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Time Tangled Island: Thomas Edison

Factropica Fast Facts and quizzes by Beth Rowen Related Links Thomas Edison Biography A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries Timeline…

Ching-te-chen

(Encyclopedia) Ching-te-chen, China: see Jingdezhen.

Chen Shui-bian

(Encyclopedia) Chen Shui-bianChen Shui-bianchŭn shwā-byän [key], 1951–, Taiwanese political leader, president of Taiwan (2000–2008). Born into poverty, he obtained his law degree from National Taiwan…

Yang, Chen-ning

(Encyclopedia) Yang, Chen-ningYang, Chen-ningchĕn-nĭng yäng [key], 1922–, American physicist, b. China, Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago, 1948. Yang was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at…

Menlo Park

(Encyclopedia) Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and the…

West Orange

(Encyclopedia) West Orange, town (1990 pop. 39,103), Essex co., NE N.J., a residential suburb of Newark; set off from Orange 1862, inc. 1900. “Glenmont,” Thomas Edison's home in Llewellyn Park, and…

Asian Americans in Business and Media

Jerry Yang Chang, Ming E., business leader, rear admiral (retired) Chao, Stephen, movie producer, TV executive Chen, Joyce, chef Chen, Tei Fu, skin care entrepreneur Chuang, John,…

Fort Myers

(Encyclopedia) Fort Myers, city (2020 pop. 86,395), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc.…