Stephenson explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science.

Stephenson explores the GUI as a metaphor in terms of the increasing interposition of abstractions between humans and the actual workings of devices ( in a similar manner to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ) and explains the beauty hackers feel in good-quality tools.

Although The Diamond Age explores the role of technology and personal relationships in child development, its deeper and darker themes also probe the relative values of cultures ( which Stephenson explores in his other novels as well ) and the shortcomings in communication between them.

By placing the reader amongst a world of ideas that change the course of science, Stephenson explores the development of the scientific method.

One theme Stephenson explores in Quicksilver is the advancement of mathematical sciences which in turn led to important applications: Leibniz's theory of binary mathematic became the foundation upon which to develop computers.

For his invention Davy was awarded £ 2, 000, whilst Stephenson was accused of stealing the idea from Davy.

Davy went to his grave believing that Stephenson had stolen his idea.

Stephenson has expressed sympathy for the idea that human consciousness involves quantum effects, as suggested by Roger Penrose.

In his later novel Anathem, Stephenson more explicitly depicts this idea.

The idea of connecting Hong Kong and China with a railway was first proposed to prominent Hong Kong businessmen in March 1864 by a British railway engineer, Sir Rowland MacDonald Stephenson, who had considerable experience of developing railways in India.

The main reason for this decision, which effectively killed MacDonald Stephenson ’ s idea, was that many of the businessmen concerned had a personal interest in protecting their investments in the established shipping companies that enjoyed a monopoly on carriage of passengers and goods into and out of China.

The path was the idea of the journalist and rambler Tom Stephenson, inspired by similar trails in the United States of America, particularly the Appalachian Trail.

According to Stephenson, he is no longer pursuing the idea.

The body shape was developed from an idea by Giorgetto Giugiaro during wind tunnel testing, though the majority of styling was by Frank Stephenson.

Inspection of the formulae above shows that the ( ideally constant ) unit of ephemeris time such as the ephemeris second has been for the whole of the twentieth century very slightly shorter than the corresponding ( but not precisely constant ) unit of mean solar time ( which besides its irregular fluctuations tends gradually to increase ), consistently also with the modern results of Morrison and Stephenson ( see article ΔT ).

BD + 36 3317, a white star in the young open cluster Stephenson 1, was discovered as a binary eclipsing system by Violat-Bordonau in 2008 ; its period is 4. 30216 days ; its other name is VSX J185422. 2 + 365107.

The Big U went out of print until 2001, when Stephenson allowed it to be republished after realizing that this book that he considered inferior to his others was being sold at inflated prices for used copies because of its scarcity and collectors ' value.

The project was influenced by the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, and its content included annotations from Stephenson himself.

Stephenson spends some time discussing Debian and its bug tracking system in the essay.

Britain, however, feared that a canal open to everyone might interfere with its India trade and, therefore, preferred a connection by train from Alexandria via Cairo to Suez, which eventually was built by Stephenson.

File: Stephenson County Illinois 1837. png | Stephenson County at the time of its creation in 1837

* 16 November 2010: Gatwick Airport Limited announced the appointment of Guy Stephenson as its new commercial director, with responsibility for the airport's airline route development and car parking strategies.

The proposal – backed by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Richard Arkwright junior, and several Manchester bankers – was ambitious ; it was expected that steam locomotives would be used on the line, even though the technology was in its infancy and George Stephenson did not build his revolutionary Rocket until 1829.

From its steps in 1849, Dahlonega Mint assayor Dr. M. F. Stephenson tried to persuade miners to stay in Dahlonega instead of joining the California Gold Rush, saying, " There's millions in it ," famously misquoted as " There's gold in them thar hills.

However it was eventually found to be awkwardly sited and in 1850, its replacement designed by Robert Stephenson was opened.

Stephenson was not averse to cable haulage — he continued to build such lines where he felt it appropriate — but knew its main disadvantage, that any breakdown anywhere would paralyse the whole line.

When Stephenson retired shortly after IBM completed its acquisition of Sequent, responsibility for servers fell on Samuel J. Palmisano.

Stephenson had bitten her so many times in his attack that the attending doctor described her condition as having been “ chewed by a cannibal .” The jury convicted Stephenson of second-degree murder on 14 November 1925, on its first ballot.

Mechanical engineer and tool-maker Henry Maudslay was an early member and Joseph Whitworth presented one of the earliest papers – it was not until 1847 that the Institution of Mechanical Engineers was established ( with George Stephenson as its first President ).

* Canadian astronomers Bruce Campbell, G. A. H. Walker and Stephenson Yang publish radial-velocity observations suggesting that an extrasolar planet orbits the star Gamma Cephei, although its existence is not confirmed until 2003.

Walters ' original facade was retained, behind which architects Stephenson Bell designed a 263-bedroom hotel ; demolishing Howitt's post war hall, although preserving in the main staircase and the 1950s statues that were formerly attached to its rear wall.

The Maryport & Carlisle Railway, opened in the 1840s, with George Stephenson as its engineer, made the transport of coal much easier.

Puffing Billy was an important influence on George Stephenson, who lived locally, and its success was a key factor in promoting the use of steam locomotives by other collieries in north-eastern England.

The Midland was blessed, in that George Stephenson had built its main lines with very shallow gradients.

When Charles B. Gaerste ( Henry Stephenson ), a nationally known coal tycoon and the main customer of the Legendres ' company, visits the city, Lil thinks she has found a way to force her way into the highest social circles.

“ By 1933 the school was debt-ridden … and only a half dozen pupils remained ....” “ Sometimes the children ’ s welfare seemed subordinated to indoctrination of pet political and social ideas favored by directors or staff members …” ( See: William L. Stephenson, “ A Brief Note on Manumit School ,” 1943 ).

As the railways expanded and became a major economic force, a great many engineers became involved in the field, probably the most notable being Richard Trevithick, George Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Even though Stephenson deals with these ideas at extreme length, " His attention to detail and relish for providing historical context provide the attentive reader with a liberal education, while his imagination and humor delight.

For the Stockton and Darlington Railway, however, Stephenson would use only wrought iron rails, notwithstanding the financial loss he would suffer from not using his own, patented design ( see below ).

Having found it impossible to drain the bog at Chat Moss, Stephenson began constructing a large number of wooden and heather hurdles, which were sunk into the bog using stones and earth until they could provide a solid foundation — it was reported that at one point tipping went on solidly for weeks until such a foundation had been created.

For the incline from Euston Station to Chalk Farm, Stephenson devised a system that would draw trains up the hill by a rope using a stationary steam engine near The Roundhouse.

It was designed by Robert Stephenson, using cast iron girders reinforced with wrought iron struts.

The Stephensons regarded 1 in 330 as the maximum slope that an engine could manage and Robert Stephenson achieved this on the London and Birmingham Railway by using seven tunnels which added both cost and delay.

The original building was built by Branson & Gwyther, using designs by architects Robert B. Dockray and Robert Stephenson.

It was a larger version of the Cape Class 9 in all respects, also with a bar frame, Stephenson ’ s link motion valve gear and using saturated steam.

The station was largely developed by construction millionaire Bill Stephenson and his family using heavy earthmoving equipment in the 1960s and 1970s.

Stephenson, using his " Mr. Slate voice ", currently provides the voice of Mr. Fernwell in a series of Accountemps radio ads.

Robert Stephenson had bridged the River Conwy ( 1848 ) and the Menai Straits ( 1850 ) with spans of 400 and respectively, using large box-girder sections of riveted wrought iron.

Stephenson had originally proposed using a box-girder section suspended from chains.

In April 1975, during the first ( and only ) Ann Arbor mayoral race using IRV, the Republican incumbent James E. Stephenson received 49 % of the first-choice ballots, leading his Democratic challenger Al Wheeler, who received 40 %, and the HRP candidate Carol Ernst with 11 %.

He had warned Stephenson about the problems using cast iron girders only a few months before construction of the bridge at a meeting at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London, but his advice was ignored.