Hua Luogeng - 12Nov2011


Hua Luogeng (simplified Chinese: 华罗庚; traditional Chinese: 華羅庚; pinyin: Huà Luógēng; Wade–Giles: Hua Lo-keng; 12 November 1910 – 12 June 1985) was a Chinese mathematician born in Jintan, Jiangsu. He was the founder and pioneer in many fields in mathematical research. He wrote more than 200 papers and monographs, many of which became classics. Since his sudden death while delivering a lecture at the University of Tokyo, Japan, many mathematics secondary education programs have been named after him. His book on additive prime number theory influenced many subsequent number theorists in China, including the renowned Chen Jingrun who obtained the best result so far towards the binary Goldbach conjecture. Hua also made contributions to the development of college education in China. He was the first Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Vice President of University of Science & Technology of China (USTC), a new type of Chinese university established by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1958, which was aimed at fostering skilled researchers necessary for the economic development, defense and education in science and technology.

Hua's father was a small businessman. Hua met a capable math teacher in middle school who recognized his talent early and encouraged him to read advanced texts. Hua was partially paralyzed in his late teenage years, due to mistreatment of a prolonged illness during which he stayed in bed for half a year. His first significant result was concerned with a paper written by Dr. Su Jiaju who claimed to have a closed form radical solution of the quintics. Hua studied Abel's original paper on the unsolvability of quintics and found a miscalculation in a 13×13 matrix in Su's paper. Henceforth Hua published his rebuttal in an influential mathematics journal in China, which was noticed by some professors at Tsinghua University, especially Dr. Xiong Qinglai.

Hua did not receive a formal university education. Although awarded several honorary PhDs, he never got a formal degree from any university. In fact, his formal education only consisted of six years of primary school and three years of middle school. For that reason Dr. Xiong Qinglai was amazed about Hua's mathematical ability and 1931 invited him to study mathematics at Tsinghua University.

華羅庚(1910年11月12日-1985年6月12日)生於江蘇金壇,卒於日本東京。中國著名數學家,中國科學院院士,美國國家科學院外籍院士。他是中國解析數論、典型群、矩陣幾何學、自守函數論與多元複變函數等很多方面研究的創始人與奠基者,也是中國在世界上最有影響力的數學家之一。

Marie Curie - 07Nov2011

Marie Skłodowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-French physicist and chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person honored with two Nobel Prizes—in physics and chemistry. She was the first female professor at the University of Paris, and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris.

She was born Maria Salomea Skłodowska (IPA: 'marja salɔ'mɛa skwɔ'dɔfska) in Warsaw, in what was then the Kingdom of Poland, and lived there until the age of 24. In 1891, she followed her older sister Bronisława to study in Paris, where she earned her higher degrees and conducted her subsequent scientific work. She shared her 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and with the physicist Henri Becquerel. Her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie and son-in-law, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, would similarly share a Nobel Prize. She was the sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Skłodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to date to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences.

Her achievements included a theory of radioactivity (a term that she coined), techniques for isolating radioactive isotopes, and the discovery of two elements, polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms, using radioactive isotopes. She founded the Curie Institutes in Paris and Warsaw, which remain major centres of medical research today.

While an actively loyal French citizen, Skłodowska-Curie (she used both surnames) never lost her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters the Polish language and took them on visits to Poland. She named the first chemical element that she discovered – polonium, which she first isolated in 1898 – after her native country. During World War I she became a member of the Committee for a Free Poland (Komitet Wolnej Polski).In 1932, she founded a Radium Institute (now the Maria Skłodowska–Curie Institute of Oncology) in her home town, Warsaw, headed by her physician-sister Bronisława. Curie died in 1934 of aplastic anemia brought on by her years of exposure to radiation.

瑪麗亞·斯克沃多夫斯卡-居禮(波蘭語:Marie Skłodowska-Curie,1867年11月7日-1934年7月4日),通常稱為瑪麗·居禮(法語:Marie Curie)或居禮夫人(Madame Curie),波蘭裔法國籍女物理學家、放射化學家。她是放射性現象的研究先驅,也是獲得兩次諾貝爾獎第一人。瑪麗·居禮還是巴黎大學第一位女教授。1995年,她與丈夫皮埃爾·居禮一起移葬先賢祠。

瑪麗·居禮原名瑪麗亞·斯克洛多夫斯卡,生於當時沙俄統治下的華沙,即現在波蘭的首都。她在華沙生活至24歲,1891年追隨姐姐布洛尼斯拉娃至巴黎讀書。她在巴黎取得學位並從事科學研究。她是巴黎和華沙「居禮研究所」的創始人。1903年她和丈夫皮埃爾·居禮及亨利·貝克勒共同獲得了諾貝爾物理學獎,1911年又因放射化學方面的成就獲得諾貝爾化學獎。她的長女伊雷娜·約里奧-居禮和長女婿弗雷德里克·約里奧-居禮與1935年共同獲得諾貝爾化學獎。

瑪麗·居禮的成就包括開創了放射性理論、發明了分離放射性同位素的技術,以及發現兩種新元素釙(Po)和鐳(Ra)。在她的指導下,人們第一次將放射性同位素用於治療癌症。

瑪麗·居禮雖然是一位積極忠誠法國愛國者,雖然人身在異國,但也從未忘記她的波蘭出身。她以祖國波蘭的名字命名她所發現的第一種元素釙,並在1932年在她的家鄉華沙建立了由她的姐姐、醫生布洛尼斯拉娃主持的鐳研究所(即現在的瑪麗亞·斯克洛多夫斯卡-居禮腫瘤學研究所,華沙居禮研究所)。

Mary Blair - 21Oct2011

Mary Blair (October 21, 1911 – July 26, 1978), born Mary Robinson, was an American artist who was prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, drawing concept art for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Song of the South and Cinderella.Blair also created character designs for enduring attractions such as Disneyland's It's a Small World, the fiesta scene in El Rio del Tiempo in the Mexico pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase, and an enormous mosaic inside Disney's Contemporary Resort. Several of her illustrated children's books from the 1950s remain in print, such as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss. Blair was honored as a Disney Legend in 1991.

瑪麗·布萊爾(英語:Mary Blair,1911年10月21日-1978年7月26日)美國女畫家,出生於俄克拉荷馬州的麥卡萊斯特,幼年曾隨家搬到德克薩斯州,最後在加利福尼亞州定居。畢業於加利福尼亞州聖荷西州立大學。大學畢業後,輾轉換了幾個工作後,進入迪士尼工作,先後擔任《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》等動畫片的色彩設計師。

Art Clokey - 12Oct2011


Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California.

After the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth came up with the clay character Gumby. Gumby and his horse Pokey became a familiar presence on American television; they had their start in the Howdy Doody Show, and later got their own series The Adventures of Gumby. The characters enjoyed a renewal of interest in the 1980s when American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Gumby in a skit on Saturday Night Live. In the 1990s Gumby: The Movie was released, sparking even more interest.

Clokey's second most famous production is the duo of Davey and Goliath, funded by the Lutheran Church in America.

亞瑟·「阿特」·克洛基(英語:Arthur "Art" Clokey,1921年10月12日-2010年1月8日),是美國定格黏土動畫普及化的先驅者,也是小綠人岡比的創造者。

2010年1月8日,阿特·克洛基在加利福尼亞州Los Osos家中的睡夢中逝世,享年88歲。他這時患有反覆的膀胱炎。

National Day of the People's Republic of China - 01Oct2011

The National Day of the People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 国庆节; traditional Chinese: 國慶節; pinyin: guóqìng jié) is celebrated every year on October 1. It is a public holiday in the People's Republic of China to celebrate their national day.

The PRC was founded on October 1, 1949 with a ceremony at Tiananmen Square. The Central People's Government passed the Resolution on the National Day of the People's Republic of China on December 2, 1949 and declared that October 1 is the National Day.

The National Day marks the start of one of the two Golden Weeks in the PRC. However, there have been some recent controversies over whether Golden Weeks should be kept.

The National Day is celebrated throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau with a variety of government-organised festivities, including fireworks and concerts. Public places, such as Tiananmen Square in Beijing, are decorated in a festive theme. Portraits of revered leaders, such as Mao Zedong, are publicly displayed.

The University of Southern California U.S.-China Institute published a review of national day celebrations between 1949 and 1999 and discussed preparations for the 2009 extravaganza.US-China Today summarized press coverage and included images of the 2009 celebration.

中華人民共和國國慶節是中華人民共和國的建立紀念日,1949年9月,中國人民政治協商會議第一屆全體會議決定每年的10月1日為中國的國慶節;1949年10月1日,在北京天安門廣場舉行了開國大典,中華人民共和國中央人民政府正式成立。中國大陸、香港及澳門地區均訂為法定假日或公眾假期(澳門為2天,香港在1997年和1998年也曾是2天)。

1949年12月2日,中央人民政府委員會第四次會議通過《關於中華人民共和國國慶日的決議》,宣告:「自一九五〇年起,即以每年的十月一日,即中華人民共和國宣告成立的日子,為中華人民共和國的國慶日。 」

國慶節期間,中國大陸、香港及澳門都會舉行各種紀念活動,紀念中華人民共和國的建立。中國大陸自2008年起,每逢國慶節國家領導人都會向位於天安門廣場的人民英雄紀念碑敬獻花圈。在香港的維多利亞港,每年國慶期間更會舉辦煙花匯演,吸引海港兩岸數萬市民觀賞。而世界各地華僑社區,均會舉辦慶典、巡遊、或升旗儀式等活動盛大慶祝

Google - 27Sep2011

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program.The company was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, often dubbed the "Google Guys",while the two were attending Stanford University as PhD candidates.

It was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998, and its initial public offering followed on August 19, 2004. At that time Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt agreed to work together at Google for twenty years, until the year 2024. The company's mission statement from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful", and the company's unofficial slogan – coined by Google engineer Amit Patel and supported by Paul Buchheit – is "Don't be evil".In 2006, the company moved to its current headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Google's rapid growth since its incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond the company's core web search engine. The company offers online productivity software, such as its Gmail email service, and social networking tools, including Orkut and, more recently, Google Buzz and Google+. Google's products extend to the desktop as well, with applications such as the web browser Google Chrome, the Picasa photo organization and editing software, and the Google Talk instant messaging application. Google leads the development of the Android mobile operating system, used on a number of phones such as the Motorola Droid and the Samsung Galaxy smartphone series', as well as the new Google Chrome OS,best known as the main operating system on the Cr-48 and also, since 15 June 2011, on commercial Chromebooks such as the Samsung Series 5 and Acer AC700.

It has been estimated that Google runs over one million servers in data centers around the world, and processes over one billion search requestsand about twenty-four petabytes of user-generated data every day.Alexa lists the main U.S.-focused google.com site as the Internet's most visited website, and numerous international Google sites (google.co.in(14) is the most visited site in India, google.co.uk in the U.K, etc.) are in the top hundred, as are several other Google-owned sites such as YouTube (Alexa:3), Blogger (Alexa:6), and Orkut. Google also ranks number two in the BrandZ brand equity database.The dominant market position of Google's services has led to criticism of the company over issues including privacy, copyright, and censorship.

Google公司(英語:Google Inc.,NASDAQ:GOOG、FWB:GGQ1),是一家美國的跨國科技企業,致力於網際網路搜尋、雲端運算、廣告技術等領域。Google開發並提供了大量基於網際網路的產品與服務,其主要利潤來自於AdWords等廣告服務。Google由當時在史丹佛大學攻讀理學博士的拉里·佩奇和謝爾蓋·布林共同建立,因此兩人也被稱為『Google Guys』。1998年9月4日,Google以私營公司的形式創立,設計並管理一個網際網路搜尋引擎「Google搜尋」;Google網站則於1999年下半年啟用。2004年8月19日,Google公司的股票在納斯達克上市,後來被稱為「三駕馬車」的公司兩位共同創始人與出任執行長的埃里克·施密特在當時承諾:共同在Google工作至少二十年,即至2024年止。 創始之初,Google官方的公司使命為「整合全球範圍的資訊,使人人皆可存取並從中受益」(to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful); 而非正式的口號則為「不作惡」(Don't be evil),由工程師阿米特·帕特爾(Amit Patel)所創, 並得到了保羅·布赫海特的支援。Google公司的總部稱為『Googleplex』,位於美國加州聖塔克拉拉縣的山景城。2011年4月,佩奇接替施密特當任執行長。

據估計,Google在全世界的資料中心內運營著超過百萬台的伺服器,每天處理數以億計的搜尋請求和約二十四PB使用者生成的資料。Google自創立開始的快速成長同時也帶動了一系列的產品研發、併購事項與合作關聯,而不僅僅是公司核心的網路搜尋業務。Google公司提供豐富的線上軟體服務,如Gmail電子郵件,包括Orkut、Google Buzz以及最近的Google+在內的社交網路服務。Google的產品同時也以應用軟體的形式進入使用者桌面,例如Google Chrome瀏覽器、Picasa圖片整理與編輯軟體、Google Talk即時通訊工具等。另外,Google還進行了行動裝置的Android作業系統以及小筆電的Google Chrome OS作業系統的開發。

網站資訊分析網Alexa資料顯示,Google的主域名google.com為全世界存取量最高的站點,除此之外,Google搜尋在其他國家域名下的多個站點(google.co.in、google.de、google.com.hk等等),及旗下的YouTube、Blogger、Orkut等的存取量都在前一百名之內。2007年至2010年,Google連續四年蟬聯 BrandZ 全球品牌價值榜首,但在2011年被蘋果公司超越從而屈居次席。在市場競爭中處於領先地位的現實也使Google公司在使用者隱私保護、版權、網路審查等方面飽受爭議。

Lu Xun - 25Sep2011

Lu Xun (simplified Chinese: 鲁迅; traditional Chinese: 魯迅; pinyin: Lǔ Xùn) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (simplified Chinese: 周树人; traditional Chinese: 周樹人; pinyin: Zhōu Shùrén; Wade–Giles: Chou Shu-jen) (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936) is one of the major Chinese writers of the 20th century. Considered by many to be the leading figure of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in baihua (白話) (the vernacular) as well as classical Chinese. Lu Xun was a short story writer, editor, translator, critic, essayist and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the Chinese League of the Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.

Lu Xun's works exerted a very substantial influence after the May Fourth Movement to such a point that he was highly acclaimed by the Communist regime after 1949. Mao Zedong himself was a lifelong admirer of Lu Xun's works. Though sympathetic to the ideals of the Left, Lu Xun never actually joined the Chinese Communist Party. Like many leaders of the May Fourth Movement, he was primarily a liberal. Lu Xun's works became known to English readers through numerous translations, beginning in 1960 with Selected Stories of Lu Hsun translated by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang, and more recently in 2009 when Penguin Classics published a complete anthology of his fiction titled The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun, of which, the scholar Jeffrey Wasserstrom, said "could be considered the most significant Penguin Classic ever published."

周樹人(1881年9月25日-1936年10月19日),字豫才。原名樟壽,字豫山、豫亭。以筆名魯迅聞名於世。浙江紹興人,20世紀中國重要作家,新文化運動的領導人、左翼文化運動的支持者。中華人民共和國的評價為現代文學家、思想家、革命家。魯迅的作品包括雜文、短篇小說、評論、散文、翻譯作品,對於五四運動以後的中國文學產生了深刻的影響。

Jim Henson - 24Sep2011

James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company, the Jim Henson Foundation, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He died of Streptococcus pyogenes on May 16, 1990.

Henson, who was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and educated at University of Maryland, College Park, was one of the most widely known puppeteers in history. He created Sam and Friends as a freshman in College Park. After suffering struggles with programs that he created, he eventually was selected to participate in Sesame Street. During this time, he also participated in the comedy series Saturday Night Live. The success of Sesame Street spawned The Muppet Show, which featured Muppets created by Henson. He also co-created with Michael Jacobs the television show Dinosaurs during his final years. In 1992, he posthumously received the Courage of Conscience Award from The Peace Abbey, and on June 16, 2011, he posthumously received the Disney Legends Award.

詹姆斯·莫里·「吉姆」·亨森(英語:James Maury "Jim" Henson,1936年9月24日-1990年5月16日)是美國著名操縱木偶者(puppeteer),也是著名木偶劇The Muppets之父。作為操縱木偶者,他出現在許多受歡迎的電視節目中。他因釀膿鏈球菌(Streptococcus pyogenes)而於1990年5月16日去世。

Mid-Autumn Festival - 12Sep2011


The Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese: 中秋節), also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival or Zhongqiu Festival, is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese people. A description of the festival first appeared in Rites of Zhou, a written collection of rituals of the Western Zhou Dynasty from 3,000 years ago. The celebration became popular during the early Tang Dynasty. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar, close to the autumnal equinox. The Government of the People's Republic of China listed the festival as an "intangible cultural heritage" in 2006, and it was made a Chinese public holiday in 2008. It is also a Taiwanese public holiday.

中秋節是東亞民間的一個傳統節日,起源於中國,為每年農曆的八月十五。

按照中國的農曆,八月為秋季的第二個月,古時稱為仲秋,因此民間稱為中秋,又稱秋夕、八月節、八月半、月夕、月節,又因為這一天月亮滿圓,象徵團圓,又稱為團圓節。受中華文化的影響,中秋節也是日本、越南、朝鮮半島等地的傳統節日。

Teacher's Day - 10Sep2011

In many countries, Teachers' Days are intended to be special days for the appreciation of teachers; World Teachers' Day is celebrated across the world on October 5. Ever since the importance of teachers has been recognized by UNESCO, by adopting the “Recommendation concerning the status of teachers”, World Teachers' Day has been celebrated annually.This includes celebrations to honor the teachers for their special contribution in a particular field area or the community in general.

教師節是一個感謝老師一年來教導的節日,不同國家定訂的教師節時間不同。

Freddie Mercury - 05Sep2011

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફારોખ બલ્સારા‌), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, penning hits such as "Barcelona", "I Was Born to Love You" and "Living on My Own". Mercury also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease.

Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star".In 2006, Time Asia named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years, and he continues to be voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time.In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time. Allmusic has characterised Mercury as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers", who possessed "one of the greatest voices in all of music".

弗雷迪·默丘里(Freddie Mercury,1946年9月5日-1991年11月24日,另譯佛萊迪·摩克瑞),是英國的音樂家。坦尚尼亞桑給巴爾出生。皇后樂隊(Queen)的主唱。身為歌手,他以高亢璀璨的音色與戲劇化的表演方式而聞名。身為作曲家,他創作了許多皇后樂隊的傳世作品,例如《波希米亞狂想曲》(Bohemian Rhapsody)、《我們是冠軍》(We Are the Champions)、《殺手女王》(Killer Queen)、《找個人來愛》(Somebody to Love)、《不要現在阻止我》(Don't Stop Me Now)和《那瘋狂的小東西就是愛》(Crazy Little Thing Called Love)等。

1991年11月24日,在他公開自己病情僅僅一天之後,他死於愛滋病引發的肺炎。