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Rutherfordium
Rutherfordium MELTING POINT: Unknown BOILING POINT:Unknown DENSITY:Unknown MOST COMMON IONS:Unknown Rutherfordium is the first transactinide element. It was discovered in 1969 by Albert Ghiorso and his coworkers, who carried out the ... Read more |
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Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier
Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier , 1811-77, French astronomer who made calculations that led to the discovery of the planet Neptune . In considering the perturbations of Uranus , Leverrier made calculations indicating the presence of an unknown planet in an orbit outside that of Uranus. At the time,... Read more |
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Steve Case
Steve Case 1958– Director, Time Warner Nationality: American. Born: August 21, 1958, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Education: Williams College, BA, 1980. Family: Son of Dan (attorney) and Carol (teacher; maiden name unknown) Case; married Joanne Baker (divorced); children: three; ... Read more |
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Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel French philosopher Gabriel Marcel (1889-1973) described man's place in the world in terms of such fundamental human experiences as relationships, love, fidelity, hope, and faith. His brand of existentialism was said to be largely unknown in the English-speaking world, where it was... Read more |
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Fever of Unknown Origin
Fever of unknown origin Definition Feverof unknown origin (FUO) refers to the presence of a documented elevation in body temperature for a specified time, for which a cause has not been found after basic medical evaluation. FUO is categorized as classic, hospital... Read more |
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Camelot
Camelot , in Arthurian legend , the seat of King Arthur's court. The origin of the name is unknown. It has been variously located at Cadbury Camp, Somerset; Winchester; Camelford; and Caerleon.... Read more |
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Sceva
Sceva An otherwise unknown and possibly self-styled Jewish high priest whose seven sons fell foul of Paul at Ephesus (Acts 19: 14) when they attempted unsuccessfully to imitate Paul's power of exorcism.... Read more |
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Selah
Selah , obscure Hebrew word occurring many times in Psalms and in Habakkuk. Its derivation is unknown. It may be a musical notation signifying a pause or the end of a phrase.... Read more |
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Captivated by Garbo: Max Ophuls' Roman interlude with the 'Duchess of...
...toward Garbo in the epilogue to his autobiography: "He was fascinated by her and...Carol Reed, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Cocteau, and Joshua Logan had been unable...Ophuls after seeing Letter From an Unknown Woman and meeting with him, Wanger... |
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French connection
...Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso and T.S. Eliot...buying paintings by the then-unknown and impoverished painter. She...style. Her best-known work "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," is perhaps... |