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Moreau, Jean Victor

(Encyclopedia) Moreau, Jean VictorMoreau, Jean VictorzhäN vēktôrˈ [key]Moreau, Jean Victor môrōˈ [key], 1763–1813, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. Despite his successes on the Rhine…

Boyle, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Robert, 1627–91, Anglo-Irish physicist and chemist. The seventh son of the 1st earl of Cork, he was educated at Eton and on the Continent and conducted most of his researches at…

Southampton

(Encyclopedia) Southampton, city and unitary authority (2011 pop. 236,882), S England, at the head of Southampton Water. Southampton is Britain's second largest port. The London-Southampton railway,…

Randall, Lisa

(Encyclopedia) Randall, Lisa, 1962–, American theoretical physicist and writer, b. New York City, B.A. Harvard University, 1983, Ph.D. Harvard…

Nenets Autonomous Area

(Encyclopedia) Nenets Autonomous AreaNenets Autonomous Areanyĕˈnyĭts [key], administrative division (1990 est. pop. 55,000), 68,224 sq mi (176,700 sq km), extreme NE European Russia. Formed in 1929,…

roentgenium

(Encyclopedia) roentgenium, artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Rg; at. no. 111; mass number of most stable isotope 280; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence unknown. Situated in…

Inventions: Look for Inventions

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Inventions Look for Inventions Inventions and Discoveries National Inventors Hall of Fame Invention Dimension Invention Archives Famous…

Politics and Pipelines

Political problems, huge investments confront major oil discovery by David Johnson This article was posted on August 27, 2000. Oil drilling stations like the one above will…

Science News, 2009

Major science news stories, from the fossil Ardi to new mammogram recommendations by Holly B. Miller & Beth Rowen MicroscopeRelated Links 2009 Year in Review 2009 News of…