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Pallava Pallava
Pallava , S Indian dynasty that established its capital at Kanchipuram in the 4th cent. AD Of obscure origin, it grew wealthy and strong and is most noted for its patronage of Dravidian architecture, especially for the so-called Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram . The Pallavas engaged in constant... Read more
Max Horkheimer Max Horkheimer
Max Horkheimer , 1895-1973, German philosopher and sociologist. As director (1930-58) of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt, he played an important role in the development of critical theory and Western Marxism. In Eclipse of Reason (1947) and Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947,... Read more
Sir Frank Watson Dyson Sir Frank Watson Dyson
Sir Frank Watson Dyson , 1868-1939, English astronomer, b. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, grad. Cambridge. He was astronomer royal of Scotland (1905-10) and of England (from 1910). As director (1910-33) of Greenwich Observatory he greatly expanded its research activities and inaugurated (1928) the wireless... Read more
Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties
Chinese Dynasties Chinese Dynasties Dynasty Characteristics and History Hsia  c.1994-c.1523 BC Semilegendary Emperor Yu built irrigation channels, reclaimed land. Bronze weapons, chariots, domestic animals used. Wheat, millet cultivated. First use of written symbols. Shang or Yin... Read more
saros saros
saros An interval of 18y 11.3d (or 10.3d, depending on the number of intervening leap years), equivalent to 223 lunations, following which the Sun, Moon, and Earth return to almost the same alignment. Solar eclipses recur one saros apart, but at different geographical locations. One saros period is... Read more
eclipse eclipse
eclipse [Gr.,=failing], in astronomy, partial or total obscuring of one celestial body by the shadow of another. Best known are the lunar eclipses, which occur when the earth blocks the sun's light from the moon, and solar eclipses, occurring when the moon blocks the sun's light from a small... Read more
Jacob Fugger Jacob Fugger
Jakob Fugger Jakob Fugger (1459-1525) was one of Renaissance Europe's wealthiest citizens. His influence in royal circles continued to alter the continent's history for decades after his death. Though he was not the founder of the German mercantile and banking dynasty that bore his name, Fugger... Read more
Chen Yi Chen Yi
Chen Yi , 1901-72, Chinese Communist general and statesman. Chen was a political instructor (1925) in the Kuomintang Whampoa Military Academy. After the Kuomintang-Communist alliance collapsed (1927), he joined the Fourth Red Army (1928) and was an early supporter of Mao Zedong . One of the... Read more
Research funding Research funding
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH The federal government's role in supporting research and development (R&D) in the United States has grown from a very minor one for much of the nation's history to one that was dominant during much of the twentieth century, and finally to one that at the... Read more
Henry Norris Russell Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell 1877-1957, American astronomer, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y., grad. Princeton, 1897. In 1902 he went to Cambridge, England, to study. He returned to Princeton in 1905, was professor of astronomy there (1911-27), research professor (1927-47), and director of the observatory (1912-47). In... Read more

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