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(dr ´k ) (KEY) or Dracon (dr ´k n) (KEY) , fl. 621 B.C., Athenian politician and law codifier. Of his codification of Athenian customary law only t...
(zhäN gästôN´ därb ´) (KEY) , 1842–1917, French mathematician. He is known for his work on orthogonal surfaces and for his application of infi...
1836–1907, American lawyer, b. Franklin, Pa. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1859. Dodd was employed by the Rockefeller interests and is ...
(zh rär´ d zärg´) (KEY) , 1591–1661, French mathematician and engineer, a founder of modern geometry. He discovered the theorems on involutions ...
(p d n´ s d skôr´ d z) (KEY) , fl. 1st cent. A.D., Greek physician of Anazarbus, Cilicia. While traveling as a surgeon in the Roman army, he coll...
1875–1968, English scientist. For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve impulses he shared with Otto Loewi the 1...