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Commoner, Barry
(Encyclopedia) Commoner, Barry, 1917–2012, American biologist, educator, and activist, one of the founders of the modern environmental movement, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Columbia (B.A., 1937),…Richland
(Encyclopedia) Richland, city (1990 pop. 32,315), Benton co., S Wash., at the confluence of the Columbia and Yakima rivers, in an irrigated farm and vineyard region; inc. 1958. It is the headquarters…Dyson, Freeman John
(Encyclopedia) Dyson, Freeman JohnDyson, Freeman Johndīˈsən [key], 1923–2020, British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician, studied Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1945) and Cornell. He…Koizumi, Junichiro
(Encyclopedia) Koizumi, JunichiroKoizumi, Junichiroj&oobreve;nēˈchērō kōēˈz&oomacr;mē [key], 1942–, Japanese political leader, b. Yokosuka. From a political family, he studied economics at…Mol
(Encyclopedia) MolMolmôl [key], commune (1991 pop. 30,763), Antwerp prov., N Belgium, near the Dutch border; founded in the 9th cent. It is a manufacturing city and the site of a Euratom nuclear…Kincardine, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia) KincardineKincardinekĭnkärˈdĭn, kĭng– [key], town (1991 pop. 6,585), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Huron, W of Walkerton. It is a resort that depends largely on jobs provided by the Bruce…reconnaissance satellite
(Encyclopedia) reconnaissance satellite, artificial satellite launched by a country to provide intelligence information on the military activities of foreign countries. There are four major types.…energy, sources of
(Encyclopedia) energy, sources of, origins of the power used for transportation, for heat and light in dwelling and working areas, and for the manufacture of goods of all kinds, among other…Atomic Energy Commission
(Encyclopedia) Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), former U.S. government commission created by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and charged with the development and control of the U.S. atomic energy…Teller, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Teller, Edward, 1908–2003, American physicist, b. Budapest, Hungary, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1930, where he studied under Werner Heisenberg. Fleeing the Nazis, he came to the United…Trending
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