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Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn
SIEGBAHN, KARL MANNE GEORG(b. Örebro, Sweden, 3 December 1886; d. Stockholm, Sweden, 24 September 1978physics.Manne Siegbahn modernized Swedish physics. He established experimental research schools at Lund, Uppsala, and Stockholm that commanded international attention; he also helped introduce the... Read more |
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Hyperboreans
Hyperboreans , in Greek mythology, people dwelling in a state of perfect bliss in the Far North who were Apollo worshipers.... Read more |
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Moral hazard
Moral Hazard BIBLIOGRAPHY The term moral hazard describes a situation in which two or more parties voluntarily interact, but the value of this interaction to one or more of the parties can be adversely affected by actions the other party may take for personal benefit. This phenomenon is... Read more |
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horizon
horizon in astronomy, roughly circular line bounding an observer's view of the surface of the earth where the sky and earth seem to meet. This is the visible horizon. At sea the visible horizon is a perfect circle with the observer at its center, but on land it is irregular due to topographic... Read more |
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Dishwasher
Dishwasher Background Washing dishes is not the most rewarding task. Cooking can be creative, but cleaning up afterward seems like a waste of time and leaves the person washing complaining about "dishpan hands." The development of the dishwasher has helped relieve some of... Read more |
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sunyata
sunyata [Skt.,=emptiness], one of the main tenets of Mahayana Buddhism , first presented by the Perfection of Wisdom ( Prajna-paramita ) scriptures (1st cent. BC on) and later systematized by the Madhyamika school. Early Buddhist schools of Abhidharma , or scholastic metaphysics, analyzed... Read more |
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Perfection
498. Perfection Giotto’s O perfect circle drawn effortlessly by Giotto. [Ital. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 463] golden mean or section a proportion between the length and width of a rectangle or two portions of a line, said to be ideal. [Fine Arts: Misc.] Grosvenor, Archibald ... Read more |
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Samuel Crompton
Samuel Crompton 1753-1827, English inventor of the mule spinner, or muslin wheel, an important step in the development of fine cotton spinning. Working as a young man in a spinning mill, he knew the defects of the Hargreaves jenny and determined to produce something better. After five years of... Read more |
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