“[…] brassieres (primarily strapless brassieres and but also those with straps), dresses, swimsuits, socks, tops and other articles of clothing (or the like) have a tendency to fall down or off […]” – explains a new (Aug 2016) US patent. The novel methodology for holding them up makes use of intermolecular electrostatic attractive forces known […]
Tag: nominative determinism
Prof. Lentle on food and digestion
Roger Lentle is a professor at the Massey Institute of Food Science and Technology New Zealand. Here is an example publication from professor Lentle (along with co-author C. de Loubens) ‘A review of mixing and propulsion of chyme in the small intestine: fresh insights from new methods’ in: Journal of Comparative Physiology B, May 2015, […]
Nominative determinism: Dr. No Kwak
In the United States, and in some other countries, no doctor wants to be called “a quack“. (An entire web site called Quackwatch devotes itself to reporting on doctors who are, in the view of Quackwatch, quacks.) Doctors who fear being called “a quack” can but envy No Kwak, MD. Everyone can happily agree that […]
Nominative Determinism: Dr. Forrest on Trees
“This book presents a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. Most of the plants used come from a limited number of plant families and within these families, certain genera contribute very significantly. The largest chapter in the book […]