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Sébastien Point
Sébastien Point (born 11 July 1982 in Digne-les-Bains) is a French physicist, engineer, researcher and specialist in science and technology who specialises in lighting with a particular focus on the biological and health effects of blue light. As well as being involved in lighting research, Point is the president of the non-ionizing radiation section of the French Society for Radiation Protection (SFRP). Point is also associated with ''Collectif science-technologie-action'' (), which promotes technology in society. Popular science writing Point is on the editorial board of, and writes a skeptical column for, the journal ''Science et pseudo-sciences'', published by the French Association for Scientific Information. He is also an author for the online journal ''The European scientist'', and for the English-speaking skeptical journal ''Skeptical Inquirer. Positions and controversies Point is known for his criticism of alternative medicine and has publicly denounced speeche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
