Biography Category
(äk nkä´gwä) (KEY) , peak, 22,835 ft (6,960 m) high, Mendoza prov., W Argentina, in the Andes, near the Chilean border. It is the highest peak of ...
(gôt´fr t äkh´ nväl) (KEY) , 1719–72, German statistician and political scientist. He used the term Statistik for the first time in his Staatsv...
school founded by Plato near Athens c.387 B.C. It took its name from the garden (named for the hero Academus) in which it was located. Plato’s follo...
( s´ t t´´) (KEY) , one of the most important forms of artificial cellulose-based fibers; the ester of acetic acid. The first patents for the produ...
(b n d t´t änt lä´m ) (KEY) , c.1150–c.1225, Italian sculptor. Considered the most important sculptor of the late Romanesque period in N Italy,...
( k´y p ng´´ch r) (KEY) , technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in which a number of very fine metal needles are inserted into the skin at spe...