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atom

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Bohr-Rutherford atom CE5 Probability distribution of the electron in the hydrogen atom: A. Ground state B. Highly excited state atom [Gr.,=uncuttable (indivisible)], basic unit of matte...

Rainwater, James

(Encyclopedia)Rainwater, James, 1917–86, American physicist, Ph.D. Columbia, 1946. After working on the Manhattan Project as a student during World War II, he became a professor of physics at Columbia in 1952. Hi...

fission

(Encyclopedia)fission, in physics: see nuclear energy and nucleus; see also atomic bomb. ...

Wigner, Eugene Paul

(Encyclopedia)Wigner, Eugene Paul wĭgˈnər [key], 1902–95, American physicist, b. Hungary, grad. Technische Hochschule, Berlin, 1925. He was a professor at Princeton from 1930 to 1936 and again from 1938 to 197...

date line, international

(Encyclopedia)date line, international: see international date line. ...

International Criminal Court

(Encyclopedia)International Criminal Court (ICC), first permanent world court created specifically to try individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes of aggression, and crimes against humanity, est. 2002; located ...

international date line

(Encyclopedia)international date line, imaginary line on the earth's surface, generally following the 180° meridian of longitude, where, by international agreement, travelers change dates. Traveling eastward acros...

International Development Association

(Encyclopedia)International Development Association: see International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. ...

International Finance Corporation

(Encyclopedia)International Finance Corporation: see International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. ...

international gold standard

(Encyclopedia)international gold standard: see international monetary system. ...