Biography Category
1907–, English aeronautical engineer. Whittle was one of the first men to associate the gas turbine with jet propulsion. Previously the gas turbine ...
(mäks p kh´sht n) (KEY) , 1881–1955, German expressionist painter and graphic artist. Early contact with the art of Van Gogh stimulated his develo...
(säs´´s f r-rä´t ) (KEY) , 1605–85, Italian painter; pupil of Domenichino. His original name was Giovanni Battista Salvi. He is best known for ...
1916–2001, American social scientist and economist, b. Milwaukee, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.A., 1936, Ph.D., 1943). A professor of computer science ...
city (1990 pop. 30,981), Cobb co., NW Ga., a residential suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1872. Manufactures include computer equipment, building materials, pl...
(py ´r d l´lä fränch s´kä) (KEY) , c.1420–1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Borgo San Sepolcro. All his masterpieces were created i...