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Gould, Stephen Jay

(Encyclopedia)Gould, Stephen Jay, 1941–2002, American paleontologist and science writer, b. Queens, New York; grad. Antioch College (B.S., 1963), Columbia Univ. (Ph.D., 1967). With Niles Eldredge, Gould proposed ...

Dynasties of Ancient Egypt (table)

(Encyclopedia)Dynasties of Ancient Egypt Old Kingdom (or Old Empire) First Intermediate Period Middle Kingdom (or Middle Empire) Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom (or New Empire) ...

Common Weights and Measures (table)

(Encyclopedia)Common Weights and Measures Length Area Volume and Capacity (Liquid and Dry) Weight (Mass) ...

Changes in English Pronunciation (table)

(Encyclopedia)Changes in English Pronunciation ...

Examples of Systematic Classification (table)

(Encyclopedia)Examples of Systematic Classification ...

Formulas for Various Areas (table)

(Encyclopedia)Formulas for Various Areas 1 The abbreviations used are: b = base (length of any side of a plane figure); a = altitude (perpendicular distance from the farthest point of the figure to t...

National Parks and Monuments (table)

(Encyclopedia)National Parks and Monuments 1 National Parks and Monuments National Monuments National and International Historic Sites and Historical Parks National Memorials National Battlef...

United Nations Secretaries-General (table)

(Encyclopedia)United Nations Secretaries-General ...

Signs of the Zodiac (table)

(Encyclopedia)Signs of the Zodiac

Pritzker Architecture Prize Recipients (table)

(Encyclopedia)Pritzker Architecture Prize Recipients ...