Pauline Van der Cruysse
Pauline Van der Cruysse is a Belgian model.
Peristyle
A peristyle is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building surrounding a court that may contain an internal garden.
Pudlo Pudlat
Pudlo Pudlat was a widely known Inuit artist whose preferred medium was a combination of acrylic wash and coloured pencils.
Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British artillery officer, archaeologist and South American explorer. Along with his son, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find "Z" — his name for what he believed to be an ancient lost city in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.
Portmeirion
Portmeirion is a popular tourist village in North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village and is now owned by a charitable trust.
Pierre Louis Delaval
Pierre Louis Delaval was a French painter.
Peau d’Espagne
In the 16th century, tanners used to scent chamois with essences of flowers, herbs and fruits and as a final step smear it with civet and musk. It is said by some, probably with a certain degree of truth, that Peau d'Espagne is of all perfumes that which most nearly approaches the odor of a woman's skin.
Physics for Entertainment
Published in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainment was translated from Russian into many languages and influenced science students around the world. Among them was Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, the Russian mathematician (unrelated to the author), who solved the Poincaré conjecture, and who was awarded and rejected the Fields Medal. Grigori's father, an electrical engineer, gave him Physics for Entertainment to encourage his son's interest in mathematics. In the foreword, the book’s author describes the contents as “conundrums, brain-teasers, entertaining anecdotes, and unexpected comparisons,” adding, “I have quoted extensively from Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mark Twain and other writers, because, besides providing entertainment, the fantastic experiments these writers describe may well serve as instructive illustrations at physics classes.” The book’s topics included how to jump from a moving car, and why, “according to the law of buoyancy, we would never drown in the Dead Sea.”
Patrick Rylands
Patrick Rylands was chief designer at Ambi Toys for more than 30 years, and responsible for some of the most-loved baby and toddler toys. He combined simplicity of design with movement, sound and bright primary colours to ensure that children grew up knowing exactly how to fit three miniature plastic ducks in one big one.
Papier d’Arménie
Papier d'Arménie is a room deodorizing product sold as booklets of twelve sheets of paper each cut into three pieces, which are coated with benzoin resin, the dried sap of styrax trees.