The Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) is noted for his studies of insect behavior and sensory physiology. His most famous discovery was that honeybees communicate by waggle dancing. Karl von Frisch was born on November 20, 188...

Solger, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand(1780–1819) Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Solger, the German romantic philosopher, was born in Schwedt. He studied jurisprudence, philology, and philosophy at the University of Halle and at Jena, where he hear...

The critic and author Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829) was one of the chief founders of the German romantic movement. He is best known for his writings in literary theory and cultural history. Friedrich von Schlegel was born in Hanover o...

Karl Ziegler was born in Helsa, Germany, on November 26, 1898. At age eighteen he entered the University of Marburg/Lahn to begin advanced courses in chemistry. In 1920 he received his doctorate in organic chemistry. Following a brief stin...

Karma Karma (Sanskrit, karman ; literally, "deed," "action") is an adjunct in Indian religious thought to the doctrine of Reincarnation. In one form or another, it is part of the beliefs of Buddhism, Jainism, an...

As diverse as the culture of India may be, one common assumption undergirds virtually all major systems of South Asian religious thought and practice: a person's behavior leads irrevocably to an appropriate reward or punishment comm...

1905-1982 Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1905, Borsuk earned his doctorate in geometry from the University of Warsaw in 1930. Other than several one-year appointments spent in the United States, Borsuk lectured in Warsaw for the balance of his...

Karsavin, Lev Platonovich(1882 Meerson, Michael Aksionov, The Trinity of Love in Modern Russian Theology (Franciscan Press: 1998)....

MURUKAṈ, the Tamil name for the Hindu deity also known by such names as Skanda, Kumāra, Subrahmaṇyam, or Kārttikeya. The name is sometimes transcribed as Murugan. While Murukaṉ is the most popular god in ...

KARUṆĀ, normally translated as "compassion," is a term central to the entire Buddhist tradition. When linked with prajñā ("wisdom") it constitutes one of the two pillars of Buddhism. ...

(2000 pop. 6,500). A lively Mediterranean coastal resort town in Turkey, Kas lies between Antalya and Fethiye. The economy depends entirely on seasonal tourism and civil service jobs. The easternmost of the Greek Dodacanese Islands, Kastel...

Japanese physicist who, with T. Nakano, developed the concept of "strangeness" to refer to properties of some subatomic particles. Strangeness is one of the so-called "quantum numbers" that can be used to descri...

Kate Chopin introduced to the reading public a new fictional setting: the charming, somewhat isolated region along the Cane River in north central Louisiana, an area populated by Creoles, Acadians, and blacks. Beginning in the 1960s, her f...

1865-1933 American engineer and businesswoman who became the first female president of a United States bank, as well as the first woman to join the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Kate Gleason was born in Rochester, New York. At ...

Long known as the "first lady of radio," Kate Smith starred on CBS radio from 1931-1947, always opening with her theme song, "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain." The lyrics of this song were adapted from a p...

Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003) was a critically successful actress on the stage and on the screen for over 50 years, delighting audiences with her energy, her grace, and her determination. Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut...

KENYON, KATHLEEN. Kathleen Mary Kenyon (1906–1978) was born in London on January 5, 1906. She graduated from Somerville College, Oxford, in 1929, and in 1934 she cofounded, with Mortimer Wheeler and Tessa Wheeler, the University of ...

(2002 pop. 713,000). Built in 723 CE by King Gun Kamdev and the Newar peoples, Kathmandu, located in the southern Himalayas at an altitude of 1,220 meters (4,000 feet) near the Baghmanti and Vishumanti rivers, is the capital city of Nepal....

American Astronaut and Geologist 1951- Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space when she left the space shuttle Challenger in October 1984 to conduct experiments demonstrating the feasibility of satellite refueling...

(1860–1926), Japanese politician. Of samurai lineage from the Owari domain (present-day Aichi Prefecture), Kato Takaaki was one of imperial Japan's ablest diplomats and most powerful champions of parliamentary government. Gra...

The mischievous brothers Hans and Fritz Katzenjammer were invented by German-born cartoonist Rudolph Dirks in 1897. Along with the Yellow Kid, Happy Hooligan, and Little Nemo, they became pioneering stars of the American newspaper funny pa...

KOHLER, KAUFMANN (1843–1926), Reform rabbi, scholar, and theologian. Born in Fürth, Bavaria, into a pious Orthodox family of rabbinical ancestry, Kohler entered the Gymnasium in Frankfurt in 1862 and continued his earlier rab...

India's Kaveri or Cauvery River, 760 kilometers long, was originally called the Daksina Ganga, or "southern Ganges," and the whole of its course is holy to Hindus. It rises in Coorg District toward the southern end of ...

Kawasaki syndrome is a potentially fatal inflammatory disease that affects several organ systems in the body, including the heart, circulatory system, mucous membranes, skin, and immune system. Infants and children are at highest risk (80%...

(2002 est. pop. 243,000). The Kayah (Karenni) State is the smallest ethnic minority state in Myanmar (Burma), but it has a unique history of independence. The inhabitants are predominantly ethnic Karen hill peoples. They take their collect...