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Blue Mountains, United States
(Encyclopedia) Blue Mountains, uplifted, eroded part of the Columbia Plateau, c.6,500 ft (1,980 m) high, NE Oreg. and SE Wash. Lava flows cover much of the surface. The upper, wooded slopes are used…Zeeman, Pieter
(Encyclopedia) Zeeman, PieterZeeman, Pieterpēˈtər zāˈmän [key], 1865–1943, Dutch physicist. He was professor of physics at the Univ. of Amsterdam from 1900 and director of the Physical Institute,…Wilson, Edmund Beecher
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, Edmund Beecher, 1856–1939, American zoologist, b. Geneva, Ill., grad. Yale (Ph.B., 1878), Johns Hopkins (Ph.D., 1881). He taught at Bryn Mawr (1885–91) and at Columbia (1891–…Texas Woman's University
(Encyclopedia) Texas Woman's University, main campus at Denton; state supported; primarily for women; est. 1901. It is the largest state-supported university for women in the country. There are…Svedberg, Theodor
(Encyclopedia) Svedberg, Theodor or TheSvedberg, Theodor or Thetāˈōdôr svādˈbĕryə, tā [key], 1884–1971, Swedish chemist. He was professor of physical chemistry from 1912 to 1949 at the Univ. of…Camp, Walter Chauncey
(Encyclopedia) Camp, Walter Chauncey, 1859–1925, American athlete, football coach, administrator, b. New Britain, Conn. In his three years as captain at Yale Univ. in the 1880s, Camp shaped the rules…Onsager, Lars
(Encyclopedia) Onsager, Lars, 1903–76, American physical chemist, b. Oslo, Ph.D. Yale, 1935. Onsager taught at Brown Univ. from 1928 to 1933 and was on the faculty at Yale from 1933 until his…occasionalism
(Encyclopedia) occasionalism, metaphysical doctrine that denies that finite things have any active power and asserts that God is the only cause, whereas physical events and mental states are only…Gullstrand, Allvar
(Encyclopedia) Gullstrand, AllvarGullstrand, Allvarälˈvär gŭlˈstränd [key], 1862–1930, Swedish ophthalmologist. He was professor (1894–1927) successively of eye therapy and of optics at the Univ. of…Hasselmann, Klaus
(Encyclopedia) Hasselmann, Klaus, 1931–, b. Hamburg, Germany. German climate scientist and oceanographer. Hasselmann is the founder and former director…Trending
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