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Genet, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Genet, JeanGenet, JeanzhäN [key]Genet, Jean zhənāˈ [key], 1910–86, French dramatist. Deserted by his parents as an infant, Genet spent much of his early life in reformatories and…

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist famous for his studies of the intellectual growth of children and his influential theories of cognitive development. Piaget's background was in biology, and as a…

Genet, Edmond Charles Édouard

(Encyclopedia) Genet, Edmond Charles ÉdouardGenet, Edmond Charles ÉdouardĕdmôNˈ shärl ādwärˈ zhənāˈ [key], 1763–1834, French diplomat, known as Citizen Genet. He had served as a French representative…

Rosset, Barney Lee, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Rosset, Barney Lee, Jr., 1922–2012, American publisher, b. Chicago. As head (1951–85) of Grove Press, he published literary works previously deemed too obscene or unconventional for…

XYZ Affair

(Encyclopedia) XYZ Affair, name usually given to an incident (1797–98) in Franco-American diplomatic relations. The United States had in 1778 entered into an alliance with France, but after the…

Artaud, Antonin

(Encyclopedia) Artaud, AntoninArtaud, AntoninäNtônăNˈ ärtōˈ [key], 1896–1948, French poet, actor, and director. During the 1920s and 30s he was associated with various experimental theater groups in…

White, Edmund

(Encyclopedia) White, Edmund (Edmund Valentine White 3d), 1940–, American writer, b. Cincinnati, B.A. Univ. of Michigan, 1962. White is one of the best known—and probably the finest stylist—of the…

genet

(Encyclopedia) genet: see civet.

Genetics & Evolution

Cloning Milestones Cloning: Facts and Fallacies Should We Play God?  Clones Aren't Exact Copies The Cloning Quandary Cloning Facts and Fallacies Oldest Human Remains in North America Found…