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Lee Remick

actressBorn: 12/14/1935Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts A versatile actress, Remick played a variety of roles ranging from drum majorette to addicted alcoholic. In the 1950s she began appearing in…

DK Science: Sponges

PHYLUM: PORIFERACALCAREOUS SPONGESTUBE SPONGEFIND OUT MOREThe simplest of all animals, most sponges live in colonies (groups) that are little more than units of cells organized into two layers…

DK Science: Transpiration

UPWARD-FLOWING WATERSTANDING FIRMSTOMATAFIND OUT MOREIn this process, water evaporates from the surface of a leaf through microscopic pores known as STOMATA. The loss of water creates a…

cytology

(Encyclopedia) cytologycytologysītŏlˈəjē [key], in biology, the study of the structure of all normal and abnormal components of cells and the changes, movements, and transformations of such…

Kölliker, Albert von

(Encyclopedia) Kölliker, Albert vonKölliker, Albert vonälˈbĕrt fən köˈlĭkər [key], 1817–1905, Swiss physiologist and histologist. He was professor of physiology and of microscopic and comparative…

Black, Greene Vardiman

(Encyclopedia) Black, Greene Vardiman, 1836–1915, American dentist, b. Scott co., Ill. Professor at Chicago College of Dental Surgery (now part of Loyola Univ.) from 1883 to 1889 and professor (from…

DK Science: Photosynthesis

MAKING FOOD AND OXYGENFOOD-PRODUCING CELLSCHLOROPLASTFIND OUT MOREUnlike animals, most plants do not need to find food, because they can make it for themselves. Plants use energy from sunlight…

Herophilus

(Encyclopedia) HerophilusHerophilushĭrŏfˈələs [key], fl. 300 b.c., Greek anatomist, called by some the father of scientific anatomy. A contemporary of Erasistratus at Alexandria, he made public…

Bell, Sir Charles

(Encyclopedia) Bell, Sir Charles, 1774–1842, Scottish anatomist and surgeon. He became professor of anatomy and surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, in 1824 and was professor of surgery…

DK Science: Animals

ANIMAL KINGDOMCLASSIFICATIONFIND OUT MOREANIMAL ANATOMYPERFECT SYMMETRYSHARK ANATOMYEXOSKELETONCELLSCIRCULATORY SYSTEMFIND OUT MORESPONGESPHYLUM: PORIFERACALCAREOUS SPONGESTUBE SPONGEFIND OUT…