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Clarke, Arthur C.

(Encyclopedia) Clarke, Arthur C. (Sir Arthur Charles Clarke), 1917–2008, British science fiction writer. During World War II he served as a radar instructor and aviator in the Royal Air Force. After…

Chamberlain, Sir Austen

(Encyclopedia) Chamberlain, Sir Austen (Joseph Austen Chamberlain)Chamberlain, Sir Austenchāmˈbərlĭn [key], 1863–1937, British statesman; son of Joseph Chamberlain and half-brother of Neville…

Fonda, Jane

(Encyclopedia) Fonda, Jane, 1937–, American actress, b. New York City; daughter of Henry Fonda and sister of Peter Fonda. First cast in pert and sexy roles, she later distinguished herself in…

Prime Ministers of Great Britain (table)

(Encyclopedia) Prime Ministers of Great Britain Prime Minister Party1 Dates in Office Sir Robert Walpole 1721–42 Earl of Wilmington 1742–43 Henry Pelham 1743–54 Duke of Newcastle 1754–56…

Baring

(Encyclopedia) BaringBaringbârˈĭng [key], British family of bankers. Sir Francis Baring (1740–1810) founded (1763) the John and Francis Baring Company, which he renamed Baring Brothers and Company in…

Kinshasa

(Encyclopedia) KinshasaKinshasakēnˈshäsə [key], city (1984 pop. 2,664,309), capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, W Congo, a port on Pool Malebo of the Congo River. It is the Congo's…

californium

(Encyclopedia) californiumcaliforniumkălˈĭfôrˌnēəm [key] [from California], artificially produced, radioactive metallic chemical element; symbol Cf; at. no. 98; mass no. of most stable isotope 251; m…

Victoria, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Victoria, Lake, or Victoria NyanzaVictoria, Lake,nēănˈzə, nī– [key], largest lake of Africa and the world's second largest freshwater lake, c.26,830 sq mi (69,490 sq km), E central…

value, in economics

(Encyclopedia) value, in economics, worth of a commodity in terms of other commodities, or in terms of money (see price). Value depends on both desirability and scarcity. The marginal theory of value…