#science history

• Amaracuas — A rare plural form or graphical variant historically adapted in some pharmaceutical treatises for plants of the amaracus species (marjoram); it designates multiple sweet marjoram bushes cultivated for their aromatic leaves. In a historical context, the term recalls old scientific designations directly assimilated into the Romanian botanical lexicon.
• Antipa — A proper surname and historical given name of Greek origin. In the Romanian cultural and scientific context, it refers eminently to Grigore Antipa (1867-1944), a world-renowned naturalist, biologist, oceanographer, and museologist, founder of the National Museum of Natural History in Bucharest and pioneer of modern biological dioramas; it can also designate an island or geographical structure named in his honor.
• Astrology — A pseudoscience, doctrine, or ancient belief system claiming that a causal relationship or symbolic correspondence exists between the positions and movements of celestial bodies and human destinies, personalities, or life events. Although historically intertwined with astronomy, in the modern era it is completely demarcated from science, functioning as a divinatory practice based on the interpretation of zodiac signs and natal charts.
• Babbage — A proper name of English origin, globally renowned due to Charles Babbage (1791–1871), a British mathematician, philosopher, and mechanical engineer, widely considered the father of computing for designing the first programmable mechanical computers: the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine. The term is used symbolically or academically as a foundational historical reference for the origins of modern computer architecture.