Wolfgang
Americannoun
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Scientists have uncovered hidden fossil insects inside pieces of amber that once belonged to the famed German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
“I always loved to work for the Americans,” said Wolfgang Dagner, 61, a logistics specialist and the third generation of his family to work for the U.S. military.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Despite Jenkins' historic success, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart remains the most represented composer overall, with 12 works in the chart.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Discovered in the mid-1920s by German physicist Wolfgang Pauli, the exclusion principle states, roughly, that no two things can be in the same place at the same time.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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