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Kosygin, Alexei Nikolayevich
(Encyclopedia) Kosygin, Alexei NikolayevichKosygin, Alexei Nikolayevichəlyĭksyāˈ nyĭkə līˈəvĭch kəsēˈgĭn [key], 1904–80, Soviet political leader. A member of the Communist party from 1927, he joined…Johnson, Alexander Bryan
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Alexander Bryan, 1786–1867, American philosopher and semanticist, b. Gosport, England. He immigrated (1801) to the United States and eventually became a wealthy banker in…Boerhaave, Hermann
(Encyclopedia) Boerhaave, HermannBoerhaave, Hermannhĕrˈmän b&oomacr;rˈhävə [key], 1668–1738, Dutch physician and humanist. One of the most influential clinicians and teachers of the 18th cent.,…Weinreich, Uriel
(Encyclopedia) Weinreich, Uriel, 1926–67, Polish-American linguist, b. Vilnius, Poland (now in Lithuania), Ph.D. Columbia Univ., 1951. Weinreich taught linguistics at Columbia (1951–67) and is noted…tonality
(Encyclopedia) tonalitytonalitytōnălˈĭtē [key], in music, quality by which all tones of a composition are heard in relation to a central tone called the keynote or tonic. In music that has harmony…Bearden, Romare
(Encyclopedia) Bearden, RomareBearden, Romarerōmâr bĭrˈdən [key], 1911–88, American painter and collagist, b. Charlotte, N.C. Bearden grew up in Harlem and studied at New York Univ. and the Art…Wissler, Clark
(Encyclopedia) Wissler, Clark, 1870–1947, American anthropologist, b. Wayne, Ind., grad. Indiana Univ., 1897, Ph.D. Columbia, 1901. At first a teacher of psychology, he became interested in…pharmacology
(Encyclopedia) pharmacology, study of the changes produced in living animals by chemical substances, especially the actions of drugs, substances used to treat disease. Systematic investigation of the…Geneva Convention (IV): Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons, Part II
Part IIGeneral Protection of Populations Against Certain Consequences of WarArticle 13The provisions of Part II cover the whole of the populations of the countries in conflict, without any…What Makes a Compound Ionic or Molecular/Covalent: Video and Related Content
/**/ Back to Video Archive Watch this video to better understand the difference between ionic and molecular (covalent) compounds and…Trending
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