributed film reviews to ABC radio (and more occasionally TV) across various states (for almost 40 years), wrote for numerous publications including Overland, The Canberra Times, Metro, The Concise Encyclopedia of Documentary Film, The Hobart Mercury, and so much more.

A look at why some educators are starting to accept the online encyclopedia that anyone can write and edit.

As bilingual children toggle between two languages, they use cognitive resources beyond those required for simple language acquisition, Luk writes in a forthcoming edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development.

From clever apps designed to correct their grammar and spelling, to extended writing guides and online encyclopedias and games designed to improve their clarity of voice, vocabulary, punctuation, and much, much more, there is everything you could possibly wish for in your writing classes online.

This amazing encyclopedia of journalism is finely enhanced by pertinent, reflective essays written by Times staffers such as William Safire, William Grimes, Gail Collins and Thomas L. Friedman.

Nowadays, with nearly 30 years of seeing my byline attached to things I've written and having authored a 3 volume encyclopedia and a history book, I still get that same ethereal shiver every time I look at my name in print or online because I know that having it there represents the faith an editor has placed in my abilities as a writer, or researcher, or reporter...

Finalists: Alfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967 by Mitzi M. Brunsdale Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula by David J. Skal

He has led photographic expeditions, written articles for encyclopedias, and given presentations to general and specialized audiences.

That's because Marcel is writing «an enormous, illustrated encyclopedia — everything he's learned throughout his long and exceptional life.»

The writing is straight exposition, not unlike an encyclopedia entry.

Encyclopedia Britannica around 20 years ago saw the writing on the walls as its business suffered from the advent of the internet.

Cumming's attention to the set - up in the first half may frustrate readers looking for an action - adventure novel... In addition, the history of the Basque separatists is complex, and at times the way Cumming chooses to relate it comes off as clumsy — too forced and too much like an encyclopedia entry... Nevertheless, this is an exceptionally well - written addition to the genre.

He's written for the humorous Encyclopedia Hearsay and less - humorous Ars Technica, covering Garfield and iOS apps, respectively.

This eBook Ultimate Encyclopedia of Powerful Internet Marketing Mindsets and Methods has been written with one specific purpose in mind — to make you aware of the different ways in which the world of Internet marketing has changed, and to reinforce the fact that despite all t...

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The same user may need a specialized dictionary when reading a medical text, a bilingual dictionary when reading a novel in a foreign language, a crossword dictionary when doing crosswords, a thesaurus when writing an essay, and an encyclopedia when reading a history.

Crime Scene Investigator: Solve Your Cat's Litter Box Mystery, written by Dusty Rainbolt, is almost an encyclopedia full of everything you ever wanted to know about a cat's litter box issues.