American rock group, the quintessential band of the 1980s. The members were Michael Stipe (b. January 4, 1960, Decatur, Georgia, U.S.), Peter Buck (b. December 6, 1956, Berkeley, California), Mike Mills (b. December 17, 1958, Orange, Cali...

cluster of doctrines and attitudes centred on the belief that government is both harmful and unnecessary. Anarchist thought developed in the West and spread throughout the world, principally in the early 20th century. Derived from the Gree...

Fraction of light reflected by a body or surface, commonly used in astronomy to describe the reflective properties of planets, natural satellites, and asteroids. “Normal” albedo (the relative brightness of a surface when illumi...

The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a[1] (pronounced /eɪ/), plural aes, as, or a's.[2]...

(Latin, Achilles) Hero of Greek legend. The young Achilleus had been dipped by his mother → Thetis in the water of the Styx to make him invulnerable, but the water did not touch the heel by which she held him (hence ‘Achilles&#...

Actrius (Actresses) is a 1996 film directed by Ventura Pons. In the film, there are no male actors and the four leading actresses dubbed themselves in the Castillian version....

International Atomic Time (TAI, from the French name Temps Atomique International) is a high-precision atomic time standard that tracks proper time on Earth's geoid. It is the principal realisation of Terrestrial Time, and the basis for Coo...

"Ang Lee astonishes," exclaimed film critic Stanley Kauffmann in a New Republic review of the Taiwanese-born director's 2000 hit, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. "The still-early career of this director would be incredible except the films...

1947- French mathematician who was awarded a Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to theories on operator algebras (including the classification and structure theorem of type III factors), C*-algebras, and the classifications of inje...

Current GDP per capita grew 40% in the Sixties reaching a peak growth of 538% in the Seventies. But this proved unsustainable and growth collapsed to a paltry 9.7% in the turbulent Eighties. Failure of timely reforms by successive governmen...

Characters in Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged. if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } Balph Eubank Called "the literary leader of the age", despite the fact that he is incapable o...

a form of speculative thought that, among other aims, tried to transform base metals such as lead or copper into silver or gold and to discover a cure for disease and a way of extending life. Alchemy was the name given in Latin Europe in t...

largely mountainous, landlocked country of south-central Europe. Together with Switzerland, it forms what has been characterized as the neutral core of Europe, notwithstanding Austria's full membership since 1995 in the supranational Europ...

Alien may refer to: if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } Science and engineering Alien (biology) Extraterrestrial life, in scientific context. Extraterrestrial life in popular cu...

Amoeboids are cells that move or feed by means of temporary projections, called pseudopods (false feet). They have appeared in a number of different groups. Some cells in multicellular animals may be amoeboid, for instance human white blood...

Asylum of the oppressed of every nation. O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot's devotion, A world offers homage to them. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a mo...

Austin may refer to: Geographical locations In the United States: Austin, Texas, the state capital of Texas Austin, Arkansas Austin, Colorado Austin, Chicago, in Illinois Austin, Indiana Austin, Minnesota Austin, Nevada Austin, Oregon In Ca...

in Greek religion, a deity of manifold function and meaning, after Zeus perhaps the most widely revered and influential of all the Greek gods. Though his original nature is obscure, from the time of Homer onward he was the god of divine di...

Superfamily of about 150 languages spoken by close to 90 million physically and culturally very diverse people in South and Southeast Asia. Today most scholars believe that it is subdivided into two families, Munda and Mon-Khmer. The prese...

small independent European coprincipality situated among the south slopes of the Pyrenees Mountains and bounded by Spain (south and west) and by France (north and east). It is one of the smallest states in Europe. The capital is Andorra la...

The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). The AFC was created after the NFL merged with the American Football League (AFL) in early 1970. The NFL's Cleveland Browns, Pittsbur...

Architecture is the art and science of design and structure. Architecture may also refer to:...

ADA is a three-letter acronym that may refer to: Aerolineas de Antioquia - A Colombian Airline Aeronautical Development Agency of India's Ministry of Defence Adangme language as its ISO 639 code Adenosine deaminase Ada (programming language...

Members of a group of mostly aquatic, photosynthetic organisms (&see; photosynthesis) that defy precise definition. They range in size from the microscopic flagellate Micromonas to giant kelp that reach 200 ft (60 m) in length. Algae provi...