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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. 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]

  4. 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.

  5. Lorraine Spektor: On Becoming the Mother of Invention ... - AOL

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    Lorraine Spektor is a multitasking mom maven behind Elevate Customs, a Calabasas-based company centered around designing high-end, artistically intelligent gaming tables. When her experiences ...

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

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    Father/mother Reason Aerodynamics (modern) Sir George Cayley [20] [21] Founding father of modern aerodynamics; first to identify the four aerodynamic forces of flight—weight, lift, drag, and thrust; modern airplane design is based on those discoveries American manufacture: Samuel Slater [22] described by Andrew Jackson American landscape ...

  7. Freak Out! - Wikipedia

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    Freak Out! is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on June 27, 1966, by Verve Records.Often cited as one of rock music's first concept albums, it is a satirical expression of guitarist/bandleader Frank Zappa's perception of American pop culture and the nascent freak scene of Los Angeles.

  8. “Mother” means awesome, beautiful, cool, loving, protective — but another timeless definition is orbiting. “Since the mid-20th century, mother has been used to refer to a feminine queer ...

  9. Trouble Every Day (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Trouble Every Day" (labeled in early prints as "Trouble Comin' Every Day") is a song by the Mothers of Invention, released on their 1966 debut album Freak Out! Frank Zappa wrote the song in 1965 at 1819 Bellevue Avenue, Echo Park, Los Angeles , the residence of a methamphetamine chemist referred to by Zappa as "Wild Bill the Mannequin-Fucker ...