Born: 1950Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible computer components to…
(Encyclopedia) occultismoccultisməkŭlˈtĭzəm [key], belief in supernatural sciences or powers, such as magic, astrology, alchemy, theosophy, and spiritism, either for the purpose of enlarging man's…
Born: 1957Birthplace: Jefferson City, Tenn. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible computer components…
actorBorn: 11/6/1970Birthplace: Austin, Texas Young actor best known for portraying the quintessential slacker opposite Winona Ryder in Reality Bites (1994) and the sensitive young student in Dead…
(Encyclopedia) William, prince of Wied, 1876–1945, mpret [ruler] of Albania (1914), third son of William, prince of Wied, nephew of Elizabeth of Romania. A German army officer, he was selected by the…
(Encyclopedia) decimal system [Lat.,=of tenths], numeration system based on powers of 10. A number is written as a row of digits, with each position in the row corresponding to a certain power of 10…
LANKFORD, James, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., March 4, 1968; B.S., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1990; M.Div., Southwestern Theological Baptist…
(Encyclopedia) Young, Michael Warren, 1949–, American geneticist, b. Miami, Fla., Ph.D. Univ. of Texas, Austin, 1975. Young has been on the faculty at Rockefeller Univ. since 1978, and he was also an…
(Encyclopedia) Weinberg, Steven, 1933–, American nuclear physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Princeton, 1957. Since 1982 he has been a professor at the Univ. of Texas at Austin, having previously been…
In 2009, Travelandleisure.com asked more than 60,000 Americans what they like—and don't like—about 30 large American cities and used the poll results to rank…
