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Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson
Anderson, Anthony August 15, 1970 • Augusta, Maine Actor, writer, producer With his boyish face and gap-toothed smile, and weighing over 270 pounds, Anthony Anderson is not a typical Hollywood leading man. In fact, for most of his career he has played second banana in such films as Big... Read more
George Gamow George Gamow
George Gamow , 1904-68, Russian-American theoretical physicist and author, b. Odessa. A nuclear physicist, Gamow is better known to the public for his excellent books popularizing abstract physical theories. He did his earlier research at the universities of Copenhagen, Cambridge, and Leningrad,... Read more
atomism atomism
atomism philosophic concept of the nature of the universe, holding that the universe is composed of invisible, indestructible material particles. The theory was first advanced in the 5th cent. BC by Leucippus and was elaborated by Democritus. Epicurus restated the doctrine, giving the atoms weight.... Read more
Blaise Blaise
Blaise ♂, ♀ (French) , from the Latin name Blasius, probably from blaesus ‘lisping’. It was the name of a saint who was popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages but is almost forgotten today. He was a bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, and was martyred in the early years... Read more
Middle Ages Middle Ages
Middle Ages period in Western European history that followed the disintegration of the West Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th cent. and lasted into the 15th cent., i.e., into the period of the Renaissance. The ideas and institutions of western civilization derive largely from the turbulent events of... Read more
Atoms Atoms
ATOMS CONCEPT Our world is made up of atoms, yet the atomic model of the universe is nonetheless considered a "theory." When scientists know beyond all reasonable doubt that a particular principle is the case, then it is dubbed a law. Laws address the fact that certain things happen, as well as how... Read more
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Nuclear Waste Policy Act (1982) Joseph P. Tomain Regulation of nuclear power was transferred from military to civilian control with the passage of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Although the dangers of radioactivity were known before the act, it was not until the passage of the Nuclear... Read more

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