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Spence, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Spence, Michael (Andrew Michael Spence), 1943–, American economist and educator, b. Montclair, N.J., Ph.D. Harvard, 1972. He has taught at Stanford (1973–75, 1990–99), Harvard (1975–90…privacy, right of
(Encyclopedia) privacy, right of, the right to be left alone without unwarranted intrusion by government, media, or other institutions or individuals. While a consensus supporting the right to…spintronics
(Encyclopedia) spintronics,&sp;spin electronics, or magnetoelectronics, science and technology that harnesses the spin state of electrons in addition to the electrical charge state to store data…Georgia Institute of Technology
(Encyclopedia) Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant…Western Ontario, University of
(Encyclopedia) Western Ontario, University of, at London, Ont., Canada; nondenominational; coeducational; chartered 1878. It has faculties of arts, education, science, music, social science,…Fuchs, Klaus Emil
(Encyclopedia) Fuchs, Klaus EmilFuchs, Klaus Emilf&oobreve;ks, f&oomacr;ks [key], 1912–88, British physicist and Communist spy, b. Germany. In 1933 he fled Germany for England, where he…Panama Papers
(Encyclopedia) Panama Papers, popular name for the some 11.5 million internal documents belonging to the Panamanian-based law firm Mossack Fonseca that revealed information about secret offshore…Censorinus
(Encyclopedia) CensorinusCensorinussĕnsōrīˈnəs [key], fl. c.238, Roman grammarian. He wrote De die natali [on the day of birth], an essay partly astrological, partly chronological, which affords much…barcode
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Barcode barcode, computer coding system that uses a printed pattern of lines and bars to identify such things as products, mail and packages, and customer accounts; the term…communications industry
(Encyclopedia) communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the…Trending
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