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CRM News: Strategy: Annus Mirabilis (1084 words) |
 | Isaac Newton is widely described as having his annus mirabilis in 1665-66 when he worked out the laws of gravitation and some other concepts that led directly to our understanding of classical mechanics and informed our understanding of nature for more than two hundred years. |
| You know you are having an annus mirabilis when the press can't keep up with the news you generate. |
| The other thing about an annus mirabilis is that it tends to destroy the old order. |
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Annus Mirabilis (poem) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (318 words) |
| Annus Mirabilis is a poem written by John Dryden and published in 1667. |
| Inasmuch as the poem's primary interest for contemporary readers is its discussion of the Great Fire, when Queen Elizabeth II called the fire of Windsor Castle part of her annus horribilis, she was knowingly evoking Dryden's poem. |
| The title of Dryden's poem is sometimes used without capitalization, annus mirabilis, to indicate a year of particularly notable events. |
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