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Bliss, Sir Arthur
(Encyclopedia) Bliss, Sir Arthur, 1891–1975, English composer. Bliss's teachers included Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Holst. He was made Master of the Queen's Musick in 1953.…Gamma-Ray Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Gamma-Ray Observatory: see gamma-ray astronomy.Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory: see gamma-ray astronomy.refraction
(Encyclopedia) refraction, in physics, deflection of a wave on passing obliquely from one transparent medium into a second medium in which its speed is different, as the passage of a light ray from…Ray, Man
(Encyclopedia) Ray, Man, 1890–1976, American photographer, painter, and sculptor, b. Philadelphia. Along with Marcel Duchamp, Ray was a founder of the Dada movement in New York and Paris. He is…Musicians and Dancers
Adele Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models Literary…Willughby, Francis
(Encyclopedia) Willughby, FrancisWillughby, Franciswĭlˈəbē [key], 1635–72, English naturalist. He is known especially for his early systematic work on birds and fishes, in which he made some of the…devilfish
(Encyclopedia) devilfish, name applied to the manta ray and to an American species of octopus.Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad
(Encyclopedia) Roentgen or Röntgen, Wilhelm ConradRoentgen or Röntgen, Wilhelm Conradboth: rĕntˈgĭn, rŭntˈ–, Ger. vĭlˈhĕlm kônˈrät röntˈgən [key], 1845–1923, German physicist. His notable research in…CAT scan
(Encyclopedia) CAT scanCAT scankăt [key] [computerized axial tomography], X-ray technique that allows relatively safe, painless, and rapid diagnosis in previously inaccessible areas of the body; also…Trending
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