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WHAT EXACTLY DO BIOLOGISTS STUDY? DO BIOLOGISTS ONLY STUDY STRUCTURE? MICROBIOLOGYFIND OUT MOREThe study of life and living things is called biology. Scientists who study biology are known as…
directorBorn: 8/25/1958Birthplace: Burbank, California Director known for his offbeat, imaginative and often darkly comic films, such as Beetlejuice(1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994…
Plundering the Past:Restoring the Garden of Perfect Brightness The Chinese government brings a series of broze animal heads home by David Johnson RELATED LINKS…
(Encyclopedia) Lofting, Hugh, 1886–1947, American writer of juvenile stories, b. Maidenhead, England. He settled in the United States in 1912. His famous “Dr. Dolittle” stories, which concern an…
(Encyclopedia) Lawes, Sir John Bennet, 1814–1900, English agriculturist. He founded the famous experimental farm at Rothamsted, where, with the English chemist Sir J. H. Gilbert, he experimented with…
(Encyclopedia) ringbone, bony outgrowth on the front and sides of the pastern bones of a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation or faulty conformation of the bones. The outgrowths increase with…
(Encyclopedia) cortex, in botany, term generally applied to the outer soft tissues of the leaves, stems, and roots of plants. Cortical cells of the leaves and outer layers of nonwoody stems contain…
(Encyclopedia) Troyon, ConstantTroyon, ConstantkôNstäNˈ trwäyôNˈ [key], 1810–65, French painter of the Barbizon school, famous for his pictures of animals, particularly cows, in landscape. Among his…
(Encyclopedia) Hall, Marshall, 1790–1857, English physician and physiologist, M.D. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1812. He practiced medicine in Nottingham and in London. He opposed bloodletting and devised a…
