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  2. Foucault's Pendulum - Wikipedia

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    Foucault's Pendulum (original title: Il pendolo di Foucault [il ˈpɛndolo di fuˈko]) is a novel by Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco. It was first published in 1988, with an English translation by William Weaver being published a year later. [1] The book is divided into segments represented by the ten Sefiroth.

  3. Umberto Eco - Wikipedia

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    Umberto Eco [a] OMRI (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.

  4. Foucault pendulum - Wikipedia

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    The Foucault pendulum or Foucault's pendulum is a simple device named after French physicist Léon Foucault, conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. If a long and heavy pendulum suspended from the high roof above a circular area is monitored over an extended period of time, its plane of oscillation appears to change ...

  5. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    Every helpful hint and clue for Wednesday's Strands game from the New York Times. ... Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times ...

  6. List of Foucault pendulums - Wikipedia

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    The oldest Foucault Pendulum in Romania is located in pavilion B of the University of Oradea. It was installed in 1964 by Prof. Coriolan Rus, the then dean of the Faculty of Mathematics - Physics. (length: 14m; weight: 60 kg) "Vasile Alecsandri" National College in Galați (length: 9,92m; weight: 8 kg)

  7. List of atheist philosophers - Wikipedia

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    He was also the author of Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose. [60] Paul Edwards (1923–2004): Austrian-American moral philosopher and editor of The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. [61] Friedrich Engels. Friedrich Engels (1820–1895): Karl Marx's collaborator in developing the theory of communism. Engels' atheistic beliefs strained his ...

  8. Léon Foucault - Wikipedia

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    Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (UK: / ʒ ɒ̃ ˈ b ɛər n ɑːr ˌ l eɪ ɒ̃ ˈ f uː k oʊ /, US: / ˌ ʒ ɒ̃ b ɛər ˈ n ɑːr l eɪ ˌ ɒ̃ f uː ˈ k oʊ /; French: [ʒɑ̃ bɛʁnaʁ leɔ̃ fuko]; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation.

  9. Foucault (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Foucault (surname) Léon Foucault (1819–1868), French physicist. Three notable objects were named after him: Foucault (crater), a small lunar impact crater; 5668 Foucault, an asteroid; Foucault pendulum; Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher Foucault (Deleuze book) (1986), a book about the French philosopher by Gilles Deleuze