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(Encyclopedia)Karikó, Katalin, Jan., 1955–, b. Szolnok, Hungary, Hungarian-American biochemist, studied at József Attila Univ., Szeged, ...L'Huillier, Anne
(Encyclopedia)Anne L'Huillier, 1958–, b. Paris, France, French-Swedish physicist, studied at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, and Commissariat à l’Energ...Cirebon
(Encyclopedia)Cirebon chēˌrĭbŏnˈ [key], formerly Tjirebon, port city, district, and seaport, N Java, I...Champaign
(Encyclopedia)Champaign shămpānˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 88,302), Champaign co., E central Ill.; inc. 1860. ...Eiseley, Loren Corey
(Encyclopedia)Eiseley, Loren Corey īzˈlē [key], 1907–77, American anthropologist, b. Lincoln, Nebr. He taught anthropology at the Univ. of Kansas (1937–44), was chair of sociology and anthropology at Oberlin...Huesca
(Encyclopedia)Huesca wāˈskä [key], town, capital of Huesca prov., NE Spain, in Aragón, at the foot of t...Hasselmann, Klaus
(Encyclopedia)Hasselmann, Klaus, 1931–, b. Hamburg, Germany. German climate scientist and oceanographer. Hasselmann is the founder and former director of the Max ...Jyväskylä
(Encyclopedia)Jyväskylä yüˈvăsküˌlă [key], city (1998 pop. 76,948), Western Finland prov., S central Finland. Situated on Lake Päijänne, it is an important port. Paper and wood products, metals, wool, and...Rajshahi
(Encyclopedia)Rajshahi rämˈpo͝or bōäˈlēä [key], city (1991 pop. 318,000), W central Bangladesh, on the Ganges River. It is the administrative center for a district that produces practically all of the count...Robbins, Lionel Charles
(Encyclopedia)Robbins, Lionel Charles, 1898–1984, British economist, b. Middlesex, England. A professor at the London School of Economics (1929–61), he wrote the well-known methodological treatise, An Essay in ...Browse by Subject
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