biblical literature: Papyri: …the other Bodmer papyri, which Martin Bodmer, a Swiss private collector, acquired from Egypt, were published 1956–61. They are in the private Bodmer library at Cologny, near Geneva. P48 is a late-3rd-century text of Acts now in a library in Florence. It contains Acts 23:11–17, 23–29 and illustrates a Greek…

Bodmin, town (parish), Cornwall unitary authority, southwestern England. The town lies on the edge of Bodmin Moor, a barren heathland covering an area of 80 square miles (207 square km). In the 1990s the crown courts moved from Bodmin to Truro, which effectively made Truro the county town (seat) of

Bodmin: …lies on the edge of Bodmin Moor, a barren heathland covering an area of 80 square miles (207 square km). In the 1990s the crown courts moved from Bodmin to Truro, which effectively made Truro the county town (seat) of Cornwall. Bodmin, however, officially retains that status.

Central Asian arts: Architecture: …stupa like the one at Bodnath is the low base from which it rises and its crowning dome-shape. The small stupa was generally set in the courtyard of a Buddhist monastery. The extant monasteries, none of which dates earlier than the 14th century, are consistent in their plans and structures.…

Bodo, site of paleoanthropological excavation in the Awash River valley of Ethiopia known for the 1976 discovery of a 600,000-year-old cranium that is intermediate in shape between Homo erectus and H. sapiens; many authorities classify it as a separate species called H. heidelbergensis. Bodo has

Bodo, group of peoples speaking Tibeto-Burman languages in the northeastern Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya and in Bangladesh. The Bodo are the largest minority group in Assam and are concentrated in the northern areas of the Brahmaputra River valley. Most of them are settled farmers, though

Bodø, town and port, north-central Norway. It is located at the end of a peninsula projecting into the Norwegian Sea, at the entrance to Salt Fjord. Bodø was founded by Trondheim merchants and chartered in 1816. A commercial-fishing centre specializing in cod drying, it also has ship repair yards

protomonad: The Bodo group includes forms with two to four flagella. The Trypanosoma species are elongated blood parasites found in man and many animals. The members of the vertebrate parasite genus Leishmania also cause disease.

Bodø Affair, (1818–21), a diplomatic scandal involving Sweden-Norway (then a dual monarchy) and Great Britain. The affair arose over the illegal trading activities of an English company in the Norwegian port of Bodø, where Norwegian officials in 1818 seized a large cargo belonging to the company

Bodo: The Bodo cranium resembles specimens attributed to H. erectus in having prominent browridges, a massive face, and thick cranial bones. Its brain size, however, is larger than most H. erectus specimens and is within the range of H. sapiens. There are several other modern traits as…

Bodo language, a language of the Tibeto-Burman branch of Sino-Tibetan languages having several dialects. Bodo is spoken in the northeastern Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya and in Bangladesh. It is related to Dimasa, Tripura, and Lalunga languages, and it is written in Latin, Devanagari, and

Sino-Tibetan languages: Baric languages: The Baric, or Bodo-Garo, division consists of a number of languages spoken in Assam and falls into a Bodo branch (not to be confused with Bodic-Tibetic, and Bodish, a subdivision of Tibetic) and a Garo branch.

Giambattista Bodoni: The typeface that retained the Bodoni name appeared in 1790. Of the many books that he produced during this period, the best known is his Manuale tipografico (1788; “Inventory of Types”), a folio collection of 291 roman and italic typefaces, along with samples of Russian, Greek, and other types. A…

Giambattista Bodoni was an Italian printer who designed several modern typefaces, one of which bears his name and is in common use today. The son of a printer, Bodoni left home as a boy to go to Rome, where he served an apprenticeship at the press of the Congregation for the Propagation of the

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén: The Bodrogköz region, a flatland in the east, is the county’s most arable area, and peas and lentils are grown there. The Tokaj district is renowned for its dry or semisweet szamorodni (“as it comes”) and sweet aszú wines, made from Furmint and Hárslevelű grapes. The…

Bodrum, town, southwestern Turkey. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Kerme (ancient Ceramic Gulf) of the Aegean Sea, opposite the Greek island of Cos. It was built on the ruins of ancient Halicarnassus by the Hospitallers, a Crusading order, who occupied the site in 1402. Their spectacular

Obodrite, member of a people of the Polab group, the northwesternmost of the Slavs in medieval Europe. The Obodrites (sometimes called the Bodryci, from bodry, “brave”) inhabited the lowland country between the lower Elbe River and the Baltic Sea, the area north and northeast of Hamburg in what is

automobile: Body: Automotive body designs are frequently categorized according to the number of doors, the arrangement of seats, and the roof structure. Automobile roofs are conventionally supported by pillars on each side of the body. Convertible models with retractable fabric tops rely on the pillar at…

Body and Soul, American dramatic film, released in 1947, that highlighted the seedy underbelly of the boxing industry. Many consider it one of the best films about the sport, especially noted for its realistic fight scenes. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Although Body and

Jimmy Blanton: …Patter,” “Sophisticated Lady,” and “Body and Soul.” The bassist was also featured in classic Ellington band recordings such as “Jack the Bear” and “Ko-Ko”; altogether he made more than 130 recordings with Ellington, together with other recordings led by Ellington sidemen. In 1941, ill from tuberculosis, he entered a…

Coleman Hawkins: …1939 by recording the hit “Body and Soul,” an outpouring of irregular, double-timed melodies that became one of the most imitated of all jazz solos.

armour, protective clothing with the ability to deflect or absorb the impact of projectiles or other weapons that may be used against its wearer. Until modern times, armour worn by combatants in warfare was laboriously fashioned and frequently elaborately wrought, reflecting the personal importance

Carolee Schneemann: …is considered the progenitor of body art.

Annie Baker: Early plays and M.F.A.: Baker’s debut Off-Broadway play, Body Awareness, was performed in 2008, and it brought her national recognition. The work was set in small-town Vermont, and it concerns a troubled lesbian couple, a son with Asperger syndrome, and a male photographer of nudes as their houseguest.

Jerry Bock: …and Harnick’s other musicals included The Body Beautiful (1958), Tenderloin (1960), the admired She Loves Me (1963), The Apple Tree (1966), and The Rothschilds (1966).

somatotype, in psychology, the discredited idea that human body shape and physique type are associated with personality traits, forming the basis of constitutional psychology. The term somatotype was used in the system of classification of human physical types developed in the 1940s by American

Mary J. Blige: Acting career: …2020 include the horror thriller Body Cam, in which she played a police officer. During this time she also had recurring roles on such TV shows as Scream and The Umbrella Academy. In Power Book II: Ghost (2020–24), a spin-off of the popular crime drama Power, Blige played a drug…

Body cameras (also called body-worn cameras, or BWCs) are small cameras worn on a law enforcement officer’s chest or head to record interactions between the officer and the public. The cameras have a microphone to capture sound and internal data storage to save video footage for later review.

human body: Basic form and development: …are the right and left body cavities. In the dorsal part of the body they are temporary; in the ventral part they become permanent, forming the two pleural cavities, which house the lungs; the peritoneal cavity, which contains the abdominal organs; and the pericardial cavity, which encloses the heart. The…

gouache, painting technique in which a gum or an opaque white pigment is added to watercolours to produce opacity. In watercolour the tiny particles of pigment become enmeshed in the fibre of the paper; in gouache the colour lies on the surface of the paper, forming a continuous layer, or coating.

David Caruso: …movies as Jade (1995) and Body Count (1998) were disappointments. In 2000 he earned praise for his performance as a hostage negotiator in Proof of Life, though the film received mix reviews and failed to find an audience. In 2002 Caruso returned to television with CSI: Miami, playing police lieutenant…

dress: Native Americans: Facial and body hair was often plucked out with tweezers, and both face and hair were painted. Red pigment was frequently used to paint the body. Both sexes tattooed their bodies, sometimes all over, and some continue this tradition today; bright red and black were the colours…

Brian De Palma: The 1980s and ’90s: The director then made Body Double (1984), about a young actor (Craig Wasson) who thinks he has witnessed a murder through his telescope—yet another of De Palma’s homages to Hitchcock’s Rear Window. The film received largely negative reviews—especially for a sequence in which a woman is killed with a…

body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), preoccupation with one or more perceived or imagined flaws in one’s physical appearance, leading to excessive self-consciousness. In body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), the person’s preoccupation with physical appearance is overwhelming and is centred on a feature that

body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), preoccupation with one or more perceived or imagined flaws in one’s physical appearance, leading to excessive self-consciousness. In body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), the person’s preoccupation with physical appearance is overwhelming and is centred on a feature that

body heat, thermal energy that is a by-product of metabolism in higher animals, especially noticeable in birds and mammals, which exhibit a close control of their body temperature in the face of environmental fluctuation. Birds and mammals can conserve body heat by fluffing up feathers or erecting

Body Heat, American crime film, released in 1981, that is one of the most significant examples of “neo-noir”—a term often used to describe movies that rework the motifs, themes, or visual effects of the golden age of film noir. Its plot bears a strong resemblance to that of one of the greatest noir

anorexia nervosa: Causes and risk factors: …contribute to a negative subjective body image, a lack of awareness of internal feelings (including hunger and emotions), a family history of eating disturbances, social influence, and psychological factors. Psychological factors can include a range of influences, such as an anxious temperament, perfectionistic or obsessive tendencies, a history of trauma,…

Jonathan Miller: In 1978 Miller wrote The Body in Question, a 13-part series on the history of medicine and of attitudes toward the human body, for the British Broadcasting Company; it also became a best-selling book. He continued his association with opera and theatre, not neglecting his interest in medicine. In…

Alan Ayckbourn: A’s Amazing Maze Plays (1989), Body Language (1990), Invisible Friends (1991), Communicating Doors (1995), Comic Potential (1999), The Boy Who Fell into a Book (2000), and the trilogy Damsels in Distress (2002). In 2002 he published a work of advice and instruction for aspiring playwrights and directors,

Blake Shelton: In May 2021 he released Body Language, which featured “Happy Anyway,” a duet with pop singer Gwen Stefani, a fellow coach on The Voice whom he began dating in 2015. Shortly after the album’s release, the couple married.

emoji: …can take the place of body language, facial expressions, and other nonverbal cues used in face-to-face communication. In this way, emojis can clarify the sender’s intention and eliminate some of the misunderstanding for which texting has become infamous.

human louse: humanus humanus, the body louse, or cootie.

human nutrition: Body mass, body fat, and body water: The human body consists of materials similar to those found in foods; however, the relative proportions differ, according to genetic dictates as well as to the unique life experience of the individual. The body of a healthy lean…

body mass index (BMI), an estimate of total body fat. The BMI is defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres: weight/height2 = BMI. This number, which is central to determining whether an individual is clinically defined as obese, parallels fatness but is not a

Christian Marclay: In his Body Mix series (1991–92), a sly comment on the commodification of popular music, various album covers on which human bodies are displayed are stitched together to form mutant figures. The influence of Marcel Duchamp was particularly evident in Marclay’s whimsically transfigured musical instruments, such as…

body modifications and mutilations, intentional permanent or semipermanent alterations of the living human body for reasons such as ritual, folk medicine, aesthetics, or corporal punishment. In general, voluntary changes are considered to be modifications, and involuntary changes are considered

mystical body of Christ, in Roman Catholicism, a mystical union of all Christians into a spiritual body with Jesus Christ as their head. The concept is rooted in the New Testament and possibly reflects Christianity’s roots in Judaism; St. Paul’s letters to the Corinthians and Romans both use the

mystical body of Christ, in Roman Catholicism, a mystical union of all Christians into a spiritual body with Jesus Christ as their head. The concept is rooted in the New Testament and possibly reflects Christianity’s roots in Judaism; St. Paul’s letters to the Corinthians and Romans both use the

Nathaniel Ward: …of Massachusetts, where he wrote The Body of Liberties (1641), a code of law for use in Massachusetts that combined parts of English common law with the Mosaic law, and The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America (1647), a vigorously written pamphlet defending the status quo and attacking, among other…

Ridley Scott: … (2005), American Gangster (2007), and Body of Lies (2008). He later helmed the action adventure Robin Hood (2010), which starred Crowe and Cate Blanchett; Prometheus (2012), a sci-fi thriller that revisited the eerie world of Alien; and The Counselor (2013), a crime drama scripted by Cormac McCarthy

Louise Bogan: Poetry and criticism: …volume appeared under the title Body of This Death. She continued to contribute both verse and criticism to The New Republic, The Nation, The New Yorker, Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, and other periodicals while publishing Dark Summer (1929), The Sleeping Fury (1937), and

Paul Anka: Anka’s album A Body of Work (1998) included newly composed and remade songs, performed as solos or as duets with such artists as Céline Dion and Patti LaBelle. With the albums Rock Swings (2005) and Classic Songs: My Way (2007), Anka reimagined hit songs originally performed by…

dress: Male display: … a society is, the more body paint, tattoos, or scarification is employed to denote the warriors and the chiefs, with each rank having its individual pattern. In addition, in many societies, only after an individual has reached a certain age or satisfied some other requirements is he allowed to wear…

philosophy of biology: Form and function: …what Gould referred to as Baupläne (German: “body plans”).

crocodile: Form and function: …covered with large, rectangular horny plates arranged regularly in longitudinal and transverse rows. Most of the dorsal plates have a longitudinal ridge, or keel. Under these plates lie bony structures called osteoderms of about the same size. This configuration occurs in all but one species; in the estuarine crocodile, the…

body politic, in Western political thought, an ancient metaphor by which a state, society, or church and its institutions are conceived of as a biological (usually human) body. As it is usually applied, the metaphor implies hierarchical leadership and a division of labour, and it carries a strong

somatotype, in psychology, the discredited idea that human body shape and physique type are associated with personality traits, forming the basis of constitutional psychology. The term somatotype was used in the system of classification of human physical types developed in the 1940s by American

marketing: Marketing’s contribution to individuals and society: …pioneers of societal marketing are The Body Shop International PLC, based in England, and Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., which produces ice cream and is based in the U.S. state of Vermont. Body Shop’s cosmetics and personal hygiene products, based on natural ingredients, are sold in recycled packaging. The products…

animal: Evolution of ecological roles: …permitted an increase in body size, which gave rise to successive levels of predators. Quite early in the rapid diversification of animal life, protective hard shells appeared, a defense against predators but later also a means of enabling animals to expand outward from the seas. The intertidal areas, with partial…

Juan Carlos Onetti: The novel Juntacadáveres (1964; Body Snatcher) deals with Larsen’s earlier career as a brothel keeper and his concomitant loss of innocence.

Robert Wise: Films of the mid- to late 1940s: …during the Franco-German War, and The Body Snatcher (1945), a superior short-schedule, low-budget B-film based on a Robert Louis Stevenson story about a doctor (Henry Daniell) who hires a grave robber (Boris Karloff) to supply him with cadavers for his experiments. Like most of Wise’s films in the genre, that…

body snatching, the illicit removal of corpses from graves or morgues during the 18th and 19th centuries. Cadavers thus obtained were typically sold to medical schools for use in the study of anatomy. In his The Devil’s Dictionary, the acerbic lexicographer Ambrose Bierce defined a body snatcher as

skin squeeze, effect on the skin of exposure to a pressure less than that of the surrounding environmental pressure. Skin squeeze, a form of barotrauma, is most prevalent among pilots and underwater divers working in pressurized suits. In both professions the participants encounter unusual

dinosaur: Body temperature: Beyond eating, digestion, assimilation, reproduction, and nesting, many other processes and activities went into making the dinosaur a successful biological machine. Breathing, fluid balance, temperature regulation, and other such capabilities are also required. Dinosaurian body temperature regulation, or lack thereof, has been a…

microscope: Mechanical components: The microscope body tube separates the objective and the eyepiece and assures continuous alignment of the optics. It is a standardized length, anthropometrically related to the distance between the height of a bench or tabletop (on which the microscope stands) and the position of the seated observer’s…

somatotype, in psychology, the discredited idea that human body shape and physique type are associated with personality traits, forming the basis of constitutional psychology. The term somatotype was used in the system of classification of human physical types developed in the 1940s by American

cancer: Effects of tumors on the individual: …such as body wasting (cachexia) and a variety of clinical manifestations known as paraneoplastic syndromes. Both local and systemic effects are described in this section.

seismic wave: …elastic waves; two, known as body waves, travel within the Earth, whereas the other two, called surface waves, travel along its surface. Seismographs record the amplitude and frequency of seismic waves and yield information about the Earth and its subsurface structure. Artificially generated seismic waves recorded during seismic surveys are…

anorexia nervosa: …individual to maintain a normal body weight. A person with anorexia nervosa typically weighs no more than 85 percent of the expected weight for the person’s age, height, and sex, and in some cases much less. In addition, persons with anorexia nervosa have a distorted evaluation of their own weight…

Gábor Bódy was a Hungarian film and video director. His often controversial ideas and methods of filmmaking met with critical success in Hungary and abroad. In 1971 Bódy took a degree in philosophy from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest; the title of his thesis was “A film jelentése” (“The

human body, the physical substance of the human organism, composed of living cells and extracellular materials and organized into tissues, organs, and systems. Human anatomy and physiology are treated in many different articles. For detailed discussions of specific tissues, organs, and systems, see

steel: The base metal: iron: In the body-centred cubic (bcc) arrangement, there is an additional iron atom in the centre of each cube. In the face-centred cubic (fcc) arrangement, there is one additional iron atom at the centre of each of the six faces of the unit cube. It is significant that…

mind-body dualism, in its original and most radical formulation, the philosophical view that mind and body (or matter) are fundamentally distinct kinds of substances or natures. That version, now often called substance dualism, implies that mind and body not only differ in meaning but refer to

dance: Social dance: …West Coast moves as “popping” and “locking.” Those routines were popularized in the early 1970s by artists on television, including Charlie Robot, who appeared on the popular TV series Soul Train.

Richter scale: Modified Richter scales: …Richter scale, they developed the body-wave magnitude scale (mb, which calculates the magnitude of primary, or P, and secondary, or S, seismic waves traveling within Earth) and the surface-wave magnitude scale (MS, which calculates the magnitude of Love and Rayleigh waves traveling along Earth’s surface). Although both scales continued to…

bodybuilding, a regimen of exercises designed to enhance the human body’s muscular development and promote general health and fitness. As a competitive activity, bodybuilding aims to display in artistic fashion pronounced muscle mass, symmetry, and definition for overall aesthetic effect. Barbells,

Kevin Costner: Dances with Wolves and The Bodyguard: Whitney Houston in the romance The Bodyguard (1992).

Li Yuchun: …the 2009 Hong Kong-produced film Bodyguards and Assassins (Shiyueh weicheng). In it she plays a young kung fu expert who, in 1906, helps protect revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen from would-be assassins sent by the Chinese imperial government. Li’s performance earned her two nominations (for best supporting actress and best new…

cricket: Test matches: …of the use of “bodyline” bowling tactics, in which the ball was bowled close to or at the batsman. This scheme was devised by the English captain, D.R. Jardine, and involved fast short-pitched deliveries bowled to the batsman’s body so that the batter would be hit on the upper…

anorexia nervosa: …individual to maintain a normal body weight. A person with anorexia nervosa typically weighs no more than 85 percent of the expected weight for the person’s age, height, and sex, and in some cases much less. In addition, persons with anorexia nervosa have a distorted evaluation of their own weight…

Boé, town located on the Corubal River in southeastern Guinea-Bissau. It was the site of the declaration of independence put forth in 1973 by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde; PAIGC). The mayor of Bissau city,

Franciscus Sylvius was a physician, physiologist, anatomist, and chemist who is considered the founder of the 17th-century iatrochemical school of medicine, which held that all phenomena of life and disease are based on chemical action. His studies helped shift medical emphasis from mystical

Franciscus Sylvius was a physician, physiologist, anatomist, and chemist who is considered the founder of the 17th-century iatrochemical school of medicine, which held that all phenomena of life and disease are based on chemical action. His studies helped shift medical emphasis from mystical

Jacques Jasmin was a French dialect poet who achieved popular fame for his touching verse portraits of humble people and places. His father was a poor tailor, and Jasmin himself spent most of his life as a barber and wigmaker in his native part of southern France. His first collection of poems,

Hector Boece was a historian and humanist, author of an important Latin history of Scotland. Boece was educated at Dundee and the University of Paris, where he was appointed regent (professor) of philosophy and became a friend of Desiderius Erasmus. He was chief adviser to William Elphinstone,

classical scholarship: The new German humanism: In Berlin August Boeckh (1785–1867) did important work on Greek poetry, particularly Pindar, but also established on a firm footing the study of Greek private and public economy and the systematic collection of Greek inscriptions. K.O. Müller (1797–1840), the author of an important history of Greek literature,…

Boegoebergdam, concrete irrigation dam, on the middle Orange River, Northern Cape province, South Africa. The Orange River flows through a hard quartzite outcrop at the dam site. Built in 1931, the Boegoebergdam irrigates about 42,000 acres (17,000 hectares) for about 150 miles (240 km) on both

clarinet: The Boehm system, patented by Hyacinthe E. Klosé and Buffet (Paris, 1844) and still standard in most countries, incorporates much of Boehm’s 1832 flute fingering system, bringing many technical advantages. It is distinguished from the other system by the ring at the back for the thumb…

Peeping Tom: …cameraman Mark Lewis (played by Carl Boehm) is a disturbed young man who kills women and films their dying moments. As a boy he had been psychologically abused by his father (Michael Powell), who experimented on him to monitor his reaction to fear. Mark’s attempts to have a relationship with…

pottery: Pottery factories: …in England, and those of Edward Marshall Boehm, at Trenton, New Jersey, established a new development in decorative porcelain. Characteristic of that kind of work are the American birds of Doughty issued in limited editions by the Worcester Company. They are especially remarkable for technical advances in preparing the article…

Theobald Boehm was a German flutist, composer for the flute, and flute maker whose key mechanism and fingering system were widely adopted by later makers. The son of a goldsmith, Boehm studied flute and became a Munich court musician in 1818. In 1828 he opened a factory in which in 1832 he

ramie, (Boehmeria nivea), fibre-yielding plant of the nettle family (Urticaceae) and its bast fibre, native to China. Green ramie, or rhea (Boehmeria nivea, variety tenacissima) may have originated in Malaysia and is also a fibre source. The perennial plant produces many stalks, each growing from

ramie: Green ramie, or rhea (Boehmeria nivea, variety tenacissima) may have originated in Malaysia and is also a fibre source.

ramie: Green ramie, or rhea (Boehmeria nivea, variety tenacissima) may have originated in Malaysia and is also a fibre source.

boehmite, white and relatively soft basic aluminum oxide [AlO(OH)] that is a common mineral in bauxite, in which it forms disseminated grains or pealike masses. It is especially abundant in European bauxites, sometimes as the main constituent; bauxites from the Western Hemisphere commonly contain

John Boehner is an American Republican politician who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives (1991–2015). During his tenure, he served as majority leader (2006), minority leader (2007–11), and speaker of the House (2011–15). Boehner grew up in a large Roman Catholic family (he had 11

John Boehner is an American Republican politician who represented Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives (1991–2015). During his tenure, he served as majority leader (2006), minority leader (2007–11), and speaker of the House (2011–15). Boehner grew up in a large Roman Catholic family (he had 11

aerospace engineering: Aeronautical engineering: …accepted until 1933, when the Boeing 247-D entered service. The twin-engine design of the latter established the foundation of modern air transport.

aerospace engineering: Aeronautical engineering: …accepted until 1933, when the Boeing 247-D entered service. The twin-engine design of the latter established the foundation of modern air transport.