Month: June 2018

John R. Pierce

Jovan Stosic June 30, 2018

John Robinson Pierce (March 27, 1910 – April 2, 2002), was an American engineer and author. He worked extensively in the fields of radio communication, microwave technology, computer music, psychoacoustics, and science fiction.[1] As a sideline to his professional career he wrote science fiction for many years under various names: John Pierce, John R. Pierce, and J. J. Coupling. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he earned his PhD from Caltech, and died in Palo Alto, California from complications of Parkinson’s Disease.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Pierce

John R. Pierce was last modified: June 30th, 2018 by Jovan Stosic

Posterity

Jovan Stosic June 24, 2018

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
posterity
■ noun all future generations.

ME: from OFr. posterite, from L. posteritas, from posterus ‘following’.
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus
posterity
▶ noun
their names are recorded for posterity: FUTURE GENERATIONS, the future.
(archaic) the posterity of Abraham: DESCENDANTS, heirs, successors, offspring, children, progeny; Law issue; archaic seed.
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EngMac
posterity
s. потомство; потомство
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English-Serbian dictionary
Posterity
Potomstvo-Buduci Narastaj
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Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary
pos·ter·i·ty
Pronunciation: pä-‘ster-ə-tē
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English posterite, from Anglo-French pusterité, from Latin posteritat-, posteritas, from posterus coming after
Date: 14th century

1 : the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
2 : all future generations

Posterity was last modified: June 24th, 2018 by Jovan Stosic