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fire fire
fire the phenomenon of combustion as seen in light, flame , and heat; it is one of the basic tools of human culture. In ancient Greece and later, fire was considered one of the four basic elements, a substance from which all things were composed. Its great importance to humans, the mystery of... Read more
Nile Nile
Nile The great river, over 6,400 km. (4,000 miles) long, which flows from south to north through Egypt and has been fundamental for the maintenance of life. Its tremendous floods made an enormous impression on the Hebrews, who knew nothing like it in Palestine. Pharaoh ordered Hebrew male infants... Read more
Edmonia Lewis Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis American sculptor Edmonia Lewis (c. 1840-c. 1909), of African-American and Native American back ground, overcame tremendous odds and the effects of a terrorist attack she survived as a young woman to become a successful artist working in Rome, Italy. Long forgotten, Lewis's... Read more
Val Logsdon Fitch Val Logsdon Fitch
Val Logsdon Fitch In 1980, American nuclear physicist Val Logsdon Fitch (born 1923) was co-recipient with James Watson Cronin of the Nobel Prize for Physics. The two men received international recognition in the scientific community as a result of an experiment they conducted in 1964 that showed... Read more
camp meeting camp meeting
camp meeting outdoor religious meeting, usually held in the summer and lasting for several days. The camp meeting was a prominent institution of the American frontier. It originated under the preaching of James McGready in Kentucky early in the course of a religious revival (c.1800) and spread... Read more
Conservation biology Conservation biology
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, an interdisciplinary, mission-oriented science with the goal of alleviating the extinction crisis and fostering biological diversity. Conservation biologists include researchers and managers from fields as varied as ecology, genetics, evolution,... Read more
English civil war English civil war
English civil war 1642-48, the conflict between King Charles I of England and a large body of his subjects, generally called the "parliamentarians," that culminated in the defeat and execution of the king and the establishment of a republican commonwealth . The Nature of the Struggle The... Read more
Toxic Substances Control Act Toxic Substances Control Act
TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT During the early part of the twentieth century there was a tremendous increase in the development of new synthetic chemicals, as well as a rise in industrial uses for older ones. By 1976 it was estimated that there were 60,000 chemical substances in commercial use in the... Read more
Beau Brummell Beau Brummell
Beau Brummell (George Bryan Brummell) , 1778-1840, English dandy and wit. Brummell was greatly admired for his fastidious appearance and confident manner. He was an intimate of the prince regent (later George IV), and as such influenced men of society to wear dark, simply cut clothes and elaborate... Read more
Sophocles Sophocles
Sophocles , c.496 BC-406 BC, Greek tragic dramatist, younger contemporary of Aeschylus and older contemporary of Euripides , b. Colonus, near Athens. A man of wealth, charm, and genius, Sophocles was given posts of responsibility in peace and in war by the Athenians. He was a general and a... Read more

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