Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane, and his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. Penguin revolutionized publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other…
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The Secret World of Alex Mack is an American television series that ran on Nickelodeon from October 8, 1994, to January 15, 1998, replacing Clarissa Explains It All on the SNICK line-up. It also aired on YTV in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and NHK in Japan, and was a staple in…
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Red Dwarf is a British science fiction, comedy franchise, which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and on Dave since 2009 gaining a cult following To date. Eleven full series of the show, plus one special miniseries, have aired The most recent series Red Dwarf…
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Robots and androids have frequently been depicted or described in works of fiction. The word “robot” itself comes from a work of fiction, Karel Čapek’s play, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), was written in 1920 and first performed in 1921. This list of fictional robots and androids is chronological and categorized by the medium. It…
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Videotelephony comprises the technologies for the reception and transmission of audio-video signals by users at different locations for communication between people in real time. A videophone is a telephone with a video display capable of simultaneous video and audio for communication between people. In real-time, Videoconferencing implies the use of this technology for…
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Videotelephony. Comprises the technologies for the reception and transmission of audio-video, signals by users. At different locations for communication between people in real-time, A videophone is a telephone with a video display capable of simultaneous video and audio, communication between people. In real-time Videoconferencing. Implies the use of this technology for a group or…
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Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner, pronounced [ˈbɛɐ̯ta fɔn ˈzʊtnɐ], née Countess Kinsky, Gräfin Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau; 9 June 1843 – 21 June 1914) was an Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist. In 1905 she became the second female Nobel laureate (after Marie Curie in 1903), the first woman to…
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is an American television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Alternaversal Productions, LLC. The show premiered on KTMA (now WUCW) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in November 24, 1988. It later aired on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central for seven seasons until its cancellation in 1996. Thereafter, it was…
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A lightbulb socket, light socket, lamp socket, or lamp holder is a device that mechanically supports and provides electrical connections for a compatible electric lamp. Sockets allow lamps to be safely and conveniently replaced (re-lamping). There are many different standards for lamp holders, including early de facto standards and later standards created by various…
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byzantine literature as the greek literature of the Middle Ages whether written in the territory of the Byzantine Empire or outside its borders it forms the second period in the history of Greek literature after ancient Greek literature although popular Byzantine literature and early modern Greek literature both began in the 11th century the two…
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