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  2. Necessity is the mother of invention - Wikipedia

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    Plato's Republic says "our need will be the real creator", [5] which Jowett's 1894 translation rendered loosely as "The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention." [6] The connection of mother and necessity is documented in Latin and in English in the 16th century: William Horman quoted the Latin phrase Mater artium ...

  3. List of people considered father or mother of a scientific ...

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    The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.

  4. List of people considered father or mother of a field - Wikipedia

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    Father/mother Reason Collectible card game: Richard Garfield: Creator of Magic: The Gathering: Miniature wargaming: H. G. Wells [3] Publication of Little Wars: Modern video game: Ralph H. Baer Nolan Bushnell: Magnavox Odyssey, Pong: Role-playing game: Gary Gygax [4] Dave Arneson. Creators of Dungeons & Dragons: Stealth game: Hideo Kojima [5]

  5. The Mothers of Invention - Wikipedia

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    The Mothers of Invention played in New York in late 1966 and were offered a contract at the Garrick Theater during Easter 1967. This proved successful and Herb Cohen extended the booking, which eventually lasted half a year. [24] As a result, Zappa and his wife, along with the Mothers of Invention, moved to New York. [25]

  6. Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Wikipedia

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    Weasels Ripped My Flesh is the eighth album by the American rock group the Mothers of Invention, and the tenth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970.Following the Mothers' late 1969 split, Zappa assembled two albums - Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh - from unreleased studio and live recordings by the band, as well as some outtakes/leftovers from his 1969 solo album Hot Rats.

  7. Scientific motherhood - Wikipedia

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    It discredits a mother’s intuition and generations of knowledge accumulated by mothers. Pregnant women and mothers are given expectations for what it takes to ensure their child’s safety and success. The basis of these expectations were developed in the 19th century and have progressed with the technological advances to the present day.

  8. Frank Zappa - Wikipedia

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    Frank Vincent Zappa [nb 1] (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo ...

  9. We're Only in It for the Money - Wikipedia

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    We're Only in It for the Money is the third album by American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records.As with the band's first two efforts, it is a concept album, and satirizes left- and right-wing politics, particularly the hippie subculture, as well as the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.