dispersing power
1Nuclear power accidents by country — The abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine with the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the distance. 57 accidents have occurred since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Two thirds of these mishaps occurred in the US.[1] The French Atomic Energy Agency… …
2Judith N. Shklar — Judith Nisse Shklar (September 24, 1928 – September 17, 1992) was a political theorist, the John Cowles Professor of Government at Harvard University.BiographyJudith Shklar was born in Riga, Latvia. She graduated from McGill University and… …
3Raúl Zibechi — Pensador activista y periodista en 2009. Nombre …
4optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… …
5Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
6spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… …
7United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
8pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …
9Stonewall riots — The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. They are… …
10Puerto Ricans in the United States — Ethnic group group= Puerto Rican American Puertorriqueño Americano caption = Notable Puerto Rican Americans: Joseph M. Acaba·Ana Ortiz·Val Ramos Alexis Cruz·Jennifer Lopez·Rita Moreno poptime= Puerto Rican 4,120,205 Americans [ [http://factfinder …
