(Encyclopedia) Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916–2004, British biophysicist, b. New Zealand, Ph.D. Univ. of Birmingham, 1940. He conducted research at the Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland, and at…
Hartford, John Cowan
(Encyclopedia) Hartford, John Cowan, 1937- 20, American singer, songwriter, and banjo player, b. St. Louis, Mo., as John Cowan Harford, Washington…
(Encyclopedia) hairdressing, arranging of the hair for decorative, ceremonial, or symbolic reasons. Primitive men plastered their hair with clay and tied trophies and badges into it to represent…
The Question: Who is the youngest Nobel prize winner? The Answer: The youngest person to receive a Nobel prize was Sir William Lawrence Bragg (Physics…
Guinea Pigs How to Care for Guinea Pigs A descendant of the wild guinea pigs of South America, today's domesticated guinea pig is viewed by many as an "easy" pet for children. Many parents…
(Encyclopedia) Barkla, Charles GloverBarkla, Charles Gloverglŭˈvər bärˈklə [key], 1877–1944, English physicist. He was professor of natural philosophy at Edinburgh from 1913. For his discovery of the…
(Encyclopedia) Siegbahn, Karl Manne Georg, 1886–1978, Swedish physicist. In 1913, he began a series of experiments that led to the discovery of the M series of X rays and demonstrated the shell…
astrophysicistBorn: 10/19/1910Birthplace: Lahore, India (now Pakistan) Chandrasekhar was one of ten children born to a civil servant and an intellectual mother who translated Ibsen's A Doll House…
IRREGULAR REFLECTIONMIRRORSFIND OUT MOREReflections are usually caused by shiny things, such as MIRRORS, that show a reversed image of whatever is placed in front of them. The image seems to be…
