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Peter Mansfield Biography

inventorBorn: 1933 Working independently from Paul Lauterbur, Mansfield developed efficient technology that allowed for faster MRI imaging.

Great Grimsby

(Encyclopedia) Great Grimsby or Grimsby, city, North East Lincolnshire, E central England, at the mouth of the Humber River. It is one of the…

Placentia, city, California

(Encyclopedia) Placentia, city (1990 pop. 41,259), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1926. Once a rural farming community, it has become a residential city with manufactures that include industrial products…

Habibie, B. J.

(Encyclopedia) Habibie, B. J. (Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie), 1936–2019, Indonesian aeronautical engineer and political leader. Educated in Germany, he worked as an aerospace engineer for Messerschmitt-…

Nielsen, A. C.

(Encyclopedia) Nielsen, A. C. (Arthur Charles Nielsen)Nielsen, A. C.nēlˈsən [key], 1897–1980, American market researcher, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison (B.S., 1918). He worked as an…

Bush, Vannevar

(Encyclopedia) Bush, VannevarBush, Vannevarvănˈəvər [key], 1890–1974, American electrical engineer and physicist, b. Everett, Mass., grad. Tufts College (B.S., 1913). He went to Massachusetts…

Mississippi, University of

(Encyclopedia) Mississippi, University of, main campus at Oxford; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1844, opened 1848. The university medical center, which includes the schools of medicine,…

Florida International University

(Encyclopedia) Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many…