Biography Category
( d´ m) (KEY) , [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female,...
( p l´´ dôr´ s) (KEY) , fl. 430–400 B.C., Athenian painter, called the Shadower, said to have introduced the use of light and shade to model for...
in chemistry, minimum energy needed to cause a chemical reaction. A chemical reaction between two substances occurs only when an atom, ion, or molecul...
(ä´b sä´ d ´b n äb ´ äl-kh r´) (KEY) , 967–1049, Persian poet, a Sufi and a dervish. He was the first to write rubaiyat (quatrains) in th...
(ält ky ´r dä ts v´y ) (KEY) , c.1330–c.1395, Italian painter, follower of Giotto. He worked in Verona and then Padua. His frescoes in the chur...
(bärt l m ´ äm-mänä´t ) (KEY) , 1511–92, Italian sculptor and architect. He studied under Bandinelli in Florence and assisted Jacopo Sansovin...