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Pyramid (other)
A pyramid is a structure with triangular lateral surfaces converging to an apex. Pyramid may also refer to: Anatomy and medicine * Petrous part of the temporal bone, the pyramid * Pyramid (brainstem), the anterior part of medulla oblongata Games and sport * Pyramid (solitaire), a card game * Pyramid (drinking game), a card game that is most commonly used as a drinking game * '' Puzzling Pyramid'', magnetic puzzle game released in 1960. * ''Pyramid'' (video game), a 1990s Nintendo game by American Video Entertainment * '' Pyramid 2000'', a 1980s TRS-80 Color Computer interactive fiction text game based on the Colossal Cave Adventure * Human pyramid, a vertically oriented, triangular or pyramid-shaped formation of people * Pyramid pool, or pyramids, a cue sport played mainly in the 19th century * Russian pyramid, known as "pyramid", a pool/snooker type game * League system, a hierarchy of leagues in a given sport * Pyramid, a three-dimensional chess variant * Pyramid, a fictional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid
A pyramid (from el, πυραμίς ') is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or of any polygon shape. As such, a pyramid has at least three outer triangular surfaces (at least four faces including the base). The square pyramid, with a square base and four triangular outer surfaces, is a common version. A pyramid's design, with the majority of the weight closer to the ground and with the pyramidion at the apex, means that less material higher up on the pyramid will be pushing down from above. This distribution of weight allowed early civilizations to create stable monumental structures. Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids. The largest pyramid by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla. For thousands of years, the largest structures on Earth were pyrami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (Australian Game Show)
''Pyramid'' is an Australian children's quiz show screening on the Nine Network from 2009-2015 hosted by Shura Taft. It is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television (the owner of the franchise) and produced by Sydney-based Ambience Entertainment (a production arm of Omnilab Media). It began broadcasting on 1 September 2009 and is filmed in front of a live studio audience. It involves two teams competing in games of "vocal charades". The show is based on the 1979 United States game show '' The Junior Partner Pyramid'', a children's variant of the Sony Pictures Television ''Pyramid'' franchise. Gameplay Like the original 1979 US Junior format and unlike the original 1979 US Junior Partner format, contestants are not paired with their parents to guess seven words within 30 seconds, but with a celebrity instead (similar to the standard game with adults), plus there are two kids instead of just one and only have 30 seconds to guess six answers (as was the case with the 2002-04 Donny O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pyramids (band)
The Pyramids were a surf group from Long Beach, California, United States, who formed in 1961. In early 1964, they made the Top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with their instrumental " Penetration". It proved to be the final major instrumental surf hit. History The band started in 1961 and was made up of five students from Poly High. All of them played some rock n roll. The members were Skip Mercier on lead and rhythm guitar, Ron McMullen on drums, Tom Pitman on sax, Willie Glover on rhythm guitar and Steve Leonard on bass. Drake Jenkins replaced Ron on drums in 1964. The group got their first break at a San Bernardino dance which a local radio station had sponsored. After the show some of the dancers and deejays suggested that they record an infectious number that people would like to hear repeated. Steve Leonard composed a number which was to become "Penetration". Career The group was approached by John Hodge who offered to manage and record them. He took them to Garrison Stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramids (album)
''Pyramids'' is the debut studio album by American post-rock band Pyramids. The album features a second disc of remixes, with contributions from artists such as Jesu and James Plotkin James Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer known for his role in bands such as Khanate (band), Khanate and OLD (band), OLD but with an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has played guitar for Phantomsmasher and Scorn (band), Sco .... Track listing Disc 1 Disc 2 - Remixes References 2008 debut albums Pyramids (band) albums Hydra Head Records albums {{2000s-experimental-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (band)
Pyramid is an American experimental, indie-rock band from North Carolina. Their first album ''The First American'' was released in 2005. Music from the album was used in two David Gordon Green films, ''All the Real Girls'' and '' Undertow''. Pyramid also composed the music for Jody Hill's '' The Foot Fist Way'', co-composed ''Shotgun Stories'' for Jeff Nichols, and added additional score to Craig Zobel's ''Great World of Sound''. Discography *''The First American'' (2005) *''The First American B-sides'' (2007) *''Small Arms'' (2010) Soundtracks *''All the Real Girls'' (2003) *'' Undertow'' (2004) *'' The Foot Fist Way'' (2008) *''Shotgun Stories'' (2007) *''Observe and Report'' (2009) *''We Are Your Friends (film) ''We Are Your Friends'' is a 2015 drama film directed by Max Joseph (in his feature directorial debut) and with a screenplay by Joseph and Meaghan Oppenheimer, from a story by Richard Silverman. The film stars Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski and Wes ...'' (2015) Band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid Books
Jove Books, formerly known as Pyramid Books, is an American paperback and eBook publishing imprint, founded as an independent paperback house in 1949 by Almat Magazine Publishers (Alfred R. Plaine and Matthew Huttner). The company was sold to the Walter Reade Organization in the late 1960s. It was acquired in 1974 by Harcourt Brace (which became Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) which renamed it to Jove in 1977 and continued the line as an imprint. In 1979, they sold it to The Putnam Berkley Group, which is now part of the Penguin Group. History 1949–1969 Phil Hirsch was vice president of Pyramid Books from 1955-1975 and had his name as author or editor on many of Pyramid's books, many of them anthologies of jokes, cartoons and humor, or concerned with the military and warfare, including some which combined those interests. While not the most prolific publisher of science fiction and fantasy during its years as Pyramid, it did offer some notable original titles in book form, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pyramid (short Stories)
''The Pyramid'' (orig. Swedish ''Pyramiden'') is a collection of five short stories by Swedish crime fiction author Henning Mankell, first published in Sweden in 1999 and translated into English in 2008. It features his best-known character, police inspector Kurt Wallander. While it was written after the 8th novel, ''Firewall'', the events depicted in ''The Pyramid'' take place well before '' Faceless Killers'', making it chronologically the first in the series. The first story takes place in 1969 while the last occurs in 1989-90. The English translation of the titles for each of the short stories is: *"Wallander's First Case" *"The Man with the Mask" *"The Man at the Beach" *"The Death of the Photographer" *"The Pyramid" Adaptation In 2007, Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television in association with Tre Vänner Produktion produced a 90-minute straight-to-video adaptation of ''The Pyramid'', starring Rolf Lassgård as the older Wallander and Gustaf Skarsgård Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pyramid (Kadare Novel)
''The Pyramid'' is a 1992 novel written by Ismail Kadare. It is considered to serve both literary and dissident purposes. It is a political allegory of absolute political power. Background The first part of the novel was written in 1988-1990 but was rejected by the state publisher. It was serialized in January 1991 in several issues of the new opposition newspaper '' Democratic Renaissance''. After the establishment of pluralism and democracy in Albania, it was completed and published in Tirana and Paris. Plot The Pyramid is a political allegory set in ancient Egypt. It is the tale of the conception and construction of the Cheops pyramid but also of absolute political power. Reception ''The New York Times'' picked up on the significance of ''The Pyramid'': "For the pyramid, viewed by his subjects as an abiding symbol of his total and incontestable power, comes to be seen by him as a personal memento mori, a constant and paralyzing reminder that his brief life will give way t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pyramid (Golding Novel)
''The Pyramid'' (1967) is a novel by the English author, William Golding Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel ''Lord of the Flies'' (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. In 1980 .... Plot It describes the experiences of growing up in the 1920s in a small market town in England of the narrator, Oliver. It tells three separate stories from his childhood, resolving them many years later. All three stories end with Oliver seeing the other main character for the last time. 1967 British novels Novels by William Golding Faber and Faber books Fiction set in the 1920s {{1960s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramids (novel)
''Pyramids'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, published in 1989, the seventh book in his ''Discworld'' series.Fantastic FictioPyramids (Discworld, book 7) by Terry PratchettRetrieved 2009-05-9 It won the BSFA Award for Best Novel in 1989. Plot summary The main character of ''Pyramids'' is Teppic (short for Pteppicymon XXVIII), the crown prince of the tiny kingdom of Djelibeybi (a pun on the candy Jelly Baby, meaning "Child of the Djel"), the Discworld counterpart to Ancient Egypt. The kingdom, founded seven-thousand years ago and formerly a great empire which dominated the continent of Klatch, has been in debt and recession for generations due to the construction of pyramids for the burial of its pharaohs and now occupies an area two miles wide along the 150-mile-long River Djel. Young Teppic has been in training at the Assassins Guild in Ankh-Morpork for the past seven years, having been sent to bring in revenue for the kingdom. The day after passing his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (magazine)
''Pyramid'' was a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, though it has been published on the Internet since March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the first online version published new articles each week; the second online version is monthly. ''Pyramid'' is headquartered in Austin, Texas. It replaced Steve Jackson Games' previous magazine '' Roleplayer''. ''Pyramid'' features general gaming articles by freelance authors, as well as Designer's Notes by Steve Jackson Games product developers, industry news, cartoons, and gaming product reviews. Although articles tend to concentrate on Steve Jackson Games products such as ''GURPS'', it has published articles on other games such as '' d20 System'', ''Talisman'', ''Nobilis'', ''Hero System'', and has featured various comic strips and single-pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Bionic Woman Episodes
This is a list of episodes of the American science-fiction series ''The Bionic Woman''. The series was aired from 1976 to 1978 in three seasons with three television movies produced from 1987 to 1994. The series was a spin-off from ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', where the character of Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman) had been introduced in the stories: ''The Bionic Woman'' (1975) and ''The Return of the Bionic Woman'' (1975). Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1976) *Regular cast: Lindsay Wagner (Jaime Sommers), Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman) *Producer: Kenneth Johnson NOTES: For years, "Welcome Home, Jaime," has been the subject of much debate and speculation in fan communities. For much of its post-broadcast life it was believed to have aired as originally intended: on Sunday, January 11, 1976 as a ''Six Million Dollar Man'' episode. But research for Time-Life's 2010 ''Six Million Dollar Man - The Complete DVD Collection'' revealed evidence to the contrary. Vintage p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
