first describes Micromégas, whose name literally means "small-large", an inhabitant of a planet orbiting the star Sirius. Micromégas stands 120,000 royal... 14 KB (1,817 words) - 19:19, 3 May 2024 |
Micromegaly is a term sometimes used to describe a state with abnormal, elevated insulin-like growth factor 1 levels and normal growth hormone levels... 2 KB (176 words) - 09:22, 15 December 2023 |
prefer the small and the small prefer the large". The term "micromega" references Micromégas, a tale by Voltaire in which dwarfs and giants dialogue. For... 5 KB (680 words) - 11:44, 28 November 2022 |
 | MicroMegas detector (redirect from Micromegas (particle detector)) chamber. Invented in 1996 by Georges Charpak and Ioannis Giomataris, Micromegas detectors are mainly used in experimental physics, in particular in particle... 11 KB (998 words) - 13:42, 22 April 2024 |
Pterostylis micromega, commonly known as the swamp greenhood, is a species of greenhood orchid endemic to New Zealand. Both flowering and non-flowering... 5 KB (449 words) - 19:49, 14 October 2023 |
Gymnopilus micromegas is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Fungi portal List of Gymnopilus species Gymnopilus micromegas at Index Fungorum... 911 bytes (25 words) - 00:48, 19 April 2024 |
 | Rigidoporus lineatus (redirect from Polyporus micromegas) Polyporus inconspicuus Miq. (1839) Polyporus lineatus Pers. (1827) Polyporus micromegas Mont. (1842) Polyporus microstomus Berk. & M.A.Curtis, (1869) Polyporus... 4 KB (26 words) - 00:41, 20 February 2024 |
 | philosophical romance (1743).[citation needed] Voltaire wrote in this genre in Micromegas: a comic romance, which is a biting satire on philosophy, ignorance, and... 95 KB (11,872 words) - 02:28, 22 April 2024 |
 | Ludvig Holberg's Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741) and Voltaire's Micromégas (1752) are sometimes regarded as some of the first true science-fantasy... 155 KB (13,186 words) - 10:23, 29 April 2024 |
 | mythology, all deities are mostly humanlike. For example, Voltaire's Micromégas features people from Saturn, who are simply of higher proportions. This... 10 KB (1,037 words) - 09:31, 16 April 2024 |
List of minor planets: 224001–225000 (redirect from 224617 Micromégas) 26, 2005 Kitt Peak Spacewatch KOR 1.9 km MPC · JPL 224617 Micromégas 2005 YZ70 Micromégas December 22, 2005 Nogales J.-C. Merlin · 2.7 km MPC · JPL... 182 KB (274 words) - 17:10, 30 November 2023 |
 | science fiction and parody in equal measure, may be found in Voltaire's Micromégas and the works of Douglas Adams. Some Roman readers believed that the events... 17 KB (1,974 words) - 17:17, 18 March 2024 |
Alan Blake 1983 Starclash Micromega Derek Brewster 1983 Deathchase Micromega Mervyn J. Estcourt 1983 Luna Crabs Micromega Mervyn J. Estcourt 1983 Train... 253 KB (145 words) - 22:23, 17 April 2024 |
 | Palace. Life went well for Voltaire at first, and in 1751 he completed Micromégas, a piece of science fiction involving ambassadors from another planet... 139 KB (17,287 words) - 12:57, 1 May 2024 |
 | Saturn has made appearances in fiction since the 1752 novel Micromégas by Voltaire. In the earliest depictions, it was portrayed as having a solid surface... 29 KB (2,528 words) - 19:48, 25 March 2024 |
French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. Along with his 1752 novella Micromégas, "Plato's Dream" is among the first modern works in the genre of science... 2 KB (177 words) - 18:03, 10 September 2023 |
 | Antillean piculet (redirect from Nesoctites micromegas) The Antillean piculet (Nesoctites micromegas) is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to the Caribbean... 7 KB (834 words) - 17:51, 1 January 2024 |
MicroMega is a political, cultural, social and economic newsmagazine published bimonthly in Rome, Italy. The title MicroMega is probably inspired by a... 6 KB (543 words) - 12:03, 26 February 2023 |
 | travels, ensuring they will pay tribute to the Laputians. Voltaire's Micromégas (1752) includes two beings from Saturn and Sirius who, though human in... 58 KB (6,894 words) - 01:26, 26 April 2024 |
 | Thomson computers (redirect from Micromega 32) connection. Micromega PC: a 1986 workstation supporting Unix and MS-DOS, and developed based on the PC 7000 XP. Micromega SX and Micromega SX/T - These... 22 KB (1,911 words) - 22:19, 24 April 2024 |
989 Studios Sony Computer Entertainment PS1 1996-11-06 3D Deathchase Micromega Timex ZX 1983 3D Pixel Racing Vidia Microforum Games WiiWare, iOS 2011-07-14... 189 KB (315 words) - 16:26, 14 April 2024 |
 | friend, the mathematician John Arbuthnot. Voltaire's 1752 short story "Micromégas", about an alien visitor to Earth, also refers to two moons of Mars. Voltaire... 42 KB (4,490 words) - 02:44, 4 April 2024 |
 | Meloni, né Salvini: fu Berlusconi il vero sdoganatore dei post-fascisti". Micromega (in Italian). Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved... 316 KB (28,944 words) - 03:33, 4 May 2024 |
Miogryllus convolutus (redirect from Gryllodes micromegas) Gryllus pusillus Burmeister, 1838 Gryllus nitidulus Stål, 1858 Gryllodes micromegas Saussure, 1874 Gryllodes brevipennis Saussure, 1874 Gryllodes parvipennis... 3 KB (202 words) - 00:15, 4 January 2024 |
Brainstorm 1987 Firebird Software Bravestarr 1987 U.S. Gold Braxx Bluff 1984 Micromega BreakThru 1986 U.S. Gold Brian Bloodaxe 1985 The Edge Software Brian Jacks... 115 KB (87 words) - 23:48, 6 February 2024 |
 | Philosophy of Newton Zadig History of Charles XII The Age of Louis XIV Micromégas Annals of the Empire "Plato's Dream" Doctor Akakia "Essai sur les mœurs... 51 KB (6,077 words) - 22:22, 15 April 2024 |
Revo-S file system SC1, SC2 and SU shaping files by Micromega... 18 KB (2,666 words) - 23:46, 13 December 2023 |
 | one of the founders, included previous works of his such as Zadig and Micromegas. It is unknown exactly when Voltaire wrote Candide, but scholars estimate... 93 KB (10,895 words) - 02:35, 21 January 2024 |
conquest or the failure of man. 1743 Gavrila Derzhavin was born. 1752 Micromégas, a satirical short story by Voltaire, features space travellers visiting... 18 KB (2,377 words) - 17:49, 8 March 2024 |
 | dissent, five other brave astronomers—Nostradamus, Alcofrisbas, Omega, Micromegas, and Parafaragaramus—agree to the plan. A space capsule in the shape of... 63 KB (8,004 words) - 02:51, 14 April 2024 |