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Theories of the Universe: Quantum Potential

Quantum PotentialTheories of the UniverseThe Universe As a HologramAction at a DistanceQuantum PotentialThe Importance of WholenessOrdered RealityThe Holographic Universe Universal Constants…

Sacramento, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) SacramentoSacramentosăkrəmĕnˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif., on the Sacramento River at its confluence with the American…

Balboa, Vasco Núñez de

(Encyclopedia) Balboa, Vasco Núñez deBalboa, Vasco Núñez debălbōˈə, Span. väˈskō n&oomacr;ˈnyāth dā bälbōˈä [key], c.1475–1519, Spanish conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. After…

Powell, John Wesley

(Encyclopedia) Powell, John Wesley, 1834–1902, American geologist and ethnologist, b. Mt. Morris (now part of New York City). The family moved to Illinois, where Powell joined the Natural History…

Laredo

(Encyclopedia) LaredoLaredolərāˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 122,899), seat of Webb co., S Tex., on the Rio Grande; founded 1755, inc. 1852. It is a port of entry on the U.S.-Mexican border, with a…

europium

(Encyclopedia) europiumeuropiumy&oobreve;rōˈpēəm [key] [from Europe], metallic chemical element; symbol Eu; at. no. 63; at. wt. 151.964; m.p. about 820℃; b.p. about 1,600℃; sp. gr. 5.25 at 25℃;…

erbium

(Encyclopedia) erbiumerbiumûrˈbēəm [key] [from Ytterby, a town in Sweden], metallic chemical element; symbol Er; at. no. 68; at. wt. 167.259; m.p. 1,529℃; b.p. 2,863℃; sp. gr. 9.05 at 25℃; valence +3…

Alvarez, Luis Walter

(Encyclopedia) Alvarez, Luis Walter, 1911–88, American physicist, b. San Francisco, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1932, Ph.D. 1936. He was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of a…

Hubble, Edwin Powell

(Encyclopedia) Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, American astronomer, b. Marshfield, Mo. He did research (1914–17) at Yerkes Observatory, and joined (1919) the staff of Mt. Wilson Observatory,…

Janus, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) JanusJanusjāˈnəs [key], in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn X (or S10), Janus is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body…