Joshua Silver, the Glossary
Joshua D. Silver is a British physicist whose discoveries have included a new way to change the curvature of lenses, with a significant application for the low-cost manufacture of corrective lenses and adjustable spectacles, especially in low-income countries.[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Adjustable-focus eyeglasses, Amber Rudd, Andrew Neil, Brexit, Conservative Party (UK), Corrective lens, Court of Justice of the European Union, Daily Politics, Department for International Development, Developing country, Electron beam ion trap, European Union citizenship, Eyewear, Gordon Brown, Hate crime, Home Secretary, Ion, Labour Party (UK), Michael Howard, Physicist, Spectroscopy, Stellar atmosphere, The Guardian, The New York Times, The New Zealand Herald, Tokamak, University of Oxford, West Midlands Police.
Adjustable-focus eyeglasses
Adjustable focus eyeglasses are eyeglasses with an adjustable focal length.
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Amber Rudd
Amber Augusta Rudd (born 1 August 1963) is a British former politician who served as Home Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019.
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Andrew Neil
Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator.
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Brexit
Brexit (portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Corrective lens
A corrective lens is a transmissive optical device that is worn on the eye to improve visual perception.
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Court of Justice of the European Union
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) (Cour de justice de l'Union européenne or "CJUE"; Latin: Curia) is the judicial branch of the European Union (EU).
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Daily Politics
Daily Politics is a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January 2003 and 24 July 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn.
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Department for International Development
The Department for International Development (DFID) was a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom, from 1997 to 2020.
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Developing country
A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.
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Electron beam ion trap
Electron beam ion trap (EBIT) is an electromagnetic bottle that produces and confines highly charged ions.
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European Union citizenship
European Union citizenship is afforded to all nationals of member states of the European Union (EU).
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Eyewear
Eyewear is a term used to refer to all devices worn over both of a person's eyes, or occasionally a single eye, for one or more of a variety of purposes.
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.
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Hate crime
A hate crime (also known a bias crime) is crime where a perpetrator targets a victim because of their physical appearance or perceived membership of a certain social group.
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Home Secretary
The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the Home Secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office.
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Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
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Michael Howard
Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005.
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Physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets electromagnetic spectra.
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Stellar atmosphere
The stellar atmosphere is the outer region of the volume of a star, lying above the stellar core, radiation zone and convection zone.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand.
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Tokamak
A tokamak (токамáк) is a device which uses a powerful magnetic field generated by external magnets to confine plasma in the shape of an axially-symmetrical torus.
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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West Midlands Police
West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Silver
Also known as Joshua D Silver.