(Encyclopedia) color, effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye stimulates the different…
actor, directorBorn: 3/26/1931Birthplace: Boston An actor, writer and director who is perhaps best remembered for playing Spock, the pointy eared half-Vulcan/half human character he portrayed in…
actorBorn: 10/29/1967Birthplace: London, England An accomplished thespian of both stage and screen, Sewell has proven himself adept at playing a range of roles in pieces as diverse as Shakespeare (…
actressBorn: 1/27/1956Birthplace: Coral Gables, Florida Early in her acting career Rogers appeared on TV shows such as Hill Street Blues (1981) and The Rousters (1983–84). She costarred in the…
(Margaret Jane Pauley)TV journalistBorn: 10/31/1950Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana Most recently Pauley has served as co-anchor of Dateline NBC, anchor of Time and Again on MSNBC Cable, and…
(Encyclopedia) emerald, the green variety of beryl, of which aquamarine is the blue variety. Chemically, it is a beryllium-aluminum silicate whose color is due to small quantities of chromium…
(Encyclopedia) leaf insect, common name given to herbivorous insects of leaflike appearance forming a single family in the order Phasmida. Leaf insects are green and have extremely flattened,…
(Encyclopedia) Shimomura, Osamu, 1928–2018, Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, Ph.D. Nagoya Univ., 1960. Shimomura was a researcher at Princeton (1960–82) and a professor (1982–2001)…
(Encyclopedia) Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811–96, American novelist and humanitarian, b. Litchfield, Conn. With her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, she stirred the conscience of Americans concerning slavery…
Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors. Primary colors are the most basic colors. You can't make them by mixing any other colors. Orange, green and purple are the secondary colors. A…
