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unusual facts about SIES College of Arts, Science, and Commerce



Alexandros Skourletis

In the early 1920s, Alexandros moved to France where he studied Law and Political Science at the University of Paris.

Antonina Liedtke

She is a graduate of librarianship and information science from the University of Warsaw and worked in the library and publishing house of Warsaw University of Technology, and then the Publishing School of Economics.

Barbara Ikai

She read Noam Chomsky's Noam Chomsky on The Generative Enterprise, A discussion with Riny Hyybregts and Henk van Riemsdijk., Vilayanur S. Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain : Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind, and Andrew B. Newberg's Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief.

Ben Dunn

In 2006, Dunn worked as an animator for the science-fiction film "A Scanner Darkly."

Brian Jean

Jean has a Bachelor of Science degree from Warner Pacific in Portland, Oregon, a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Bond University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Capital Fund Management

Founded in 1991 by Jean-Pierre Aguilar, CFM merged in 2000 with Science & Finance the research company founded in 1994 by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud.

Constance Chapman

Born at Weston-super-Mare, her roles include Mrs. Brown in the 1982 Granada Television adaptation of A Kind of Loving and Anne in the Children's science fiction series, The Georgian House (1976).

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The Cornell Lab issues two quarterly publications, Living Bird magazine and the BirdScope newsletter, and manages numerous citizen-science projects and websites, including the Webby Award-winning All About Birds.

David Trick

Trick holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts from York University, a Master of Arts from Brandeis University, a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from the University of Toronto.

Expo '70

Director Douglas Trumbull said that the design of the space freighter Valley Forge in the 1971 science fiction drama Silent Running was inspired by the Landmark Tower.

Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya

Faculty of Science is situated about half a kilometre from the Galaha Junction, Peradeniya.

Fanta Régina Nacro

She received her first degree in audiovisual science and techniques from INAFEC in 1986 and also earned a Master’s Degree in Film and Audiovisual Studies at the Sorbonne.

Grikor Suni

Ronald Grigor Suny, Emeritus Professor of political science at the University of Chicago, is a grandson of Grikor Mirzaian Suni.

Herbert White

Herbert S. White (born 1927), American professor of library science

Jnan Chandra Ghosh

He researched problems of photo-chemistry and strong electrolytes in the University College which earned appreciation from leaders of science like Walter Nernst, Max Planck, William Bragg and G. N. Lewis and was cited in Walter Nernst's reputed book "Theoretical Chemistry" (1921) and Lewis and Randall's book "Thermodynamics".

John H. Healey

Healey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Yale University and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

John J. Pierce

He has written critical essays and book introductions on Cordwainer Smith, and essays on Twin Peaks and The X-Files for the fanzines Wrapped in Plastic and Spectrum and has had other articles published in The New York Review of Science Fiction and Science Fiction Studies.

John S. Rumsfeld

In 2005, he was named the Chief Science Officer for the American College of Cardiology’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Program.

Loglan

This has been thought to make it suitable for humancomputer communication, which led Robert A. Heinlein to mention the language in his science fiction novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966), and as a fully-fledged computer language in The Number of the Beast (1980).

M. Crawford Young

Professor Young's primary contributions to political science have come from his work on the Zairian (and later, African) state and on the politics of cultural identity in the third world, which was theoretically innovative and presaged the contemporary "instrumentalist" and "constructivist" approaches to political identity.

Man Eating Bugs

Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects is a non-fiction book by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alusio.

Marie Taylor

She briefly taught at Cardozo High School, and later started up summer science institutes for high school science teachers, bringing new methods of how to teach science, such as using light-microscopes to study cells.

Mate Recordings

Until recently most releases on Mate Recordings were by Roger®, but the label's 2004 "England vs. Finland" compilation album Music is Better Volume One (Manchester vs Helsinki) features also such British and Finnish artists as Alcohell, A Maze, A.N.I.M.A.L., Boys of Scandinavia, Kompleksi, Nu Science and The Science Block.

Michael DiMercurio

DiMercurio was a 1980 honors graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, a 1981 National Science Foundation Scholarship fellow at MIT with a masters degree in mechanical engineering, and an officer in the U.S. Navy’s attack submarine force.

Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

Richard K. Lester – Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Industrial Performance Center (IPC) and professor of nuclear science and engineering

North Carolina Science Olympiad

An article was published in the Journal of Chemical Education in January 1978 documenting the success of recruiting students through Science Olympiad.

Panshin

Alexei Panshin (born 1940), American writer and science fiction critic

Patrick Cousot

As of March 2008, Cousot is a Professor of Computer Science at New York University.

Peter Gluckman

In 2001, Gluckman received New Zealand’s top science award, the Rutherford Medal.

Postliterate society

Many science-fiction societies are postliterate, as in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Dan Simmons' novel Ilium, and Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story.

Preincarnation

It is found in the anime Millennium Actress when the interviewer is present in the main character's memories, in the ending to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining as well as the science fiction series Quantum Leap and PSI Factor.

Robert Banks Stewart

Stewart wrote two highly regarded serials for the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (1975) (which was set in his native Scotland and drew on the Loch Ness Monster legend) and The Seeds of Doom (1976) (which was influenced by The Day of the Triffids).

Roger Spottiswoode

In 2000, he directed the science fiction action thriller The 6th Day starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

S. Narasinga Rao

He then moved to McMaster University in Canada where he received a second Master of Science degree in 1969 followed by a PhD in biophysics in 1973 from the State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, through Center for Crystallographic Research, Roswell Park Memorial Institute.

Scott Adams

An avid fan of the science fiction TV series Babylon 5, he appeared in the season 4 episode "Moments of Transition" as a character named "Mr. Adams," who hires former head of security Michael Garibaldi to locate his megalomaniacal dog and cat.

Scott White

Scott & White Memorial Hospital, hospital and primary clinical teaching campus of Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine

Sean Moore

Sean A. Moore (1965–1998), American fantasy and science fiction writer

Seneca Valley School District

In 2009, the 8th grade was ranked 34th out of 141 western Pennsylvania middle schools based on three years of student academic achievement in PSSAs in: reading, math writing and one year of science.

Shamkant Navathe

Navathe completed his S.S.C. from Modern High School, Pune in 1961 and F.Y.Bsc (Inter Science) in 1963 and at B.Sc.

Simone Bendix

In addition to the 1994 Gerry Anderson science-fiction drama Space Precinct, in which she played the regular role of Officer Jane Castle, her television appearances include The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993), Between the Lines (1993), The Tomorrow People (1994), Lie Down with Lions (1994) and The Crow Road (1996).

Star Stuff

StarStuff is a weekly half hour space and science program that airs on Australia's Government operated ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

The Santaroga Barrier

Wolfe, G.K. "Santaroga Barrier, The – Frank Herbert", in Magill, Frank Northern (editor) (1979) Survey of Science Fiction Literature Salem Press, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, pp.

The Voices of Time

The Voices of Time (collection), a collection of science fiction short stories by J. G. Ballard

Thomas Taro Higa

Word spread and Professor Tadaoki Yamamoto, the Department Chairman of the Faculty of Science & Engineering at the Waseda University, came to meet Higa and asked him to come to Japan and study.

Townsley

Joel Townsley Rogers (1896–1984), American writer who wrote science-fiction, air-adventure, and mystery stories

Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science

The Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS) of Vilnius University was established on 7 February 1992 by the agreement between Vilnius University and the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania.

William Colglazier

In 1976-77, he was an AAAS Congressional Science Fellow working for Congressman George Brown.

Xgrid

Zilla won the national ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award (Science Category) in 1991 for ease of use and good design.

XIV International AIDS Conference, 2002

The International AIDS Society selected this theme to emphasize the need for the general community and public and private sector organizations, scientists, and social workers to commit to use the knowledge gained through science and experience take action.

Year's Best SF 9

Year's Best SF 9 (ISBN 0-06-057559-X) is a science fiction anthology edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer that was published in 2004.


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SIES College of Arts, Science, and Commerce

SIES College of Arts, Science, and Commerce is a Mumbai-based college located in Sion.

SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce is a college in Sion, Mumbai, India, owned and managed by the South Indian Education Society (SIES).