AMU

As an abbreviation, AMU may refer to:

  • Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech republic
  • Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  • Agency for the Modernisation of Ukraine
  • African Mathematical Union
  • Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France
  • Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
  • American Military University, Charles Town, West Virginia
  • Arab Maghreb Union
  • Atomic mass unit, used to express atomic and molecular masses.
  • Ave Maria University, Florida, USA
  • Aviation Monetary Unit, slang amongst aircraft owners for $1,000, reflecting the high cost of ownership
  • Auxiliary Memory Units
  • African and Malagasy Union
  • Asian Monetary Unit
  • United States Army Medical Unit
  • Antarctic Micronational Union
  • Northern Rhodesian African Mineworkers' Union, a former Northern Rhodesian trade union
  • As an abbreviation, amu may refer to:

  • Atomic mass unit, the obsolete unit of atomic mass, one sixteenth of the mass of a neutral oxygen-16 atom in its ground state.
  • unified Atomic mass unit, aka Dalton (abbr. Da or u). The standard unit of atomic mass, one twelfth of the mass of a ground state carbon-12 atom.
  • Identity

    Identity may refer to:

    Philosophical topics

  • Identity (philosophy), also called sameness, is whatever makes an entity definable and recognizable
  • Law of identity, principle of logic stating that an object is the same as itself
  • Personal identity, the numerical identity (continuity of existence) of persons through time
  • Personal conception and expression

  • Gender identity, also known as core gender identity, the gender(s) or lack thereof, that a person self-identifies
  • Identity formation, the process of the development of the distinct personality of an individual
  • Identity (social science), individuality, personal identity, social identity, and cultural identity in psychology, sociology, and philosophy
  • Persona, a social role or a character played by an actor with oneself
  • Sexual identity, how people identify their own sexuality
  • National identity, a person's citizenship, immigration status or their allegiance to a country
  • Specifications of persons

  • Identity change
  • Identity document
  • Identity theft, the deliberate appropriation of someone else's identity (without that person's permission) for criminal purposes
  • Identity (novel)

    Identity (French: L'Identité) is a novel by Franco-Czech writer Milan Kundera, published in 1998. It is possibly his most traditional novel in terms of narrative structure. It's also one of his shortest novels.

    References


    Germfree Adolescents

    Germfree Adolescents is the debut album of English punk rock band X-Ray Spex. It contained the UK hit singles "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo" (No. 23 in April 1978), "Identity" (No. 24 in July 1978) and "Germfree Adolescents" which reached No. 18 in November 1978.

    Reception

    The album received wide acclaim upon its release. In his February 1979 Consumer Guide in the Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau bemoaned the fact that Germfree Adolescents had not been released in the US and praised Poly Styrene's "cheerfully moralistic nursery rhymes", strong melodies and the "irresistible color" of the band's "dubiously tuned one-sax horn section".Trouser Press called it "a masterpiece!"The Rough Guide to Rock calls it a "storming album".

    Legacy

    In 1994, The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music named Germfree Adolescents the eighth best punk album of all time. Seven years later, in May 2001, Spin magazine ranked the album number 5 in its "50 Most Essential Punk Records". In March 2003, Mojo magazine ranked the LP number 19 in its 'Top 50 Punk Albums'. The album is listed as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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