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Chaos

(Encyclopedia) ChaosChaoskāˈōs [key], in Greek religion and mythology, vacant, unfathomable space. From it arose all things, earthly and divine. There are various legends explaining it. In one…

Chao, Elaine

secretary of LaborBirthplace: TaiwanBorn: 3/26/53

Brewer's: Chaos

(kaos ). Confusion; that confused mass of elemental substances supposed to have existed before God reduced creation into order. The poet Hesiod is the first extant writer that speaks of it…

Elaine Chao

Name at birth: Elaine ChaoElaine Chao was Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush and served four years as Secretary of Commerce under President Donald Trump. Elaine Chao was born in…

Wu Chao

Wu Chao (also Wu Hou or Wu Zetien) was born into a noble Chinese family and began serving the emperor as a concubine when she was a young teenager. As the mother of two of the emperor's sons, Wu…

chaos theory

(Encyclopedia) chaos theory, in mathematics, physics, and other fields, a set of ideas that attempts to reveal structure in aperiodic, unpredictable dynamic systems such as cloud formation or the…

Lorenz, Edward Norton

(Encyclopedia) Lorenz, Edward Norton, 1917–2008, American meteorologist and pioneer of chaos theory, b. West Hartford, Conn., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948. Lorenz became…

Elaine Chao Biography

Elaine ChaoGeorge W. Bush's secretary of Labor Born: 1953Birthplace: Taiwan Chao has a distinguished career in public service, having served as President Bush's deputy secretary of…

Stephen Chao Biography

Stephen Chaomovie producer, TV executive After graduating from Harvard University in 1977 with a degree in classics, Chao became a reporter for the National Enquirer. He received an MBA from…

Elaine Chao, 2001 News

conservative commentator, withdrew her name as President Bush's nominee for secretary of labor in January, after it was revealed that she had sheltered and provided financial assistance to…