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Heureka is a Finnish science center in the Tikkurila district of Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki, designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects. It is located at the intersection of the Finnish Main Line and the river Keravanjoki . The aim of the science centre, which opened its doors to the public in 1989, is to popularise scientific ...
The Eureka Stockade was a revolt in 1854 by gold miners against unjust mining license fees and a brutal administration supervising the miners. The rebellion demonstrated the refusal of the workers to be dominated by unfair government and laws. The Eureka Stockade has often been referred to as the "birth of democracy " in Australia.
Martialis heureka is a species of ant discovered in 2000 from the Amazon rainforest near Manaus, Brazil. It was described as a new species and placed as the sole member of a new subfamily, Martialinae. [ 1] The generic name means "from Mars " and was given due to its unusual morphology, and the species epithet heureka indicates the surprising ...
Eureka (Japanese magazine) [ jp], a monthly general art magazine with a focus on poetry and criticism. Eureka: A Prose Poem, a 1848 essay by Edgar Allan Poe. Eureka, a monthly science magazine for primary school students in Malayalam language published by Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, Kerala, India.
Weesp: Heureka. 1990. Where on Earth is Ithaca? A Quest for the Homeland of Odysseus. Delft: Eburon. 2010. ISBN 978-90-5972-344-3. E.S. Tsimaratos—published posthumously in 1998—he thought "Ithaca" was in central Kefalonia, but he agreed with Strabo about Paliki once having been cut off from Kefalonia. Poia I Omeriki Ithaki?
Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century. [1] Tinguely's art satirized automation and the technological overproduction of material goods.
This article lists active sailing yachts in excess of 110 feet (34 m) in sparred length. This list features vessels with sails which were classed as yachts when they were launched as well as any vessels which were subsequently converted to operate with sails and re-classed as yachts.
Helsinki. Per-Edvin Persson (born 1949 in Helsinki) is Director of Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre from 1991 [1] until 2013, being replaced by Anneli Pauli. [2] Before that he was the Director of Science at Heureka (1987–1991) and the Director of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (1983–1987). Earlier he was a research ...