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Max of Baden

(Encyclopedia) Max of Baden: see Maximilian, prince of Baden.

Graf Spee

(Encyclopedia) Graf Spee, German battleship: see Spee, Maximilian, Graf von.

Bothe, Walther Wilhelm Georg

(Encyclopedia) Bothe, Walther Wilhelm Georg, 1891–1957, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1923. Bothe was a researcher at the Reich Physical and Technical Institute (1913–30) and a professor…

Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann

(Encyclopedia) Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann, 1903–95, German biochemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1927. Butenandt held academic posts at the Univ. of Göttingen (1927–33) and the Institute of…

Markowitz, Harry Max

(Encyclopedia) Markowitz, Harry MaxMarkowitz, Harry Maxmärˈkəwĭtsˌ [key], 1927–, American economist, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1954. In the 1950s he developed a theory of “portfolio choice,” which…

Schmeling, Max

(Encyclopedia) Schmeling, Max (Maximilian Schmeling), 1905–2005, German boxer. He debuted as a professional fighter in 1924 and came to the United States in 1928. Two years later the methodical…

The Top 10 All-Time Scariest Movies

Editors' picks for the most frightening flicks ever by Beth Rowen Related Links American Film Institute's 100 Most Thrilling MoviesLost Souls Halloween TrickstersReal-life WitchesHalloween…

The Upanishads, translated by Max Müller: Preface

I MUST begin this series of translations of the Sacred Books of the East with three cautions: the first, referring to the character of the original texts here translated; the second, with regard to…

Max BURNS, Congress, GA (1948)

BURNS Max , a Representative from Georgia; born in Millen, Jenkins County, Ga., on November 8, 1948; B.A., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., 1973; M.B.A, Georgia State University,…

Charpentier, Emmanuelle Marie

(Encyclopedia) Charpentier, Emmanuelle MarieCharpentier, Emmanuelle Marieāmänüĕl märēˈ shärpäNtyāˈ [key], 1968–, French microbiologist, Ph.D. Pierre and Marie Curie Univ., 1995. Following…