(Encyclopedia) Raabe, WilhelmRaabe, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm räˈbə [key], 1831–1910, German novelist, whose pseudonym was Jakob Corvinus. At 23 he began to write novels and tales of village life; the charming…
COASTAL (NERITIC) ZONEOPEN OCEAN ZONESOCEAN CURRENTSTIDESWAVESFIND OUT MOREAbout 71 per cent of our planet’s surface is covered by oceans and seas. In order of size, the five great oceans are…
director, actorBorn: 2/18/1932Birthplace: Káslov, Czechoslovakia Academy Award-winning film director known for his observant, often challenging, films, which include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's…
director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 1946Birthplace: Paris, France A multitalented figure in contemporary French cinema, he made some of the most influential and popular French films of the 1980s…
(Encyclopedia) circus [Lat.,=ring, circle], historically, the arena associated with the horse and chariot races and athletic contests known in ancient Rome as the Circensian games. The Roman circus…
(Encyclopedia) DianaDianadīănˈə [key], in Roman religion, goddess of the moon, forests, animals, and women in childbirth. She was probably originally a forest goddess and a special patroness of women…
(Encyclopedia) Hevelius, JohannesHevelius, Johannesyōhänˈəs hāvāˈlē&oobreve;s [key], 1611–87, Polish astronomer, b. Danzig. From a finely equipped observatory in his house at Danzig, assisted by…
(Encyclopedia) Goldmark, Peter Carl, 1906–77, Hungarian-American engineer, b. Budapest. He studied at the Univ. of Vienna (B.S., 1929, Ph.D., 1931); worked for a radio company in England (1931–33).…
