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spintronics

(Encyclopedia)spintronics, spin electronics, or magnetoelectronics, science and technology that harnesses the spin state of electrons in addition to the electrical charge state to store data or perform calculation...

Stresemann, Gustav

(Encyclopedia)Stresemann, Gustav go͝osˈtäf shtrāˈzəmän [key], 1878–1929, German statesman. A founder (1902) and director (until 1918) of the Association of Saxon Industrialists, Stresemann entered the Reic...

Thirty Years War

(Encyclopedia)Thirty Years War, 1618–48, general European war fought mainly in Germany. The general results of the war may be said to have been a tremendous decrease in German population; devastation of G...

Mayence

(Encyclopedia)Mayence: see Mainz, Germany.

Cleves

(Encyclopedia)Cleves: see Kleves, Germany.

Coblenz

(Encyclopedia)Coblenz, Germany: see Koblenz.

Köln

(Encyclopedia)Köln, Germany: see Cologne.

Kottbus

(Encyclopedia)Kottbus: see Cottbus, Germany.

München

(Encyclopedia)München, Germany: see Munich.
 

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