1909–75, American geneticist, b. Boulder, Colo., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin (B.A., 1931; M.S., 1932; Ph.D., 1935). From 1937 to 1945 he taught at Stan...
[b]Hobbes,[/b] like Francis Bacon was a nominalist. He regarded scholasticism as a collection of absurdities. Hobbes felt so certain of his own origin...
[b]SPRING, 1879[/b] He began a search for plentiful supplies of platinum in the mining regions of Canada and in the western and southern United States...
The 'uncrowned king of the desert' was paid due tribute by Hollywood when a film was released titled Lawrence of Arabia in 1962. The tale of Lawrence'...
Six feet tall, straight as a ramrod, Hobbes was a temperate youth, both in terms of wine and women. His sight and witcontinued to the last. In cold we...