The economist Herbert Cole Coombs (1906-1997) was appointed to a series of public positions which allowed him more influence on the shape of post-war Australia than all except a few prime ministers. Widely respected by all sections of the ...

H. E. Bates was one of the most prolific English writers of his generation. From 1926 to 1972 he published, on average, more than one book of fiction a year as well as many nonfiction and juvenile works. He is best known for the power of h...

(1881–1967), Chinese politician. Better known to Westerners as H. H. Kong, Kong Xiangxi was born in 1881 in Taigu, Shanxi Province, China, and claimed to be a direct descendant (seventyfifth generation) of Confucius (551–479 ...

H. L. Davis is best known for his five novels--Honey in the Horn (1935), Harp of a Thousand Strings (1947), Beulah Land (1949), Winds of Morning (1952), The Distant Music (1957)--and his short stories, but he also wrote poetry, essays, and...

During his long and varied literary career, H. M. Tomlinson wrote thirty book-length works that, in terms of sheer volume and variety, place him among the most prolific writers of the modern age. His books include collections of essays, li...

H. Robert Horvitz identified the genes that play a significant role in programmed cell death and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); he also discovered a new receptor that responds to serotonin. His pioneering research was performed on th...

Instantaneous identification of an author with a popular and well-known creation, in this case a curious monkey, is the hallmark of significant contribution. H. A. Rey and his collaborator wife, Margret, were so closely linked with Curious...

The American poet, translator, and novelist Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961), generally called H. D., was an imagist whose lyric art conveys intense feelings through sharp images and "free" forms. Hilda Doolittle was born on Sept. 10, 1886, in ...

Herbert Vere Evatt (1894-1965) was an Australian statesman, judge, and author. He laid the foundations of Australia's foreign policy and played an important part in establishing the United Nations. Herbert Vere Evatt was a noted internatio...

In the mid-1940s, A. J. Haagen-Smit led investigations into the origins of smog. Through his research he discovered that smog is created by the oxidation of organic material in the air. Haagen-Smit spent a major part of his life challengin...

First economically feasible method of directly synthesizing ammonia from hydrogen gas and atmospheric nitrogen. It was developed &circa; 1909 by Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch (1874–1940), prompted by rapidly increasing demand for nitrog...

Habits are automatic routines of behavior that are repeated regularly, without thinking. They are learned , not instinctive , human behaviors that occur automatically, without the explicit contemporaneous intention of the person. The perso...

The human race is in a precarious situation as a result of its exploitation of natural ecosystems. Humans must balance their current resource needs with the future land-use needs of wildlife and people. As such, it makes sense to care for ...

As institutionalized in the U. S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, critical habitat is considered the area necessary to the survival of a species, and, in the case of endangered and threatened species, essential to their recovery. An anim...

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy. Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing. My pr...

Reduction of an animal's behavioral response to a stimulus, as a result of a lack of reinforcement during continual exposure to the stimulus. Habituation is usually considered a form of learning in which behaviours not needed are eliminate...

For years, "hacker" was a positive term that described computer enthusiasts who had a zeal for computer programming. Those who hacked took pride in their ability to write computer programs that stretched the capabilities of c...

Just like myths and folk tales that have been passed down from generation to generation, a common and rather stereotypical view of hacking has been passed down through the years. In the 1960's, universities with mainframe computers like at ...

This page lacks sufficient introduction or links to Wikipedia . Without such information, it is hard to distinguish this topic from similarly-named topics or to research quotations. You can help Wikiquote by adding it . Contents 1 .hack//R...

.hack//Sign is a anime series, produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual , that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise. Contents 1 A-20 2 Bear (ベア, Bea) 3 BT 4 Crim (クリム, Kurimu) 5 Mimiru (ミミ...

Rachel Hadas, a poet, translator, essayist, critic, and professor of literature, grew up in an environment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan contiguous to Columbia University and connected with the generation of New York intellectuals th...

In Greek mythology, there lived immortal gods who took the image and characteristics of humans. These various gods held great powers and with these powers they had to play key roles in the universe, nature, and every persons life. Of the ...

SOURCE: Axters, Stephanus. “Before Ruysbroeck.” In The Spirituality of the Old Low Countries, translated by Donald Attwater, pp. 9-28. London: Blackfriars Publications, 1954. In the following excerpt, Axters sums up Hadewijch's mystical...

Hadood (plural of hadd, Arabic for "punishments"), are four Law Ordinances that were ordered by General Zia ul-Haq of Pakistan on 10 February 1979, and passed by the Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan. The main purpose o...