(Encyclopedia) Dekker, Eduard DouwesDekker, Eduard Douwesāˈdüärt douˈəs dĕkˈər [key], pseud. MultatuliDekker, Eduard Douwesməltätüˈlē [key], 1820–87, Dutch novelist. His experiences in the Dutch…
WHAT IS A QUANTUM? WHY IS QUANTUM THEORY SO STRANGE? HOW DO SCIENTISTS USE QUANTUM THEORY? BIOGRAPHY: MAX PLANCK German, 1858–1947 QUANTUM LEAPFIND OUT MOREQuantum theory grew from the ideas of Max…
(Encyclopedia) Deutsches TheaterDeutsches Theaterdoiˈchəs tāäˈtər [key], German private theater organization founded in 1883. Under its first director, Adolph L'Arronge, the Deutsches merged with the…
(Encyclopedia) Cecil, Lord DavidCecil, Lord Davidsĭsˈəl, sĕs– [key] (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne Cecil), 1902–86, English biographer. He was professor of English literature at Oxford (1948–…
The 2015 Academy Awards will be presented on Feb. 28, 2016, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below. Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies…
(Encyclopedia) Bothe, Walther Wilhelm Georg, 1891–1957, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1923. Bothe was a researcher at the Reich Physical and Technical Institute (1913–30) and a professor…
(Encyclopedia) Butenandt, Adolf Friedrich Johann, 1903–95, German biochemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1927. Butenandt held academic posts at the Univ. of Göttingen (1927–33) and the Institute of…
