Gosta W. Ahlstrom argues the inconsistencies of the biblical tradition are insufficient to say that Ezra, with his central position as the ' father of Judaism ' in the Jewish tradition, has been a later literary invention.

The impact of inventions and technology on society is a recurring, if not central theme in Niven's work: for example, addiction to electric brain stimulation resulting in " wireheads ", or the secondary and tertiary effects of an invention such as teleportation on social behavior, problems, and mores.

Aristotle emphasized enthymematic reasoning as central to the process of rhetorical invention, though later rhetorical theorists placed much less emphasis on it.

The term invention is also an important legal concept and central to patent law systems worldwide.

Tom Swift ( in the 2nd series Tom Swift, Jr .) is the central character in five series of books, first appearing in 1910, totaling more than 100 volumes, of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention and technology.

The invention was named after the central device in Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle ( 1911 ); according to inventor Jack Cover, " an ' A ' was added because we got tired of answering the phone ' TSER.

That Livy's euhemerist and realist deflation of this myth, so central to the origins of Rome, was not general is demonstrated by the recurring theme of Mars discovering Rhea Silvia – the Latinists ' " invention " ( to come upon ) of Rhea Silvia " – in Roman arts: in bas-relief on the Casali Altar ( Vatican Museums ), in engraved couched glass on the Portland Vase ( British Museum ), or on a sarcophagus in the Palazzo Mattei.

The invention of the modern optical mouse at HP was made more likely by a succession of related projects during the 1990s at its central research laboratory.

The hypocaust was an invention which improved the hygiene and living conditions of citizens, and was a forerunner of modern central heating.

" Kirkus Reviews had this recommendation in their review saying " this extraordinary feat of invention and plotting would be all the more impressive had the book not ended with the central mystery unresolved, leaving readers dazzled and annoyed in equal measure.

This disposition followed the order of a tonary, but William of Volpiano wrote not only the incipits of the classified chant, he wrote the whole chant text with the music in central French neumes which were still written in campo aperto, and added a second alphabetic notation of his own invention for the melodic structure of the codified chant.

The invention of computer graphics may be the most important development in visualization since the invention of central perspective in the Renaissance period.

The mission of the Lemelson Center is to document, interpret and disseminate information about invention and innovation, encourage inventive creativity in young people and foster an appreciation for the central role of invention and innovation in the history of the United States.

From early Indian invention, which allowed cavalrymen to be much more effective in combat ; this innovation later spread to East north and west via the nomadic populations of central Asia and to west by the Avars.

* the " central claiming system ", according to which the claims identify the " centre " of the patented invention.

The central invention was a primitive computer, or " shopping brain " which was loaned the shopper, who then roams among the store's glass-enclosed items.

Born in the small city of Osimo, in the Marche region of central Italy, as a boy Luigi Fagioli was fascinated by the relatively new invention of the automobile and the ensuing racing.

As a part of this program the OPAS completely rebuilt damaged aircraft before they began building a number of aircraft under license to meet their requirements such as the Buhl Air Sedan, and later provided considerable input on the development of the de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver and de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter and finally were central to the invention of the water bomber.

This invention involved the division of the chimney into a central exhaust tube and an outer concentric ring into which air was projected through the louver slits down the front of the chimney casing.

"... The Concerto overflows with graceful melodic invention, rhythmic vitality, deeply-felt emotional intensity especially in the central third movement, and dionysiac exuberance in the sparkling final perpetuum mobile ...", wrote Joseph Horovitz.

ground and polished as the finished lens of the patent .” The Court noted that the grinding process was standard and not central to the patents, indicating further that the lens blanks constituted a material part of the patented invention and all but completely practiced the patent.

Thomas Fowler ( born 1777 in Great Torrington, Devon, England – died March 31, 1843 ) was an English inventor whose most notable invention was the thermosiphon which forms the basis of most modern central heating systems.

This invention relates to heating systems for dielectric materials and the object of the invention is to heat such materials uniformly and substantially simultaneously throughout their mass.

: Again, however, from destruction a new spirit of creation arises ; the scarcity of wood and the needs of everyday life ... forced the discovery or invention of substitutes for wood, forced the use of coal for heating, forced the invention of coke for the production of iron.

The invention of nichrome alloy for resistance wires improved the cost and durability of heating elements.

The electric kettle has changed little since the invention of an immersed heating resistor and the safety valve both by Birmingham firms. In 1931 Dunlop tyres help Malcolm Campbell achieve a new land speed record in a Blue Bird at Daytona Beach Road Course, USA.

For example, US patent 2, 147, 689 ( application by Bell Telephone Laboratories, dated 1937 ) states " This invention relates to heating systems for dielectric materials and the object of the invention is to heat such materials uniformly and substantially simultaneously throughout their mass.

We are desperately in the need of such invention, for man is still very much at the mercy of man.

`` The confusion is not my invention.

A broader concept of imitation is needed, one which acknowledges that true invention is important, that the artist's creativity in part transcends the non-artistic causal factors out of which it arises.

Accordingly, it is the aim of this essay to advance a new theory of imitation ( which I shall call mimesis in order to distinguish it from earlier theories of imitation ) and a new theory of invention ( which I shall call symbol for reasons to be stated hereafter ).

As long as perception is seen as composed only of isolated sense data, most of the quality and interconnectedness of existence loses its objectivity, becomes an invention of consciousness, and the result is a philosophical scepticism.

`` My personal view is that not one patented invention in ten is worth making '', he later told a Congressional committee.

In the context of patent law and specifically in prior art searches, searching through abstracts is a common way to find relevant prior art document to question to novelty or inventive step ( or non-obviousness in United States patent law ) of an invention.

It condemned him for his invention of dynamite and is said to have brought about his decision to leave a better legacy after his death.

Scholars are unsure how much of Aristophanes ' portrayal is fact and how much mere comic invention.

The concept and theory of Kolmogorov Complexity is based on a crucial theorem first discovered by Ray Solomonoff, who published it in 1960, describing it in " A Preliminary Report on a General Theory of Inductive Inference " as part of his invention of algorithmic probability.

There is no contemporary evidence that Alfred and Guthrum agreed upon a formal treaty at this time ; the so-called Treaty of Wedmore is an invention of modern historians.

His promotion of it was so extensive that he is often credited with its invention, even though a machine operating in the same principle was described in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Wilcke.

Parkinson challenges the argument from moral objectivity by arguing that, for the argument to be successful, it must be shown that morality is objective and commanded by God, rather than just a human invention.

Perhaps Grothendieck's deepest single accomplishment is the invention of the étale and l-adic cohomology theories, which explain an observation of André Weil's that there is a deep connection between the topological characteristics of a variety and its diophantine ( number theoretic ) properties.

Its invention is credited to the Celts, the Romans were thought to have adopted their design.

Finally, in 1740 the French astronomer Jacques Cassini, who is traditionally credited with the invention of year zero, completed the transition in his Tables astronomiques, simply labeling this year 0, which he placed at the end of Julian years labeled avant Jesus-Christ ( before Jesus Christ or BC ), and immediately before Julian years labeled après Jesus-Christ ( after Jesus Christ or AD ).

It is unclear whether the word dates back to the 5th century and was used by the kings themselves, or whether it is a later, 9th-century, invention.

* A Sam Browne belt is a modern invention similar in function to the baldric.

There is no evidence for this and it is probably a post World War II invention.