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Quack
Quack, The Quack or Quacks may refer to: People * Quack Davis, American baseball player * Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack (1834–1917), Dutch economist and historian * Joachim Friedrich Quack (born 1966), German Egyptologist * Johannes Quack (born 1959), German ethnologist * Martin Quack (born 1948), German physical chemist * Niels Quack (born 1980), Swiss and German engineer * Sigrid Quack (born 1958), German social scientist Film * ''Quacks'' (TV series), a British comedy series about quackery * ''The Quack'' ( pl, Znachor, link=no), a 1982 Polish drama film * ''Znachor'' (1937 film), a Polish drama film * O. K. Quack, a character in the Scrooge McDuck universe * Quack, a duck in ''Peep and the Big Wide World'', a children's TV series Music * ''Quack'' (album), an album by the American-Canadian group Duck Sauce * ''The Quack'' (EP), a 2013 album by Australian electronic music project What So Not Sport * Quack (horse) (1969–1995), an American Thoroughbred raceh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quack (medicine)
Quackery, often synonymous with health fraud, is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices. A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, qualification or credentials they do not possess; a charlatan or snake oil salesman". The term ''quack'' is a clipped form of the archaic term ', from nl, kwakzalver a "hawker of salve". In the Middle Ages the term ''quack'' meant "shouting". The quacksalvers sold their wares on the market shouting in a loud voice. Common elements of general quackery include questionable diagnoses using questionable diagnostic tests, as well as untested or refuted treatments, especially for serious diseases such as cancer. Quackery is often described as "health fraud" with the salient characteristic of aggressive promotion. Definition Psychiatrist and author Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch defines quackery "as the promotion of unsubstanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Quack
Martin Quack (born 22 July 1948 in Darmstadt) is a German physical chemist and spectroscopist; he is a professor at ETH Zürich. Life and work Martin Quack started his chemistry studies at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1966 and continued as fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) between 1969 and 1970 at the University of Grenoble and then he obtained his diploma as chemist in 1971 at the University of Göttingen. In 1972 he moved to the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, where he obtained his doctoral degree in 1975 working with Jürgen Troe on the statistical theory of unimolecular and complex forming bimolecular reactions. In 1973 he attended a quantum chemistry summer school organized by Per-Olov Löwdin in Uppsala. From 1976 to 1977 he stayed as Max Kade fellow with William H. Miller at UC Berkeley. Subsequently, he moved to Göttingen and finished his habilitation there in 1978. He was appointed full professor at the University of Bonn in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peep And The Big Wide World
''Peep and the Big Wide World'' (''PATBWW'') is an animated children's television series created by Danish-Canadian animator Kaj Pindal. It revolves around the lives of Peep, Chirp, and Quack, as viewers discover, investigate, and explore the world around them. The show was based on the 1988 short film of the same name produced by the National Film Board of Canada, which itself is based on the 1962 short film ''The Peep Show'', also produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The series premiered on April 12, 2004, on Discovery Kids and on TLC as part of their ''Ready Set Learn'' children's block, and on the same day on TVOKids and PBS Kids. It was produced by WGBH Boston (through its kids division WGBH Kids) and 9 Story Media Group (formerly 9 Story Entertainment), in association with TVOntario and Discovery Kids and is distributed by Alliance Atlantis (through AAC Kids). Carriage on the Discovery children's networks ended on October 10, 2010 with the discontinuation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Quack
Niels Quack (born 1980 in Göttingen) is a Swiss and German engineer specialized in optical micro engineering. He is a SNSF professor at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) and director of the Photonic Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory at its School of Engineering. Career Quack studied engineering at EPFL and received his Master's degree in 2005. He then joined Jürg Dual's Institute for Mechanical Systems at ETH Zurich as a PhD student and graduated in 2010 with a thesis on "Micromirrors for integrated tunable mid-infrared detectors and emitters." In 2011, he went to work as a postdoctoral researcher at Ming C. Wu's Integrated Photonics Laboratory at University of California, Berkeley. From 2014 to 2015, he was senior microelectromechanical systems engineer with Sercalo Microtechnology Inc. Since 2015, he has been an SNSF Assistant Professor with the EPFL, and head of the Photonic Micro- and Nanosystems Laboratory at its School of Engineering. Researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quacks (TV Series)
''Quacks'', created by James Wood, is a BBC sitcom about four Victorian era doctors. The series combines satire, absurdist comedy and traditional slapstick, with stories often being based on real history. Despite generally favourable reviews it was cancelled after one series. Cast Main characters *Rory Kinnear as Robert Lessing, a showman surgeon who smokes cigarettes and wears a filthy bloodstained apron when performing operations before a public audience. *Lydia Leonard as Caroline, Robert's professionally- and sexually-frustrated wife. * Mathew Baynton as William, an alienist (an early psychiatrist) and Robert's best friend. *Tom Basden as John, a dentist and early anaesthetist who experiments freely with drugs and owes money to a loan shark. *Rupert Everett as Dr Hendricks, the paranoid and anti-Semitic principal of the medical school. Recurring characters * Andy Linden as Fitz, the old warder at the lunatic asylum. *Adam Ewan as Tom, Robert's working class assistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Quacks Of Quedlinburg
''The Quacks of Quedlinburg'' (Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg), also known as Quacksalber, is a board game designed by Wolfgang Warsch that was released by Schmidt Spiele in 2018. After winning the Kennerspiel des Jahres (Spiel des Jahres Connoisseur-gamer Game of the Year) in 2018, an English version of the game was released by North Star Games. Concept Every year the city of Quedlinburg holds a festival, where the greatest Apothecaries and Quacksalbers ( Quack doctors) compete against each other over several days to prove that they are the greatest potion brewer of the land. Each year different ingredients are available for purchase in the markets, and each day a Fortune Teller will announce what strange occurrences will affect the competing Quacksalbers that day. Gameplay ''Quacksalber'' is a drafting game for 2–4 players. Players start with the same core ingredients represented by tokens held in a cloth bag. Players draw tokens from the bag until they either decide to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack
Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack (2 July 1834 – 6 January 1917) was a Dutch jurist, legal scholar, economist and historian, who is best known for his work ''De socialisten: Personen en stelsels'' ("The socialists: persons and systems"). Biography Quack, born in Zetten to a beer brewer and his wife, commenced studies at Utrecht in 1853, followed by law studies at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Athenaeum Illustre. In Amsterdam, he attended lectures by Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper and Martinus des Amorie van der Hoeven, both Christian critics of classical liberalism, liberalism. Following the example of his professors, Quack became convinced that liberalism could not address the social problems of his day. He submitted a thesis about fourteenth-century statehood and earned a doctorate degree in July 1860 (from Utrecht University, because the Athenaeum Illustre lacked the right to confer such degrees). In the following year, Quack worked as a clerk at the provincial govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quack (album)
''Quack'' is the debut studio album by American–Canadian DJ duo Duck Sauce. It was released on April 14, 2014, by Fool's Gold Records. Track listing Adapted from iTunes iTunes () is a software program that acts as a media player, media library, mobile device management utility, and the client app for the iTunes Store. Developed by Apple Inc., it is used to purchase, play, download, and organize digital mul ... and Qobuz. Notes * signifies additional producer * signifies is a co- producer Charts Release history References 2014 debut albums Fool's Gold Records albums {{2010s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quack (horse)
Quack (February 26, 1969 – January 17, 1995) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who holds the world record for a three-year-old with the fastest mile and a quarter ever run on dirt. Background He was sired by T.V. Lark, the 1961 American Champion Male Turf Horse, and out of the mare Quillon, a daughter of the outstanding Champion broodmare sire Princequillo. Quack was a very large horse whose style was to lag behind early and finish with a devastating closing kick. Though Quack had success early in his career with Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker, he found even more success with Hall of Fame jockey Don Pierce, whose first ride on him was the 1972 Hollywood Gold Cup. Quack was a bay with a spot of white on his forehead bred and raced by Millard Waldheim's Bwamazon Farm. He was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Charlie Whittingham. Racing career Not eligible for the 1972 Kentucky Derby, Quack scored the most important win of his career that year in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Quack
Johannes Quack (born 1959) is a German ethnologist at the Goethe University Frankfurt whose primary field of study is religion. He is also the head of the Emmy Noether Research Group “Diversity of Non-Religiosity” at the Goethe University Frankfurt. He has researched non-religious and rationalist organisations in India. He received the Max Weber Award from the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt for his work ''Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism on Religion in India''. Life and work Quack was born in 1959 in Anrath. He studied religious studies, anthropology and philosophy at the University of Bayreuth. Later, he taught anthropology and religious studies at the University of Heidelberg, Lucerne, Münster, Tübingen and Munich. He used to work at the Cluster of Excellence: Asia and Europe in a Global Context, Heidelberg University as a post-doctoral researcher and McGill University in Montreal as a research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid Quack
Sigrid Quack (born 17 July 1958) is a German social scientist working in the field of comparative sociology. She is a professor of sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, where she is the Director of the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, and was a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University. Biography Quack studied sociology in Paris and Berlin. Her doctorate was awarded by the Free University of Berlin in 1992 on the topic of dynamics of part-time work, and she subsequently worked at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. In 2007, she received her habilitation for scholarship on cross-border institutional development, and became a professor at the University of Cologne based at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies from 2007 until 2013. Research Quack is the head of an international research group on transnational institution-building. Her work has examined the phenomenon of transnation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Quack (horse)
The Quack was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ... that won the 1872 Melbourne Cup. The Quack was the half brother of the 1870 Melbourne Cup winner Nimblefoot, with both horses being from the same broodmare in Quickstep (AUS).In 1873 The Quack defeated Nimblefoot in the Govenors Plate at Flemington. He also won the Bendigo Cup in 1872. The Quack was the fourth and final success in the Melbourne Cup for owner and trainer John Tait. References Melbourne Cup winners 1866 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Australia Racehorses trained in Australia {{Racehorse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
