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Kamen, Martin David
(Encyclopedia) Kamen, Martin DavidKamen, Martin Davidkāˈmən [key], 1913–2002, American biochemist, b. Toronto, Canada, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.S., Ph.D. 1937). He discovered carbon-14, the…Dean Kamen Biography
Dean KamenBorn: 1951 Medication Infusion Pumps. Kamen's first major innovation was the AutoSyringe, a wearable device that delivered precise doses of medication to diabetics and other…Martin Kamen 2002 Deaths
Martin KamenAge: 89 biochemist who discovered carbon-14, which is used to date archeological and anthropological artifacts and led to the understanding of chemical processes in plants and…Captain Jack
(Encyclopedia) Captain Jack (d. 1873), subchief of the Modoc and leader of the hostile group in the Modoc War (1872–73). Jack, whose Modoc name was KintpuashCaptain Jackkĭntˈp&oomacr;äsh [key],…Kerouac, Jack
(Encyclopedia) Kerouac, Jack (John Kerouac)Kerouac, Jackkĕrˈəwăkˌ [key], 1922–69, American novelist, b. Lowell, Mass., studied at Columbia. One of the leaders of the beat generation, a term he is…Jack Russell terrier
(Encyclopedia) Jack Russell terrier, breed of dog developed in the 19th cent. by an English clergyman, the Rev. John (Parson Jack) Russell, 1795–1883, for hunting. The Jack Russell resembles the fox…jack, mechanical device
(Encyclopedia) jack, mechanical device used to multiply a relatively small applied force so that it can lift and support heavy loads, or sometimes, move massive objects into a desired position. The…Mandelstam, Osip Emilyevich
(Encyclopedia) Mandelstam, Osip EmilyevichMandelstam, Osip Emilyevichôˈsĭp ĕmyēlˈyəvĭch mänˈdĭlstəm [key], 1892–1938, Russian poet. Mandelstam was a leader of the Acmeist school. He wrote impersonal…LaLanne, Jack
(Encyclopedia) LaLanne, JackLaLanne, Jackləlānˈ [key], 1914–2011, American fitness advocate and television personality, b. San Francisco as François Henri LaLanne. Widely regarded as the founder of…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: K
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