Though Rudolf Steiner studied natural science at the Vienna Technical University at the undergraduate level, his doctorate was in epistemology and very little of his work is directly concerned with the empirical sciences.

Austrian Germanist Rudolf Simek says that Bifröst either means " the swaying road to heaven " ( also citing bifa ) or, if Bilröst is the original form of the two ( which Simek says is likely ), " the fleetingly glimpsed rainbow " ( possibly connected to bil, perhaps meaning " moment, weak point ").

The term is often attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe's story The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, where the main character pulls himself out of a swamp by his hair ( specifically, his pigtail ), but the Baron does not, in fact, pull himself out by his bootstraps.

In 1944, readability expert Rudolf Flesch published an article in Harper's Magazine, " How Basic is Basic English?

Rudolf Carnap was also influenced by Husserl, not only concerning Husserl's notion of essential insight that Carnap used in his Der Raum, but also his notion of " formation rules " and " transformation rules " is founded on Husserl's philosophy of logic.

Ice melting in a warm room is a common Entropy # Ice melting example | example of increasing entropy, described in 1862 by Rudolf Clausius as an increase in the disgregation of the water molecules in ice: order leading to disorder

The word enthalpy is often incorrectly attributed to Benoit Paul Émile Clapeyron and Rudolf Clausius through the 1850 publication of their Clausius-Clapeyron relation.

* 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

While this theory, first propounded by Ernst von Dobschütz and Rudolf Bultmann, is not universally accepted, Amos Wilder writes that, " it is at least clear that there are considerable and sometimes continuous elements in the epistle whose style distinguishes them from that of the author both with respect to poetic structure and syntactic usage.

Among others, Rudolf Bultmann suggested that the text of the gospel is partially out of order ; for instance, chapter 6 should follow chapter 4:

" Rudolf Simek theorizes that the figure of Hel is " probably a very late personification of the underworld Hel ," and says that " the first kennings using the goddess Hel are found at the end of the 10th and in the 11th centuries.

Hans Rudolf " Ruedi " Giger (; born February 5, 1940 ) is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer.

Nothing is known about Frederick's life before this event, but he proved to be Imperial ally throughout Henry's struggles against other Swabian lords, namely Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Frederick's predecessor, and the Zähringen and Welf lords.

* 1889 – Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.

There is no evidence for this story except for the strong sympathy and devotion of both Sissy and Rudolf towards Hungary, its culture and national customs ( they were both fluent in Hungarian and regarded Hungarian poetry highly ).

She is one of the few dancers or actresses who has danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Rudolf Nureyev.

Noted anarchist Rudolf Rocker once stated, " I am an anarchist not because I believe anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a final goal ".

According to Hilary Putnam, a former student of Hans Reichenbach and Rudolf Carnap, making an observational / theoretical distinction is meaningless.

Maxwell once again used the experimental results of Wilhelm Eduard Weber and Rudolf Kohlrausch to show that this wave equation represented an electromagnetic wave that propagates at the speed of light, hence supporting the view that light is a form of electromagnetic radiation.

* 1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.

The position of the main cross in the chapel is supposed to be where the bed of Rudolf and his lover Mary Vetsera was situated.

The theory is complicated by the etymology of the name Svafrþorinn ( þorinn meaning " brave " and svafr means " gossip ") ( or possibly connects to sofa " sleep "), which Rudolf Simek says makes little sense when attempting to connect it to Njörðr.

The early work of the founder of anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, culminated in his Philosophy of Freedom ( also translated as The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity and Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path ).

As well as the main members of Berlin Dada, Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, Höch, Johannes Baader, Huelsenbeck and Heartfield, the exhibition also included work by Otto Dix, Francis Picabia, Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Rudolf Schlichter, Johannes Baargeld and others.

Though best known for his invention of the pressure-ignited heat engine that bears his name, Rudolf Diesel was also a well-respected thermal engineer and a social theorist.

Bultmonn said, “ As from now on there are only believers and unbelievers, so there are also now only saved and lost, those who have life and those who are in death ” – Rudolf Bultmann, The Gospel of John, p. 155

Hammerstein also collaborated with Vincent Youmans ( Wildflower ), Rudolf Friml ( Rose-Marie ), and Sigmund Romberg ( The Desert Song and The New Moon ).

Waldorf education ( also known as Steiner or Steiner-Waldorf education ) is a humanistic approach to pedagogy based upon the educational philosophy of the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy.

Nazi Gauleiter Rudolf Jordan also claimed that Heydrich was not a pure " Aryan ".

As mentioned before, Rudolf also attracted some of the best scientific instrument makers of the time, such as Jost Buergi, Erasmus Habermel and Hans Christoph Schissler.

Much to the consternation of their Spanish ruling cousins, the Habsburg emperors who followed Charles V ( especially Ferdinand I and Maximilian II, but also Rudolf II, and his successor Matthias ) were content for the princes of the Empire to choose their own religious policies.

Presented as " Newman Laugh-O-Grams ", Disney's cartoons became widely popular in the Kansas City area and through their success, he was able to acquire his own studio, also called Laugh-O-Gram, for which he hired a vast number of additional animators, including Fred Harman's brother Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and his close friend Ubbe Iwerks.

Philosopher Rudolf Steiner established the first Waldorf education school in 1919, using a pedagogy also known as the Steiner method, which spread worldwide.

The political power of the convent slowly waned in the 14th century, beginning with the establishment of the Zunftordnung ( guild laws ) in 1336 by Rudolf Brun, who also became the first independent mayor, i. e. not nominated by the abbess.

Louis IV was Duke of Upper Bavaria from 1294 / 1301 together with his elder brother Rudolf I, served as Margrave of Brandenburg until 1323 and as Count Palatine of the Rhine until 1329, became also Duke of Lower Bavaria in 1340 and Count of Hainaut, Holland, Zeeland and Friesland in 1345.

Rudolf I this way became the ancestor of the older ( Palatinate ) line of the Wittelsbach dynasty, which returned to power also in Bavaria in 1777 after the extinction of the younger ( Bavarian ) line, the descendants of Louis IV.

Rollo is also known in the documents as Radulf ( us ) ( Old Low Franconian ) ( or sometimes Rodulf ( us )) > French Raoul, that is the French translation of Hróðulfr > Hrólfr, according to the Low Franconian variant form Radulf of Germanic Rodulf / Rudolf .</ ref >

Further influence of A. M. Cassandre and Rudolf Koch, whose work greatly inspired the young Zapf, can also be seen in Optima.

In prose, the work of the modernist generation was only now coming into its own, but the different stylistic waves that affected their prose are also evident in the work of the new generation — naturalism ( A. M Tilšchová ); impressionism ( Šrámek, Gellner, Jiří Mahen, Jan Opolský, Rudolf Těsnohlídek ); the Vienna Secession ( Růžena Svobodová, Jan Karásek ).

The first major theme of the interwar period was the war — the inhumanity, violence, and terror, but also the heroic actions of the Czech Legion ( Rudolf Medek, Josef Kopta, František Langer, Jaroslav Hašek ).

It can also be derived from kinetic theory, as was achieved ( apparently independently ) by August Krönig in 1856 and Rudolf Clausius in 1857.

Her older five siblings were: Adelaide ( later Abbess of Quedlinburg ), Gisela ( who died in infancy before her birth ), Matilda ( later wife of Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Duke of Swabia and Antiking ), Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria ( who also died in infancy ).

Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Rudolf Nureyev, Sammy Davis, Jr., Michael Jackson, Gregory Hines, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence.