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Encyclopedia - California Institute Of Technology: Encyclopedia - California Institute Of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, Cali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Institute Of Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - California Institute Of Technology - History
Modern Caltech grew from a vocational school founded in Pasadena in 1891 by local businessman and politician Amos G. Throop. The school w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parsons, John Whiteside: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Parsons, John Whiteside
PARSONS, JOHN WHITESIDE I hight Don Quixote, I live on peyote, marijuana, morphine and  cocaine, I never know sadness but only a ...   » Read the article

Article - Consciousness: The Conscious Universe, Part Ii - Shifting Opinions
In 1985, a report prepared for the Army Research Institute concluded that "The bottom line is that the data reviewed in this report cons...   » Read the article

Article - Cultural Creatives: Creating A New Culture
There is a growing movement involving about hundred million people in the USA and Europe, weaving a new cultural fabric, reframing how we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Lazar: Encyclopedia - Bob Lazar
Robert Scott Lazar (born 26 January 1959) is a central (and highly controversial) figure in discussions about UFOs. Lazar claims to have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plastic: Encyclopedia - Plastic
Plastic is a term that covers a range of synthetic or semisynthetic polymerization products. They are composed of organic condensation or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California: Encyclopedia - California
Barbara Boxer (D) California is a U.S. state located on the west coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous state in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bronx High School Of Science: Encyclopedia - Bronx High School Of Science
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Francis Richter: Encyclopedia - Charles Francis Richter
Charles Francis Richter (April 26, 1900 – April 20, 1985), was an American seismologist, born in Hamilton, Ohio. He is most famous as t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brownian Ratchet: Encyclopedia - Brownian Ratchet
The Brownian ratchet is a thought experiment about an apparent perpetual motion machine postulated by Richard Feynman in a physics lectur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 U.s. Presidential Election Controversy And Irregularities: Encyclopedia - 2004 U.s. Presidential Election Controversy And Irregularities
After the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, several unique aspects about the execution of the election process caused some people to doubt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Beaver: Encyclopedia - American Beaver
The American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a large semi-aquatic rodent native to Canada, most of the United States and parts of northern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atomic Nucleus: Encyclopedia - Atomic Nucleus
The nucleus of an atom is the very dense region in its center consisting of protons and neutrons. The size of the nucleus is much smaller...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Association For The Scientific Study Of Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Association For The Scientific Study Of Consciousness
Founded in 1994, the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness is a professional membership organization that aims to encoura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Prodigy: Encyclopedia - Child Prodigy
A child prodigy, or simply prodigy, is someone who is a master of one or more skills or arts at an early age. One generally accepted heur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andromeda Galaxy: Encyclopedia - Andromeda Galaxy
Andromeda Galaxy photographed in 1899 The Andromeda Galaxy (also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224; older texts often call it the And...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anterior Cingulate Cortex: Encyclopedia - Anterior Cingulate Cortex
Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is the frontal part of the cingulate cortex and includes Brodmann's area 24 (ventral ACC) and 32 (dorsal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy: Encyclopedia - Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is a consortium of universities and other institutions. It operates astr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Lightman: Encyclopedia - Alan Lightman
Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and essayist born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1948, son of Richard Lightman, a movie theater owner, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Goodstein: Encyclopedia - David Goodstein
David L. Goodstein (born 1939) is a U.S. physicist and educator. Since 1988, he has served as Vice-provost of the California Institute of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - H. David Politzer: Encyclopedia - H. David Politzer
Hugh David Politzer (born 31 August 1949) is an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David J. G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christof Koch: Encyclopedia - Christof Koch
Christof Koch (born November 13, 1956, Kansas City) is an American neuroscientist educated in North Africa and Europe. He received a PhD ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beaver: Encyclopedia - Beaver
C. canadensis C. fiber Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. They are the only members of the family Casto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodore Von Kármán: Encyclopedia - Theodore Von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán (Szőllőskislaki Kármán Tódor) (May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was an engineer and physicist who was active prim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benoît Mandelbrot: Encyclopedia - Benoît Mandelbrot
Benoît B. Mandelbrot (born November 20, 1924) is a Polish-born French mathematician and leading proponent of fractal geometry. He is Ste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Brin: Encyclopedia - David Brin
Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is a well-known American author of science fiction. He is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 50000 Quaoar: Encyclopedia - 50000 Quaoar
50000 Quaoar (pronounced kwaa'·waar or kwow'·ər, Tongva [ˈqʷɑoɑr]) [1] is a Trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun in the Edgewor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shockley: Encyclopedia - William Shockley
William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor with John Bardeen ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Bohm: Encyclopedia - David Bohm
David Joseph Bohm (December 20, 1917 Wilkes-Barre, PA–October 27, 1992 London, UK) was an American quantum physicist who made significa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neptune: Encyclopedia - Neptune
Click image for description Neptune is the eighth or, occasionally, the ninth planet from the Sun due to Pluto's eccentric orbit (if Plu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trans-neptunian Object: Encyclopedia Ii - Trans-neptunian Object - Size And Composition
Most TNOs are lumps of ice with some organic (carbon-containing) material such as tholin, detected using spectroscopy. They are of the sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shockley: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shockley - Middle Years
William Shockley - Solid-state transistor. In the mid 1940's, Shockley's group, consisting of Bardeen and Brattain, sought a solid-stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theodosius Dobzhansky: Encyclopedia Ii - Theodosius Dobzhansky - Biography
Theodosius Dobzhansky - Early life. Dobzhansky was born in Nemirov, Ukraine then part of Imperial Russia. An only child, his father Gri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Feynman Lectures On Physics: Encyclopedia Ii - The Feynman Lectures On Physics - Background
By 1960 Richard Feynman was already a legend in his own time; at age 42 his research and discoveries in physics had resolved a number of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silicon Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - Silicon Valley - History
The San Francisco Bay area had long been a major site of US Navy work, and the site of their large research airfield at Moffett Field. A ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plastic: Encyclopedia Ii - Plastic - Plastics Explosion: Acrylic Polyethylene Etc.
Other plastics emerged in the prewar period, though some would not come into widespread use until after the war. By 1936, American, Briti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Colleges And Universities In California: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Colleges And Universities In California - Private Institutions
List of colleges and universities in California - Two-year institutions. California Culinary Academy, San Francisco Deep Springs Colle...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Colleges And Universities Starting With C: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Colleges And Universities Starting With C - Ca
List of colleges and universities starting with C - Cab-Cai. Cabot College of Applied Arts, Technology and Continuing Education Cairo ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mottos: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mottos - Organisations
List of mottos - Medical. Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas (In sleep there is safety) Ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of University Of Washington People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of University Of Washington People - Notable Uw Students And Alumni
List of University of Washington people - Nobel Laureates. Linda B. Buck - Physiology and Medicine, 2004 Hans G. Dehmelt - Nobel Prize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of University Of Michigan People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of University Of Michigan People - Alumni
List of University of Michigan people - Nobel laureates. Stanley Cohen PhD 1949, co-winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in medicine for dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Boston College People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Boston College People - Notable Boston College Alumni
Image:Cellucci portrait.jpg List of Boston College people - Arts and literature. Robert Ambrose, Music Director and Conductor, Atlanta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Swarthmore College People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Swarthmore College People - List Of Alumni
List of Swarthmore College people - Arts film theatre and broadcasting. Peter Bart - Vice President and Editor-in-Chief of Variety Al ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles County California: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles County California - Law Government And Politics
The county is governed by the five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, who are elected by the county's voters. The small siz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mars Pathfinder: Encyclopedia Ii - Mars Pathfinder - The Probe
The probe consisted of a lander and a lightweight (10.6 kilograms/23 pounds) wheeled robot (Rover) called Sojourner ("one in a break from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palomar Observatory: Encyclopedia Ii - Palomar Observatory - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS), sponsored by the National Geographic institute, was completed in 1958 (The first plates were s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planet X: Encyclopedia Ii - Planet X - Origin Of The Discrepancy
At the end of the 19th century, many astronomers speculated about the existence of a planet beyond Neptune. The discovery of Neptune resu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Diego County California: Encyclopedia Ii - San Diego County California - History
European settlement in what is now San Diego County began with the founding of the Mission San Diego de Alcala by the Spanish, in 1769. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neural Oscillations: Encyclopedia Ii - Neural Oscillations - Motor System
Oscillations have been also reported in the motor system. Murthy and Fetz (1992) described motor cortical oscillations in monkey cortex w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Holyoke College: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Holyoke College - General Overview
Mount Holyoke enrolls approximately 2,100 undergraduates. Approximately eighteen percent are African American, Latina, Asian American, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mauna Kea Observatory: Encyclopedia Ii - Mauna Kea Observatory - Telescopes
Telescopes found at Mauna Kea Observatory are funded by government agencies of various nations. The University of Hawai'i itself directly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mister Fantastic: Encyclopedia Ii - Mister Fantastic - Character History
Mister Fantastic - Pre-Fantastic Four. Born in Central City, California, Reed is the son of Nathaniel and Evelyn Richards. Nathaniel wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Institute Of Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Institute Of Technology - Australia
See the articles on Education in Australia and Technical and Further Education (TAFE), Category:Australian tertiary institutions and Coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apru: Encyclopedia Ii - Apru - Members
APRU - Australia. Australian National University University of Sydney APRU - Canada. University of British Columbia APRU - Chile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ncaa Division Iii Institutions: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ncaa Division Iii Institutions - Division Iii Institutions
List of NCAA Division III Institutions - Alabama. Huntingdon College List of NCAA Division III Institutions - Arkansas. Hendrix Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mister Fantastic: Encyclopedia Ii - Mister Fantastic - Character History
Mister Fantastic - Pre-Fantastic Four. Born in Central City, California, Reed is the son of Nathaniel and Evelyn Richards. Nathaniel wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Holyoke College: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Holyoke College - General Overview
Mount Holyoke enrolls approximately 2,100 undergraduates. Approximately eighteen percent are African American, Latina, Asian American, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - N. Katherine Hayles: Encyclopedia Ii - N. Katherine Hayles - Background
Hayles received her B.S. in Chemistry from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1966, her M.S. in Chemistry from the California Insti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of College Athletic Programs By Us State: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of College Athletic Programs By Us State - Alabama
List of College Athletic Programs by US State - NCAA. Alabama A&M University Alabama State University Auburn University Birmingha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of California Institute Of Technology People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of California Institute Of Technology People - Notable Alumni
Alumni who went on to become members of the faculty are listed only in this category. List of California Institute of Technology people ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History And Philosophy Of Science: Encyclopedia Ii - History And Philosophy Of Science - Universities With History And Philosophy Of Science Programs
The following universities have departments dedicated to the History and Philosophy of Science: Indiana University, Bloomington [1] Univ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Neuroimaging: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Neuroimaging - Recent Breakthroughs
Recent breakthroughs in non-invasive brain imaging have been somewhat limited because most of them have not been completely novel; rather...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Howard Hughes: Encyclopedia Ii - Howard Hughes - Fictional Media Inspirations
The following fictional characters appear to have been, at least in part, patterned after Hughes: "Charles Foster Kane" of the Orson Wel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John N. Bahcall: Encyclopedia Ii - John N. Bahcall - Academic Career
He graduated with an A.B. from Berkeley in 1956, obtained his M.S. in physics in 1957 from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. in phy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Defense Research Committee: Encyclopedia Ii - National Defense Research Committee - Organization
The NDRC was created under the aegis of the Council of National Defense, which had been created in 1916 to coordinate industry and resour...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Boston College People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Boston College People - Notable Boston College Alumni
List of Boston College people - Arts and literature. Robert Ambrose, Music Director and Conductor, Atlanta Wind Symphony Margaret Bade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sierpinski Triangle: Encyclopedia Ii - Sierpinski Triangle - Construction
An algorithm for obtaining arbitrarily close approximations to the Sierpinski triangle is as follows: Start with any triangle in a plan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spindle Neuron: Encyclopedia Ii - Spindle Neuron - Acc Spindle Neurons
In 1999, Professor John Allman, a neuroscientist, and colleagues at the California Institute of Technology first published a report on sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tenth Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Tenth Planet - Tenth Planets In Astronomy
The Planet X hypothesis, first put forth by Percival Lowell in the late 19th century, stated that there was a fifth gas giant beyond the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Hunt Morgan: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Hunt Morgan - Early Life
Morgan was born in Lexington, Kentucky to Charlton Hunt Morgan and Ellen Key Howard. His family was part of a long line of Southern arist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sidney Gottlieb: Encyclopedia Ii - Sidney Gottlieb - Mkultra
In April 1953 Sidney Gottlieb headed the secret Project MKULTRA which was activated on the order of CIA director Allen Dulles. Gottlieb w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satish Dhawan: Encyclopedia Ii - Satish Dhawan - Career
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Senior Scientific Officer, 1951 Professor and Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oklahoma State University - Stillwater: Encyclopedia Ii - Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Athletics
Stats: NCAA Division I-A Conference: Big 12 (South) Major Rivalries: University of Oklahoma "The Bedlam Series" Minor Rivalries: Univ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rubik's Cube: Encyclopedia Ii - Rubik's Cube - History
Rubik's Cube - Conception and development. The Magic Cube was invented in 1974 by Ernő Rubik, a Hungarian sculptor and professor of ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - San Gabriel Valley: Encyclopedia Ii - San Gabriel Valley - Local Area
The San Gabriel Valley is home to the annual Tournament of Roses Parade, which is broadcast live on television on New Year's Day from Pas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harold Brown Secretary Of Defense: Encyclopedia Ii - Harold Brown Secretary Of Defense - Secretary Of Defense
With almost eight years of prior service in the Pentagon, Brown was the first scientist to become secretary of defense. Brown involved hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georgia Institute Of Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Georgia Institute Of Technology - Sports
Not many schools of Tech's relatively small size (around 16,000) and high academic standing (top 5 among engineering schools, top 10 amon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allan Sandage: Encyclopedia Ii - Allan Sandage - Honors
Awards Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1957) Eddington Medal (1963) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1967) National Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andromeda Galaxy: Encyclopedia Ii - Andromeda Galaxy - General Information
The Andromeda Galaxy is approaching the Milky Way at about 300 kilometres per second, so it is one of the few blue shifted galaxies. Give...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - December 2002: Encyclopedia Ii - December 2002 - Events
See also: Afghanistan timeline December 2002 December 2002 - December 31 2002. United States troops get into a brief gun battle with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Association Of American Universities: Encyclopedia Ii - Association Of American Universities - Members And Their Years Of Admission
AAU membership is by invitation only, and is extended only to those universities who are deemed by the AAU to have exceptional quality in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Linus Pauling: Encyclopedia Ii - Linus Pauling - Early Life
Pauling was born in Portland, Oregon to Herman Henry William Pauling (1876-1910) of Concordia, Missouri; and Lucy Isabelle Darling (1881-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acm International Collegiate Programming Contest: Encyclopedia Ii - Acm International Collegiate Programming Contest - History
The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, ICPC, traces its roots to a competition held at Texas A&M University in 1970 ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richter Magnitude Scale: Encyclopedia Ii - Richter Magnitude Scale - History
Developed in 1935 by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, both of the California Institute of Technology, the scale was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert J. Lang: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert J. Lang - Career
Lang has been interested in folding paper since he was a child. He received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Millikan: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Millikan - Education
Millikan received a Bachelor's degree in the classics from Oberlin College in 1891 and his doctorate in physics from Columbia University ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Oppenheimer: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Oppenheimer - Early Life And Education
Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904 to Julius S. Oppenheimer (a wealthy textile importer who had emigrated to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House System At The California Institute Of Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - House System At The California Institute Of Technology - History And Traditions
House System at the California Institute of Technology - Blacker House. Blacker House (or Blacker Hovse) is one of the eight undergradu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - B-47 Stratojet: Encyclopedia Ii - B-47 Stratojet - Variants
B-47 Stratojet - XB-47 / B-47A. The XB-47 was an attractive, "Buck Rogers" aircraft. The 35-degree swept wings were shoulder-mounted, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deep Space Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Deep Space Network - General Information
DSN currently consists of three deep-space communications facilities placed approximately 120 degrees apart around the world at: the Gol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Derrick Henry Lehmer: Encyclopedia Ii - Derrick Henry Lehmer - Early Life
Lehmer was born in Berkeley, California, his father was Derrick Norman Lehmer, a professor of Mathematics at the University of California...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Felten: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Felten - Sdmi Lawsuits
Felten's team developed a scientific paper explaining the methods used by his team in defeating the SDMI watermarks. Planning to present ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Gibson: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Gibson - Nasa Experience
Dr. Gibson was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in June 1965. He completed a 53-week course in flight training at Williams Air F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Galton Darwin: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Galton Darwin - Biography
Darwin was born in Cambridge into a fine scientific dynasty, the son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and his wife Maud du Puy, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceroc: Encyclopedia Ii - Ceroc - Class Format
Most Ceroc venues run regular classes, every week, usually on Monday through Thursday (although a handful of venues run classes on Sunday...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Mcclintock: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbara Mcclintock - Cold Spring Harbor
After her year-long appointment, McClintock accepted a full-time research position at Cold Spring Harbor. Here, she was highly productive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California: Encyclopedia Ii - California - History
Pre-European California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse culture areas in Native North America. Large, settled p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carver Mead: Encyclopedia Ii - Carver Mead - Quotes
"The quantum world is a world of waves, not particles. So we have to think of electron waves and proton waves and so on. Matter is 'inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Residential College: Encyclopedia Ii - Residential College - Various Models Of Residential College
The classical models for the residential college are the colleges of the Oxford University and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snowball Earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Snowball Earth - Evidence
Geological formations which "Snowball Earth" proponents point to as evidence of the hypothesis are iron-rich rocks like taconite deposits...   » Read the article