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Montagnier, Luc Antoine

(Encyclopedia) Montagnier, Luc Antoine, 1932–, French virologist, M.D. Sorbonne, 1960. Montagnier was a researcher at the Medical Research Council at Carshalton, London (1960–63), the Institute of…

Penrose, Sir Roger

(Encyclopedia) Penrose, Sir Roger, 1931–, British mathematical physicist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1958. He taught and conducted research at a number of British and American colleges and universities before…

Cronin, James Watson

(Encyclopedia) Cronin, James Watson, 1931–2016, American nuclear physicist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1955. Cronin and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in…

de Duve, Christian

(Encyclopedia) de Duve, Christian (Christian Renē Maria Joseph de Duve), 1917–2013, Belgian cell biologist, b. England, M.D., Catholic Univ. of Louvain, 1941. He joined the faculty at Louvain in 1947…

Gilman, Alfred Goodman

(Encyclopedia) Gilman, Alfred Goodman, 1941–2015, American biochemist, b. New Haven, Conn., M.D., Ph.D. Case Western Reserve Univ., 1969. He taught at the Univ. of Virginia (1971–1981) before…

Flores, island, Indonesia

(Encyclopedia) Flores Flores flôrˈĕs [key], island, 6,627 sq mi (17,164 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser…

Victoria, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Victoria, city (1991 pop. 71,228), capital of British Columbia, SW Canada, on Vancouver Island and Juan de Fuca Strait. It is the largest city on the island and its major port and…

Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia) Bessel, Friedrich WilhelmBessel, Friedrich Wilhelmfrēdˈrĭkh vĭlˈhĕlm bĕsˈəl [key], 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He became (1810) director of the new observatory at…

First Cloned Piglets

And other recent science discoveries by Otto Johnson More Discoveries IntroductionIce Age Haute CoutureAntisocial Brain Tissue DeficitNew Orleans, the New Atlantis?Snakes with Legs?…

Antisocial Brain Tissue Deficit

And other recent science discoveries by Otto Johnson More Discoveries IntroductionIce Age Haute CoutureNew Orleans, the New Atlantis?First Cloned PigletsSnakes with Legs?Our…