A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Gentz, Friedrich ... George Of Trebizond Gentz, Friedrich German political journalist, famous for his writings against the principles of the French Revolution and ... [1 Related Articles] Gentzen, Gerhard (from the article "metalogic") The best-known consistency proof is that of the German mathematician Gerhard Gentzen (1936) for the ... genu (from the article "nervous system, human") ...capsule. The internal capsule consists of an anterior limb and a larger posterior limb and ... Genuine Republican Party (from the article "Bolivia") ...control of the Republican Party's junta in 1920 and was national president from 1921 to ... genus biological classification ranking between family and species, consisting of structurally or phylogenetically related species or ... [5 Related Articles] Geny, Francois French law professor who originated the libre recherche scientifique ("free scientific research") ... [1 Related Articles] Genyophryninae (from the article "Anura") ...direct development; 66 genera, 306 species; 10 subfamilies: Cophylinae (Madagascar), Dyscophinae (Madagascar), Scaphiophryninae (Madagascar), Asterophryinae ... genze riyaku (from the article "Japan") ...to the daily lives of the people, the continued existence of Buddhist temples was guaranteed. ... Genzyme Center (from the article "Architecture and Civil Engineering") ...in Cambridge, a science research and teaching facility by Frank Gehry, whose design was free-form ... Geoana, Mircea (from the article "Romania") Though the PSD continued to wield power in the state bureaucracy, it was unable to ... Geocarcinus (from the article "migration") Some crabs, such as robber crabs (Birgus) and land crabs of tropical regions (Geocarcinus), have ... geocarpy (from the article "seed and fruit") ...of an already occupied, favourable site. This aim is often achieved by synaptospermy, the sticking ... geocentric system any theory of the structure of the solar system (or the universe) in which Earth ... [7 Related Articles] geocentric zenith (from the article "zenith") ...If the line were not deflected by such local irregularities in the Earth's mass as ... geochemical cycle developmental path followed by individual elements or groups of elements in the crustal and subcrustal ... [1 Related Articles] geochemical facies (from the article "Gressly, Amanz") ...and fossil beds, Gressly observed the great horizontal changes in each individual layer. In "Observations ... geochemical prospecting (from the article "mining") ...as density, magnetic susceptibility, natural remanent magnetization, electrical conductivity, dielectric permittivity, magnetic permeability, seismic-wave velocity, ... geochemistry scientific discipline that deals with the relative abundance, distribution, and migration of the Earth's chemical ... [20 Related Articles] geochronology field of scientific investigation concerned with determining the age and history of the Earth's rocks ... [6 Related Articles] geochronometer (from the article "geochronology") ...whether such rates are representative of the past. This is where radioactive methods frequently supply ... Geococcyx californianus (from the article "roadrunner") either of two species of terrestrial cuckoos, especially Geococcyx californianus (see photograph), of the deserts ... Geocoris punctipes (from the article "lygaeid bug") ...include the Old World, or Egyptian, cotton stainer (Oxycarenus hyalinipennis) and the Australian Nysius vinitor, ... geode hollow mineral body found in limestones and some shales. The common form is a slightly ... [3 Related Articles] geodesic (from the article "relativity") In this way, the curvature of space-time near a star defines the shortest natural paths, ... geodesic dome spherical form in which lightweight triangular or polygonal facets consisting of either skeletal struts or ... [4 Related Articles] geodesy scientific discipline concerned with the precise figure of the Earth and its determination and significance. ... [7 Related Articles] Geodetic Reference System 1967 (from the article "geoid") ...of the Earth, but satellite measurements are greatly superior for determining the flattening. After 10 ... geodetic surveying (from the article "map") Until recently the progress of geodetic triangulation, the basic survey method, was more or less ... geoduck (species Panopea generosa), marine invertebrate of the class Bivalvia (phylum Mollusca) that inhabits the sandy ... [1 Related Articles] Geoffrey I Grisegonelle (from the article "Anjou") ...the country of the Normans and enlarged his domains by taking part of Touraine. He ... Geoffrey II count of Anjou (1040-60), whose territorial ambitions, though making him troublesome to his father, Fulk ... [3 Related Articles] Geoffrey III the Bearded (from the article "Anjou") ...son Geoffrey II Martel (1040-60) pursued the policy of expansion begun by his father and ... Geoffrey IV count of Anjou (1131-51), Maine, and Touraine and ancestor of the Plantagenet kings of England ... [9 Related Articles] Geoffrey IV duke of Brittany and earl of Richmond, the fourth, but third surviving, son of Henry ... [1 Related Articles] Geoffrey Of Monmouth medieval English chronicler and bishop of St. Asaph (1152), whose major work, the Historia regum ... [6 Related Articles] Geoffrin, Marie-Therese Rodet French hostess whose salon in the Hotel de Rambouillet was an international meeting place of ... Geoffrion, Bernie Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. Feb. 16, 1931, Montreal, Que.-d. March 11, 2006, ... Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition," postulating a single consistent structural ... [2 Related Articles] Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore French zoologist noted for his work on anatomical abnormalities in humans and lower animals. [1 Related Articles] Geoffroy's cat South American cat of the family Felidae, found in mountainous regions, especially in Argentina. It ... Geoffroy, Etienne-Francois French chemist, the first chemist to speak of affinity in terms of fixed attractions between ... geognosy (from the article "Werner, Abraham Gottlob") A distinguishing feature of Werner's teaching was the care with which he taught the study ... geographic dialect (from the article "dialect") The most widespread type of dialectal differentiation is geographic. As a rule, the speech of ... geographic intelligence (from the article "intelligence") Gained from studying natural characteristics including terrain, climate, natural resources, transportation, boundaries, and population distribution, ... geographic mosaic theory of coevolution (from the article "community ecology") The study of evolving interactions in natural biological communities has indicated that the long-term dynamics ... Geographic Names, Board on interdepartmental agency of the U.S. government created in 1890 and providing standardized geographic names of ... [1 Related Articles] geographic range (from the article "lighthouse") ...on large ships he may be 40 feet above the sea. Assuming a light at ... geographic tongue (from the article "glossitis") Geographic tongue (benign migratory glossitis) refers to the chronic presence of irregularly shaped, bright red ... geographic zenith (from the article "zenith") ...zenith is defined by gravity; i.e., by sighting up a plumb line. If the line ... Geographical and Geological Museum (from the article "museums, history of") ...new museums were founded both in the capital cities and in the provinces. Some of ... Geographical Association (from the article "geography") ...the Royal Geographical Society defined geography as the scientific study of the interrelationship between society ... geographical latitude (from the article "latitude and longitude") ...of the Equator. Technically there are different kinds of latitude-geographic, astronomical, and geocentric-but there are ... Geographie Universelle major French work on regional geography of the entire world. It consists of 15 volumes ... [1 Related Articles] Geographos (from the article "asteroid") Observed light-curve amplitudes for asteroids range from zero to a factor of 6.5, the latter ... geography the study of the diverse environments, places, and spaces of the Earth's surface and their ... [18 Related Articles] geoid model of the figure of the Earth-i.e., of the planet's size and shape-that coincides with ... [3 Related Articles] geologic column (from the article "dating") The end product of correlation is a mental abstraction called the geologic column. It is ... geologic cycle (from the article "geology") ...is thus the complement of deposition. The unconsolidated accumulated sediments are transformed by the process ... geologic disposal (from the article "nuclear reactor") The waste disposal method currently being planned by all countries with nuclear power plants is ... geologic map (from the article "geochronology") ...the rock record and, in particular, what the fossil record had to say about past ... geologic province (from the article "dating") ...very common in rocks formed at deep crustal levels. Vast areas within the Precambrian shield, ... geologic time the extensive interval of time occupied by the Earth's geologic history. It extends from about ... [4 Related Articles] Geological Museum (from the article "museums, history of") ...Europe or North America. In South America particularly, new museums were founded both in the ... geological record (from the article "dating") ...under a variety of conditions. Under such circumstances the isolation and analysis of certain minerals ... Geological Society of America (from the article "Day, Arthur L.") ...Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.; he retired in 1936. He was ... Geological Survey of Canada (from the article "Logan, Sir William Edmond") In 1842, when the Geological Survey of Canada was formed, Logan was made its director, ... Geological Survey of Great Britain (from the article "Beche, Sir Henry Thomas De La") geologist who founded the Geological Survey of Great Britain, which made the first methodical geologic ... geology the fields of study concerned with the solid Earth. Included are sciences such as mineralogy, ... [21 Related Articles] Geolycosa (from the article "wolf spider") ...spots. Thin-legged wolf spiders (Pardosa), which have a lens-shaped, greenish or gray egg sac, have ... geomagnetic field magnetic field associated with the Earth. It primarily is dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, ... [14 Related Articles] geomagnetic pole (from the article "geomagnetic field") ...total field magnitude according to a 1980 model plotted on a geographic Mercator projection, the ... geomagnetic reversal (from the article "geomagnetic reversal") an alternation of the Earth's magnetic polarity in geologic time. See polar wandering.major reference geomagnetics branch of geophysics concerned with all aspects of the Earth's magnetic field, including its origin, ... [1 Related Articles] geomancy (from the article "Beijing") The urban plan, based on traditional Chinese geomantic practices, was composed about a single straight ... geomancy (from the article "augury") ...number of sources of augury, each with its own specialist jargon and ritual, were atmospheric ... Geometres, John Byzantine poet, official, and monk, known for his short poems in classical metre. geometric growth (from the article "population ecology") Insects and plants that live for a single year and reproduce once before dying are ... geometric locus (from the article "mathematics") ...for the major part of its contents can be traced back to research from the ... geometric mean (from the article "mean") ...that x1/g = g/x2, or g2 = x1x2; hence ... This g is called the geometric mean of ... geometric ornament (from the article "pottery") ...of the Aztecs until about 1325, the date of the foundation of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). ... geometric perspective (from the article "drafting") ...can be a lesser or greater challenge, depending on the complexity of the design. In ... geometric sequence (from the article "mathematics") ...+ m; that is, in the multiplication of numbers, the exponents are related additively. By ... geometric series (from the article "infinite series") ...above r equals 1/2) converges to the sum 1/(1 − r) if 0 < r < 1 and diverges if r ≥ 1. ... Geometric style style of ancient Greek art, primarily of vase painting, that began about 900 BC and ... [5 Related Articles] geometrical optics (from the article "optics") Geometrical opticslightGeometrical optics: light as ... geometrid moth any member of a group of moths (order Lepidoptera) that includes the species commonly known ... [1 Related Articles] geometrization conjecture (from the article "topology") ...in 1904. One such research effort concerned a conjecture on the geometrization of three-dimensional manifolds ... Geometroidea (from the article "lepidopteran") ...on stems and fruits of various plants; many Pyraustinae species are considered pests, but some ... geometry the branch of mathematics concerned with the shape of individual objects, spatial relationships among various ... [35 Related Articles] geomoroi class of citizens in ancient Greek society. In 7th-century-BC Attic society, geomoroi were freemen, generally ... geomorphic cycle theory of the evolution of landforms. In this theory, first set forth by William M. ... [2 Related Articles] geomorphology scientific discipline concerned with the description and classification of the Earth's topographic features. [8 Related Articles] Geonemertes (from the article "ribbon worm") ...the other type, similar to an adult, is called Desor's larva. Larvae metamorphose into young ... geoneutrino (from the article "Earth Sciences") A new subfield of geophysics was established in 2005 when an international team of scientists ... Geonoma (from the article "palm") ...soils in regions of high though often seasonal rainfall. They range from the lowlands to ... Geonoma cuneata (from the article "palm") ...Competition between young palms and ultimate canopy components may be an important factor in forest ... Geonoma triandra (from the article "palm") Stamens, though most often 6 in number, may rarely be 3 (Areca triandra, Geonoma triandra, ... Geophone trade name for an acoustic detector that responds to ground vibrations generated by seismic waves. ... [3 Related Articles] Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution (from the article "Becker, George Ferdinand") ...such studies could not be prosecuted successfully without a great body of physical data on ... geophysical prospecting (from the article "archaeology") Other modern techniques that have been applied to archaeological prospecting employ electricity and magnetic fields ... geophysics major branch of the Earth sciences that applies the principles and methods of physics to ... [20 Related Articles] geopolitics analysis of the geographic influences on power relationships in international relations. The word geopolitics was ... [3 Related Articles] geopotential surface (from the article "ocean") ...the vertical. Horizontal differences in density (due to variations of temperature and salinity) measured along ... geopressured fluid (from the article "natural gas") Geopressured reservoirs exist throughout the world in deep, geologically young sedimentary basins in which the ... Georg Buchner Prize (from the article "World Literary Prizes 2007") ...power was a factor, and political oppression. She was as surprised as anyone by the ... George king of Bohemia from 1458. As head of the conservative Utraquist faction of Hussite Protestants, ... [4 Related Articles] George town, Western Cape province, South Africa. The town lies distantly east of Cape Town and ... George (from the article "nuclear weapon") Just prior to the conference, on May 8 at Enewetak atoll in the western Pacific, ... George Cross a British civilian and military decoration, instituted in 1940 by King George VI for "acts ... [2 Related Articles] George Eastman House (from the article "Eastman, George") ...to introduce profit sharing as an employee incentive. Eastman took his own life at age ... George Fox University (from the article "Newberg") ...area producing lumber, fruit, and paper and wood products; the area also yields about 90 ... George I king of Greece, whose long reign (1863-1913) was the formative period for the development of ... [3 Related Articles] George I elector of Hanover (1698-1727) and first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714-27). [12 Related Articles] George II duke of Saxe-Meiningen, theatrical director and designer who developed many of the basic principles of ... [4 Related Articles] George II king of Greece from September 1922 to March 1924 and from October 1935 until his ... [2 Related Articles] George II king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760. Although he possessed ... [11 Related Articles] George III king of Great Britain and Ireland (1760-1820) and elector (1760-1814) and then king (1814-20) of ... [24 Related Articles] George Inn (from the article "Southwark") ...early theatres was Bankside's Globe Theatre, where many of William Shakespeare's plays were first produced; ... George IV king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover from ... [14 Related Articles] George Mason University public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. It consists of 12 colleges ... [1 Related Articles] George Medal (from the article "George Cross") The George Medal, instituted at the same time as the George Cross, is analogous to ... George Noble (from the article "coin") ...of which was now the royal arms supported by a lion and dragon. He introduced ... George of Antioch (from the article "Roger II") It was on this navy above all that Sicily's security and prosperity depended, and Roger's ... George Of Cappadocia opponent of and controversial successor (357) to Bishop Athanasius the Great of Alexandria, whom the ... George of Laodicea bishop of Laodicea who was one of the principal champions of the homoiousian, or moderate ... George Of Trebizond Byzantine humanist, Greek scholar, and Aristotelian polemist. His academic influence in Italy and within the ... [1 Related Articles]

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