Owen Chamberlain won the 1959 Nobel Prize in physics for confirming the existence of the antiproton. He shared this honor with his colleague of many years, Emilio Segrè. The antiproton was hypothesized as being a mirror image of the proton, a...

With "The Feminine Mystique," Betty Friedan gave rise to the modern women's movement, striking a chord that continues to ring four decades later.Friedan and Coretta Scott King gained fame as crusaders for human rights. Shelley Winters and Wendy Wasserstein made their mark in the performing...