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Quintessence stemmed from the medieval elemental system, which consisted of the four classical elements, and aether, or quintessence, in addition to two chemical elements representing metals: sulphur, "the stone which burns", which characterized the principle of combustibility, and mercury, which contained the idealized principle of metallic ...
An Italian jewelry casket, 1857, carved walnut, lined with red velvet A casket [ 1 ] is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents and many other purposes. [ 2 ]
Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W. V. Quine, essays by Willard Van Orman Quine; Quintessence: The Quality of Having It, a 1983 book by Betty Cornfeld and Owen Edwards; Works by Lawrence M. Krauss: The Fifth Essence, a 1989 book; Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe, a 2000 book
Some special cases of quintessence are phantom energy, in which w q < −1, [16] and k-essence (short for kinetic quintessence), which has a non-standard form of kinetic energy. If this type of energy were to exist, it would cause a big rip [ 17 ] in the universe due to the growing energy density of dark energy, which would cause the expansion ...
Quintessence: The Search for Missing Mass in the Universe is the fifth non-fiction book by the American theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss. [1] The book was published by Basic Books on December 21, 2000. [2] [3] [4] This text is an update of his 1989 book The Fifth Essence.
The Fifth Element, a 1997 film by Luc Besson starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich . The Fifth Element, a 1998 video game based on the film; The Fifth Sacred Thing, which has also been referred to as The Fifth Element, is a novel by Starhawk
As British troops lifted the late sovereign’s coffin into the waiting car, the 73-year-old king offered a subtle salute to his mother. The Prince of Wales, 40, was also spotted saluting his ...
The casket must not have any metal in it, and it often has holes in the bottom to ensure that it and the cadaver rapidly decompose and return to the earth. Burial vaults are not used unless required by the cemetery. In Israel, Jews are buried without a casket, in just the shroud. [citation needed]