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Frits Zernike was a pioneer in forensic science ; his invention of the phase-contrast microscope enable… Caliban , Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest, the brutish and degraded son of the witch Sycorax, who has been forced to serve Prospero; in contrast to the ‘a… Play , Play
All children play. From the infant squealing in delight during a game of peek-a-boo to the older child playing a game of basketball, children of… Morality Plays , A type of drama that developed in the late Middle Ages and is distinguished from the earlier religious types mainly by its use of dramatized allegory…
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