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Ology
An ology or -logy, is a scientific discipline. Ology or Ologies may also refer to: *"OLogy", A science website for kids from American Museum of Natural History * Ology (book series), book series * ''Ology'' (album), 2016 album by Gallant *"Ology", song by Living Colour from the album '' Time's Up'' * List of words ending in ology {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ology (book Series)
The ''Ologies'' are a series of illustrated fantasy books presented in a fictional encyclopedic format. The series is primarily edited and authored by Dugald Steer. The books, which are intended for young readers, are published by Templar Publishing in the United Kingdom, Five Mile Press in Australia and Candlewick Press in the United States. They have been very popular in sales; the first book, '' Dragonology'', remained on the ''New York Times'' children's bestsellers list for 76 weeks. Format Each of the books is given a fictional "author", and purport to be "lost" journals of fictional investigators. Since the books follow an encyclopedia format rather than a narrative, Steer has said that, "It's slightly different from traditional reading. Readers can dip in and out, but the essential story is told in a linear way." The books are illustrated by a variety of artists, including Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson, Nghiem Ta, Chris Forsey, A. J. Wood, Douglas Carrel, J.P. Lambert, Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Museum Of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. In Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 26 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. The museum collections contain over 34 million specimens of plants, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, human remains, and human cultural artifacts, as well as specialized collections for frozen tissue and genomic and astrophysical data, of which only a small fraction can be displayed at any given time. The museum occupies more than . AMNH has a full-time scientific staff of 225, sponsors over 120 special field expeditions each year, and averages about five million visits annually. The AMNH is a private 501(c)(3) organization. Its mission statement is: "To discover, interpret, and disseminate—through scientific research and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
-logy
''-logy'' is a suffix in the English language, used with words originally adapted from Ancient Greek ending in ('). The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French '' -logie'', which was in turn inherited from the Latin ''-logia''. The suffix became productive in English from the 18th century, allowing the formation of new terms with no Latin or Greek precedent. The English suffix has two separate main senses, reflecting two sources of the suffix in Greek: *a combining form used in the names of school or bodies of knowledge, e.g., '' theology'' (loaned from Latin in the 14th century) or '' sociology''. In words of the type '' theology'', the suffix is derived originally from (''-log-'') (a variant of , ''-leg-''), from the Greek verb (''legein'', 'to speak')."-logy." ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology''. Oxford University Press, 1986. retrieved 20 August 2008. The suffix has the sense of "the character or deportment of one who speaks or t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ology (album)
''Ology'' is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Gallant. It was released on April 6, 2016, by Mind of a Genius Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album was supported by the singles "Weight in Gold" and "Skipping Stones", featuring Jhené Aiko. Upon its release, ''Ology'' received positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented its innovative style and praised Gallant for his singing and songwriting. Singles His official debut single, titled "Weight in Gold" was released on June 26, 2015. The song was produced by Stint. The second single, "Skipping Stones", was released on February 5, 2016. Critical reception ''Ology'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 5 reviews. Allmusic writer Andy Kellman remarked that is "a debut full-length refreshingly bold enough to contain one guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time's Up (Living Colour Album)
''Time's Up'' is the second studio album by the band Living Colour, released on August 28, 1990 through Epic Records. It was the follow-up to their successful 1988 album ''Vivid''. ''Time's Up'' features a wide range of genres and also includes cameo appearances by Queen Latifah, Little Richard, Doug E. Fresh, Maceo Parker and James Earl Jones. The album reached gold status, peaking at #13 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance. It is the final album to feature Muzz Skillings on bass, though it was not his last release with the band (as he appeared on the '' Biscuits'' EP). In late February 2014, the album was reissued in Europe by Music On CD and is available once again. Music ''Time's Up'' has been described as a hard rock and funk metal album, with elements of hip hop, jazz, funk, jazz fusion, Delta blues, soul, heavy metal, punk rock, and art rock. Critical reception In ''The Village Voice''s annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
