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Serena Williams’ coach

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[:el] Patrick Mouratoglou is a French tennis coach of Greek descent. He has coached many significant tennis players and currently he coaches Serena Williams. He was born in Paris on June 8, 1970 to a Greek father and a French mother. His father Pâris Mouratoglou is a...
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He first foresaw the existence of a fourth quark

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«As far as Physics is concerned, I am far more interested in studying the elementary particles of the matter, than the more composite ones. The first moments in which the universe was created simply fascinate me. The only thing we truly know about the first...
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Special exhibition tribute to Victory of Samothrace in Louvre Museum

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The Louvre Museum to celebrate the restoration of the Winged Victory of Samothrace  is organising a special exhibition. The museum invites people to rediscover this masterpiece, which is one of the museum’s most famous artfacts, if not the most famous. The exhibition is entitled «The...
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Tribute to Kazantzakis in French Festival

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The International Insular Film Festival that took place in the French island of Groix, paid tribute to Crete and Nikos Kazantzakis. The International Insular Film Festival’s goal is to highlight and promote insular culture troughout the film and video production of all islands over the five continents....
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Director of Research in the National Centre for Scientific Research of France

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[:el] Athena Coustenis is Deputy Director of the new Europlanet Society, Director of Research 1st class with the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) of France, working at Paris Observatory in Meudon, Paris. She collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) as also with NASA...
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The restored Winged Victory of Samothrace returns to Louvre

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The Winged Victory of Samothrace returns to the Louvre Museum after almost a year away from its majestic pedestal due to its restoration. Since September, a team of eight archaeologists has worked meticulously on cleaning the representation of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, to give it...
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He changes the world of Computer Science

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[:el] Joseph Sifakis is a computer scientist and researcher, laureate of the 2007 Turing Award, along with Edmund M. Clarke and Ernest Allen Emerson for his work on model checking, a verification method of computer hardware and software properties. The Turing Award is recognized as...

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