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Biologists, botanists, geneticists, medical scientists, microbiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and zoologists Related Links Cloning: Facts and Fallacies…Infoplease's Recommended Books to Read During the Summer
From One Hundred Years of Solitude to The Omnivore's Dilemma by Dana Quigley Related Links Guide to Summer Nobel Prize Books and Literature Summer brings not only warm…1980 Olympic Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 5 Eric Heiden, USA Sp. Skating 5-0-0 3 Nikolai Zimatov,…Men's Olympic Luge
SinglesYear Time1964 Thomas Köhler, GER 3:26.77 1968 Manfred Schmid, AUT 2:52.48 1972 Wolfgang Scheidel, E. Ger 3:27.58 1976 Dettlef Günther, E. Ger 3:27.6881980 Bernhard Glass, E. Ger 2…1976 Olympic Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right. Men No Sport G-S-B 3 Hans van Helden, NED Sp. Skate 0-0-3 2 Bernhard…Strauss, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, RichardStrauss, Richardrĭkhˈärt shtrous [key], 1864–1949, German composer. Strauss brought to a culmination the development of the 19th-century symphonic poem, and was a…European Player of the Year
European Player of the Year Officially, the “Ballon d'Or,” or “Golden Ball,” and presented by France Football magazine since 1956. Candidates are limited to European players in European…Nansen, Fridtjof
(Encyclopedia) Nansen, FridtjofNansen, Fridtjoffrĭtˈyôf nänˈsən [key], 1861–1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, scientist, statesman, and humanitarian. The diversity of Nansen's interests is shown in…New York Philharmonic
(Encyclopedia) New York Philharmonic, dating from 1842, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States. The orchestra as it now exists is the result of the merger of the Philharmonic Society of…Benedict XVI
(Encyclopedia) Benedict XVI, 1927–2022, pope (2005–13) and Roman Catholic theologian, a German (b. Marktl am Inn, Bavaria) named Josef (or Joseph)…Trending
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