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Heureka is a Finnish science center in the Tikkurila district of Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki, designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects. It is located at the intersection of the Finnish Main Line and the river Keravanjoki . The aim of the science centre, which opened its doors to the public in 1989, is to popularise scientific ...
The Eureka Stockade was a revolt in 1854 by gold miners against unjust mining license fees and a brutal administration supervising the miners. The rebellion demonstrated the refusal of the workers to be dominated by unfair government and laws. The Eureka Stockade has often been referred to as the "birth of democracy " in Australia.
Martialis heureka is a species of ant discovered in 2000 from the Amazon rainforest near Manaus, Brazil. It was described as a new species and placed as the sole member of a new subfamily, Martialinae. [ 1] The generic name means "from Mars " and was given due to its unusual morphology, and the species epithet heureka indicates the surprising ...
Weesp: Heureka. 1990. Where on Earth is Ithaca? A Quest for the Homeland of Odysseus. Delft: Eburon. 2010. ISBN 978-90-5972-344-3. E.S. Tsimaratos—published posthumously in 1998—he thought "Ithaca" was in central Kefalonia, but he agreed with Strabo about Paliki once having been cut off from Kefalonia. Poia I Omeriki Ithaki?
Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century. [ 1] Tinguely's art satirized automation and the technological overproduction of material goods.
Helsinki. Per-Edvin Persson (born 1949 in Helsinki) is Director of Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre from 1991 [1] until 2013, being replaced by Anneli Pauli. [2] Before that he was the Director of Science at Heureka (1987–1991) and the Director of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (1983–1987). Earlier he was a research ...
Tikkurila's most popular attraction is the science center Heureka. Tikkurila railway station is the busiest in Vantaa and third-busiest in Finland. As the nearest mainline station to Helsinki Airport (located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Tikkurila), it is served by all the high-speed Pendolino trains on the Helsinki to Tampere and Lahti routes as ...
The symbol of Heureka, Neljä kuutiota ("Four cubes") by Anssi Asunta, is an optical illusion looking like cubes. Tikkurila is home of the major science centre in Finland, Heureka, opened in April 1989. The purpose of the science centre is to develop the understanding of scientific information and to develop methods of scientific education.