(Encyclopedia) Skeat, Walter William, 1835–1912, English scholar and philologist. Skeat took holy orders in 1860, but illness cut short his church career. At Cambridge he served as a lecturer in…
(Encyclopedia) Adams, John Couch, 1819–92, English astronomer, grad. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1843. By mathematical calculation based on irregularities in the motion of Uranus, he predicted the…
(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Dugald, 1753–1828, Scottish philosopher. He studied at the Univ. of Edinburgh, later becoming professor of mathematics (1775–85) and of moral philosophy (1785–1810). After…
(Encyclopedia) ring, in mathematics, system consisting of a set R of elements and two binary operations, such that addition makes R a commutative group and multiplication is associative and…
(Encyclopedia) Richardson, Lewis Fry, 1881–1953, British physicist and pioneering meteorologist, grad. Cambridge (1903), Univ. of London (B.Sc. 1929). Richardson worked at the National Physical…
(Encyclopedia) ArchimedesArchimedesärkĭmēˈdēz [key], 287–212 b.c., Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor. He is famous for his work in geometry (on the circle, sphere, cylinder, and parabola…
Writing Skills Write a First Draft Every essay or paper is made up of three parts: Introduction Body Conclusion The introduction is the first paragraph of…
Writing Skills Revise the First Draft Try to set aside your draft for a day or two before revising. This makes it easier to view your work objectively and see any gaps or…
How to Write a Persuasive Essay The purpose of a persuasive essay is to convince the reader to agree with your viewpoint or to accept your recommendation for a course of action.…
