Monthly Archives: August 2015

Dorothy Hodgkin

1964 Dorothy Hodgkin was’ awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry “for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of portant biochemical substances.” She was only the third woman nemist to be so honored, after Marie Curie and Irene Joliet-Curie. … Continue reading

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L’intelligence artificielle (IA)

L’intelligence artificielle (IA) En 1792 Napoléon Bonaparte nommé le mathématicien français Gaspard de Prony pour compiler un ensemble de plus complètes et exactes des tables logarithmique. Pour ce faire, de Prony employées une hiérarchie des travailleurs. Les mathématiciens conçu les … Continue reading

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Artificial intelligence (AI)

Artificial intelligence (AI) In 1792 Napoleon Bonaparte appointed the French mathematician Gaspard de Prony to compile a set of more comprehensive and accurate logarithmic tables. To do so, de Prony employed a hierarchy of workers. Mathematicians devised the formulae, assistants … Continue reading

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Plankton / Plancton

Plankton / Plancton A diverse group of organisms that live in the water column of large bodies of water and that cannot swim against a current. They provide a crucial source of food to many large aquatic organisms, such as … Continue reading

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Maine.

Maine. Maximillian Schele De Vere in Americanisms (187l) says that the name Maine may have been chosen for the Pine Tree State “in compliment to the Queen of England, who had inherited a province of the same name in France:’ … Continue reading

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Maine.

Maine. Maximillian Schele De Vere dans américanismes (187l) indique que le nom Maine mai ont été choisis pour la Pine Tree State ” en complément de la Reine d’Angleterre, qui avait hérité d’une province du même nom en France : … Continue reading

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Le Vermont.

Le Vermont. Vermont avait été appelé New Connecticut avant d’être nommé aux Français de sinople, ” Green : ” plus le mont, “montagne :” L’état des montagnes vertes a été admis à l’Union en 1791 le 14e État. Les Américains … Continue reading

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Vermont.

Vermont. Vermont had been called New Connecticut before being named from the French vert, “green:’ plus mont, “mountain:’ The Green Mountain State was admitted to the Union in 1791 the 14th state. Native Americans inhabited and hunted in Vermont. From … Continue reading

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Le Nouveau Hampshir

Le Nouveau Hampshir “Vivre libre ou mourir”. Lorsque le capitaine John Mason a reçu des terres y compris cet état en 1622 l’a nommée après sa patrie-England’s Hampshire County. L’état de granit a été admis à l’Union européenne en 1788 … Continue reading

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New Hampshire.

New Hampshire. “Live Free or Die”. When Captain John Mason was granted the land including this state in 1622 he named it after his homeland-England’s Hampshire County. The Granite State was admitted to the Union in 1788 as our ninth … Continue reading

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