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2004 MacArthur Foundation Awards
The MacArthur Foundation awards monetary prizes each year in order to provide financial assistance for selected innovators.Angela Belcher, 37, nanotechnologist; Cambridge, Mass.Gretchen…DJ Culture
Author: Ulf Poschardt Publisher: Quartet Books Ulf Poschardt's DJ Culture is a surprisingly useful survey history of cut 'n paste sonic lifestyles, although you'll have to head to www.…Movies and Film: How to Recognize a Great Director
How to Recognize a Great DirectorMovies and FilmFilm DirectingHow to Recognize a Great DirectorTheories of DirectingThe DirectorsSome Films on Directing Great is pretty vague and subjective. That'…Pi Day
A day to celebrate all things round by Catherine McNiff 3.1415926535897932. . . Approximated as 3.14, the Greek letter for pi is an irrational (cannot be written as a simple fraction…America's Top Ten Green Buildings
Green (and aesthetic) innovation Related Links Building Green Earth Day A Warming Ocean Cleanest U.S. Cities for Ozone Air Pollution World's Tallest Buildings The American Institute of Architects…securities trading
(Encyclopedia) securities trading, financial activity involving transactions of property such as stocks, bonds, commodities, and currency (see securities). Although the trading of stocks and bonds…2001 National Medal of Science Recipients
Andreas Acrivos, Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, for his pioneering research in fluid mechanics and leadership in the…cellular telephone
(Encyclopedia) cellular telephone or cellular radio, telecommunications system in which a portable or mobile radio transmitter and receiver, or “cellphone,” is linked via microwave radio frequencies…Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
(Encyclopedia) Chekhov, Anton PavlovichChekhov, Anton Pavlovichchĕkˈôf, Rus. əntônˈ pävˈləvĭch chĕˈkhəv [key], 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer, dramatist, and physician, b. Taganrog. The son of…electronics industry
(Encyclopedia) electronics industry, the business of creating, designing, producing, and selling devices such as radios, televisions, stereos, computers, semiconductors, transistors, and integrated…Trending
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