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(tsv k´ ) (KEY) , 1898–1974, Swiss-American astrophysicist, b. Bulgaria, educated at Zürich. Associated with the California Institute of Technolog...
(s nt-troi´d n) (KEY) , Fr. Saint-Trond, town (1991 pop. 36,994), Limburg prov., E Belgium. It is primarily an industrial center but is noted for its...
1941–, American molecular geneticist, b. New York City, M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1966. He worked (1968–71) as a researcher at the National Inst...
1899–1935, American aviator, b. Grand Plain, Tex. He won fame in 1931 when he and Harold Gatty flew around the northern part of the earth in 8 days ...
(r m´br nt, Du. r m´bränt här´m ns n vän r n) (KEY) , 1606–69, Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman, b. Leiden. Rembrandt is acknowledged as t...
(ch k) (KEY) , 1947–, American microbiologist, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley. A professor at the Univ. of Colorado, he discovered ...