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Baskin, Leonard
(Encyclopedia) Baskin, Leonard, 1922–2000, American sculptor, graphic artist, and teacher, b. New Brunswick, N.J. In sculptural and graphic works that are figurative in style, Baskin's images of a…Psilotophyta
(Encyclopedia) PsilotophytaPsilotophytasīlōˌtŏfˈətə [key], division of vascular plants consisting of only two genera, Psilotum and Tmesipteris, with very few species. These plants are characterized…Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Name at birth: Cristina FernándezCristina Fernández de Kirchner was elected president of Argentina in 2007. Her candidacy was boosted by the fact that her husband, Néstor Kirchner, was at the time…Plant Kingdom
(or Plantae) Virtually all other living creatures depend on plants to survive. Through photosynthesis, plants convert energy from sunlight into food stored as carbohydrates. Because animals cannot…Song of the Bowmen of Shu
Song of the Bowmen of ShuHere we are, picking the first fern-shoots And saying: When shall we get back to our country? Here we are because we have the Ken-nin for our foemen, We have no…Microevolution and Macroevolution: Macroevolution
MacroevolutionMicroevolution and MacroevolutionIntroductionMicroevolutionSpeciationMacroevolution Whereas microevolution explains diversification on an individual level over relatively short…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 20, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 19, 1806January 21, 1806January 20, 1806 Tuesday January 20th 1806. Visited this morning by three Clatsops who remained with us all day;…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fragments on Nature and Life, Nature
NatureThe patient Pan, Drunken with nectar, Sleeps or feigns slumber, Drowsily humming Music to the march of time. This poor tooting, creaking cricket, Pan, half asleep, rolling over His…Brewer's: Fangled
A new-fangled notion is one just started or entertained. (Saxon, fengan, to begin.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fanny FernFangs A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Fantigue
(2 syl.). A function; a fussy anxiety; that restless, nervous commotion which persons have who are phantom-struck. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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