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  2. Python (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Python, sometimes written Pytho, presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for its mother, Gaia, "Earth", Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier Krisa. [1] Greeks considered the site to be the center of the Earth, represented by a stone, the omphalos or navel, which Python guarded.

  3. History of Python - Wikipedia

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    However, as Python had accumulated new and redundant ways to program the same task, Python 3.0 had an emphasis on removing duplicative constructs and modules, in keeping with the Zen of Python: "There should be one— and preferably only one —obvious way to do it". Nonetheless, Python 3.0 remained a multi-paradigm language.

  4. Pythagorean astronomical system - Wikipedia

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    In this system the revolution of the earth around the fire "at the centre" or "the fire of the hearth" (Central Fire) was not yearly, but daily, while the moon's revolution was monthly, and the sun's yearly. It was postulated that the earth's speedy travel past the slower moving sun resulted in the appearance on earth of the sun rising and setting.

  5. Timeline of cosmological theories - Wikipedia

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    c. 16th century BCE – Mesopotamian cosmology has a flat, circular Earth enclosed in a cosmic ocean. [1]c. 15th–11th century BCE – The Rigveda of Hinduism has some cosmological hymns, particularly in the late book 10, notably the Nasadiya Sukta which describes the origin of the universe, originating from the monistic Hiranyagarbha or "Golden Egg".

  6. How the Universe Works - Wikipedia

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    The latest discoveries suggest that humans might be on the verge of discovering life beyond Earth. Scientists are investigating if Earth's life began elsewhere in the universe and whether the human race needs to evolve to know for sure.

  7. Anthropic principle - Wikipedia

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    The absurd universe: Our universe just happens to be the way it is. The unique universe: There is a deep underlying unity in physics that necessitates the Universe being the way it is. A Theory of Everything will explain why the various features of the Universe must have exactly the values that have been recorded.

  8. Python (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation. [33] Python is dynamically type-checked and garbage-collected. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including structured (particularly procedural), object-oriented and functional ...

  9. History of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    The Maya believed that the Earth was the center of all things, and that the stars, moons, and planets were gods. They believed that their movements were the gods traveling between the Earth and other celestial destinations. Many key events in Maya culture were timed around celestial events, in the belief that certain gods would be present. [48]