metre: Simple metres are duple (e.g., 22, 24), triple (34, 38), or quadruple (44, 48). Compound metres are also duple (6

microscope: The simple microscope: The simple microscope consists of a single lens traditionally called a loupe. The most familiar present-day example is a reading or magnifying glass. Present-day higher-magnification lenses are often made with two glass elements that produce a colour-corrected image. They can be…

When it comes to analyzing stock trends, price charts are an essential tool. A chart not only helps you contextualize a stock’s current price relative to its past movements, but also clearly shows whether a stock is trending up, down, or sideways. To enhance trend analysis, traders often use moving

law of multiple proportions, statement that when two elements combine with each other to form more than one compound, the weights of one element that combine with a fixed weight of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers. For example, there are five distinct oxides of nitrogen, and the

oxide mineral: …minerals can be grouped as simple oxides and multiple oxides. Simple oxides are a combination of one metal or semimetal and oxygen, whereas multiple oxides have two nonequivalent metal sites. The oxide structures are usually based on cubic or hexagonal close-packing of oxygen atoms with the octahedral or tetrahedral sites…

Annie Ernaux: A Simple Passion and The Use of Photography: …works as Passion simple (1991; A Simple Passion), a bestseller in France that describes the obsessive affair she had with a married diplomat, years after her own marriage had ended. It was lauded for its finesse in skirting the usual clichés of illicit love affairs and for uncovering the tensions…

mechanics: Motion of a pendulum: …period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is proportional to the square root of its length and does not depend on its mass.

Sam Raimi: The Quick and the Dead and A Simple Plan: …next projects, the crime drama A Simple Plan (1998) and the baseball romance For the Love of the Game (1999), were stylistic departures, but the former was a critical hit, and it earned a pair of Academy Award nominations.

pneumothorax: …be described as either a simple pneumothorax, without effects on the heart or mediastinal structures, or as a tension pneumothorax, which is a life-threatening condition. Tension pneumothorax can occur as a result of trauma, lung infection, or medical procedures, such as high-pressure mechanical ventilation, chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),…

statistics: Sampling and sampling distributions: …most fundamental type is a simple random sample.

public opinion: Probability sampling: …of probability sampling, known as random sampling, requires that each member of the universe have an equal chance of being selected. This could be accomplished by assigning a number to each person in the universe or writing each person’s name on a slip of paper, placing all the numbered or…

culture: Evolution of minding: First is the simple reflexive stage, in which behaviour is determined by the intrinsic properties of both the organism and the thing reacted to—for example, the contraction of the pupil of the eye under increased stimulation by light. Second is the conditioned reflex stage, in which the response…

schizophrenia: Schizophrenia subtypes: The simple or undifferentiated subtype of schizophrenia typically is characterized by an insidious and gradual reduction in external relations and interests. The patient’s emotions lack depth, and ideation is simple and refers to concrete things. There are a relative absence of mental activity, a progressive lessening in the…

monosaccharide, any of the basic compounds that serve as the building blocks of carbohydrates. Monosaccharides are polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones; that is, they are molecules with more than one hydroxyl group (―OH), and a carbonyl group (C=O) either at the terminal carbon atom (aldose) or at the

history of logic: The theory of supposition: …to do with persons), (2) simple supposition, and (3) material supposition. These types are illustrated, respectively, by the occurrences of the term horse in the statements “Every horse is an animal” (in which the term horse refers to individual horses), “Horse is a species” (in which the term refers to…

clarinet: The simple, or Albert, system, named for its Brussels maker, Eugène Albert, is a modernization of the earlier 13-key system of the clarinetist-builder Iwan Müller. It is used in German-speaking countries, with a complex accretion of auxiliary keywork but with conservative features in bore, mouthpiece, and reed (the…

heredity: Repetitive DNA: Microsatellite DNA is composed of tandem repeats of two nucleotide pairs that are dispersed throughout the genome. Minisatellite DNA, sometimes called variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs), is composed of blocks of longer repeats also dispersed throughout the genome. There is no known function for satellite…

metre: Simple metres are duple (e.g., 22, 24), triple (34, 38), or quadruple (44, 48). Compound metres are also duple (6

angiosperm: Vegetative structures: …performing only one function are simple tissues, while those composed of more than one cell type and performing more than one function, such as support and conduction, are complex tissues. Xylem and phloem are examples of complex tissues.

sound: Dynamic range of the ear: …varying absolute intensities of a pure tone that has the same loudness to the ear at various frequencies. The determination of each curve, labeled by its loudness level in phons, involves the subjective judgment of a large number of people and is therefore an average statistical result. However, the curves…

fat: Chemical composition of fats: Simple triglycerides are those in which each molecule of glycerol is combined with three molecules of one acid—e.g., tripalmitin, C3H5(OCOC15H31)3, the glyceryl ester of palmitic acid, C15H31COOH. Only a few of the glycerides occurring in nature are of the simple type; most are mixed triglycerides…

wave: Wind waves and swell: …starts with the concept of simple waves, those forming a strictly periodic pattern with one wavelength and one wave period and propagating in one direction. Real waves, however, always have a more irregular appearance. They may be described as composite waves, in which a whole spectrum of wavelengths, or periods,…

Michael Ritchie: Later work: After the little-seen fantasy A Simple Wish (1997), Ritchie helmed Comfort, Texas (1997), a made-for-TV movie. His final directing credits were two episodes (1999) of the television series Beggars and Choosers.

telenovela: The Peruvian telenovela Simplemente María (1969–71; “Simply Maria”)—which centered on a main character who moved from a rural area to Lima, put herself through night school, became a seamstress, and eventually launched a successful fashion line—not only attracted audiences but also was credited with increased rural-to-urban migration and…

simplex method, standard technique in linear programming for solving an optimization problem, typically one involving a function and several constraints expressed as inequalities. The inequalities define a polygonal region, and the solution is typically at one of the vertices. The simplex method is

mammal: The female tract: Higher primates have a simplex uterus in which there is no separation between the horns and thus a single chamber.

Elizabeth Stern: …linking a specific virus (herpes simplex virus) to a specific cancer (cervical cancer). For another phase of her research she studied a group of more than 10,000 Los Angeles county women who were clients of the county’s public family planning clinics. In a 1973 article in the journal Science,…

Simplicissimus, novel by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen, the first part of which was published in 1669 as Der abentheurliche Simplicissimus Teutsch (“The Adventurous Simplicissimus Teutsch”). Considered one of the most significant works of German literature, it contains a satirical and

caricature and cartoon: Germany: …of the Munich satirical publication Simplicissimus (from 1896) were all somewhat influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec in their use of white space, spatters, and often random outline; they all commented on those features of German life that were most disliked outside Germany—the didactic professor, the tourist, and the military dandy. Their caricatures…

history of logic: Categorical forms: …to be converted “simply” (simpliciter). But propositions of form A cannot be converted in this way; if every β is an α, it does not follow that every α is a β. It does follow, however, that some α is a β. Such propositions, which can be converted provided…

Simplicius Of Cilicia was a Greek philosopher whose learned commentaries on Aristotle’s De caelo (“On the Heavens”), Physics, De anima (“On the Soul”), and Categories are considered important, both for their original content and for the fact that they contain many valuable fragments of pre-Socratic

Saint Simplicius ; feast day March 10) was pope from 468 to 483. He became Pope St. Hilary’s successor on March 3, 468, during a period that was turbulent ecclesiastically and politically. During Simplicius’ pontificate the Eastern church was torn between orthodoxy and Monophysitism, a doctrine

A SEP IRA is a tax-deferred retirement plan for those who are self-employed, small business owners, or who earn additional self-employment income. SEP IRAs are often easier to administer than 401(k) plans, so many small businesses use them to help their employees prepare for retirement.

Simplon Pass, mountain pass in southern Switzerland between the Pennine and Lepontine Alps at 6,581 ft (2,006 m) on the watershed between a north-flowing tributary of the Rhône and a south-flowing tributary of the Toce. It was not until the mid-13th century that the pass attained any importance as

Simplon Tunnel, railway tunnel from Iselle, Italy, to Brig, Switzerland, one of the longest railway tunnels in the world and one of history’s great engineering feats. Running about 20 km (12.5 miles) long, it was the largest of the great Alpine tunnels when it opened to traffic in 1906. The Simplon

Orient-Express, luxury train that ran from Paris to Constantinople (Istanbul) for more than 80 years (1883–1977). Europe’s first transcontinental express, it initially covered a route of more than 1,700 miles (about 2,740 km) that included brief stopovers in such cities as Munich, Vienna, Budapest,

bridge: Beam: …supports, it is called a simply supported beam bridge. If two or more beams are joined rigidly together over supports, the bridge becomes continuous.

number game: Mazes: …detached walls—the maze is “simply connected”; otherwise the maze is “multiply connected.” A classic general method of “threading a maze” is to designate a place where there is a choice of turning as a node; a path or node that has not yet been entered as a “new” path…

African literature: Zulu: …Zulu history are Muntu ’s uSimpofu (1969); L.S. Luthango’s uMohlomi (1938), a biography of Mohlomi, the adviser of the Sotho chief Moshoeshoe; and Imithi ephundliwe (1968; “Barked Trees”), an imaginative work by Moses Hlela and Christopher Nkosi based on the Zulu War. The historical trickster Chakijana, who became famous during…

sifaka: The larger diademed sifaka (P. diadema), silky sifaka (P. candidus), and Milne-Edwards’s sifaka (P. edwardsi) live in the rainforests of eastern Madagascar. Milne-Edwards’s sifaka is black or brown, generally with a white patch on the back and flanks, whereas the diademed sifaka, or simpoon, has a beautiful…

Simpson Desert, largely uninhabited arid region covering some 55,000 square miles (143,000 square km) in central Australia. Situated mainly in the southeastern corner of the Northern Territory, it overlaps into Queensland and South Australia and is bounded by the Finke River (west), the MacDonnell

Simpson Desert: …it from South Australia are Simpson Desert Conservation Park (1967), covering 2,675 square miles (6,927 square km), and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve (1988), which stretches over 11,445 square miles (29,642 square km) of the desert’s vast southern plains. The 3,000-square-mile (7,770-square-km) Witjira National Park (1985), also in northern South Australia,…

Simpson Desert: Simpson Desert National Park (1967) occupies 3,907 square miles (10,120 square km) in western Queensland. Adjoining it from South Australia are Simpson Desert Conservation Park (1967), covering 2,675 square miles (6,927 square km), and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve (1988), which stretches over 11,445 square miles…

Simpson Desert: …miles (6,927 square km), and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve (1988), which stretches over 11,445 square miles (29,642 square km) of the desert’s vast southern plains. The 3,000-square-mile (7,770-square-km) Witjira National Park (1985), also in northern South Australia, covers an area on the western edge of the desert.

Portia Simpson Miller is a Jamaican politician who served as the country’s first female prime minister (2006–07; 2012–16). Portia Simpson received her early education at Marlie Hill Primary School and St. Martin’s High School. After her graduation from high school, she studied at the Jamaica

Simpson’s paradox, in statistics, an effect that occurs when the marginal association between two categorical variables is qualitatively different from the partial association between the same two variables after controlling for one or more other variables. Simpson’s paradox is important for three

Christian and Missionary Alliance: …developed from the work of Albert B. Simpson (died 1919), a Presbyterian minister who left Presbyterianism to become an independent evangelist in New York City. In 1887 Simpson and others organized two societies, one for domestic activities and one for foreign missions, which were merged to form the Christian and…

permafrost: Effects of climate: …mean annual air temperatures at Cape Simpson and Prudhoe Bay are similar, but permafrost thickness is 275 metres (about 900 feet) at Cape Simpson and about 650 metres (about 2,130 feet) at Prudhoe Bay because rocks at Prudhoe Bay are more siliceous and have a higher conductivity and a lower…

Christopher Simpson was an English composer, teacher, theorist, and one of the great virtuoso players in the history of the viol. A Roman Catholic, he fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War (1643–44) and subsequently became tutor to the son of a prominent Catholic, Sir Robert Bolles.

Jerry Bruckheimer: … (1983), which he coproduced with Don Simpson. The two men formed a production company and went on to create a string of blockbusters, including the comedy Beverly Hills Cop (1984), which featured Eddie Murphy, Top Gun (1986), which established Tom Cruise as a star, and Bad Boys (1995), which starred…

Elizabeth Inchbald was an English novelist, playwright, and actress whose successful prose romances, A Simple Story (1791) and Nature and Art (1796), are early examples of the novel of passion. At 18 Simpson ran away to London to seek her fortune on the stage, married Joseph Inchbald, an actor, and

George Gaylord Simpson was an American paleontologist known for his contributions to evolutionary theory and to the understanding of intercontinental migrations of animal species in past geological times. Simpson received a doctorate from Yale University in 1926. He chose for the subject of his

Harriette Arnow was an American novelist, social historian, short-story writer, and essayist, known primarily for the novel The Dollmaker (1954), the story of a Kentucky hill family that moves north to Detroit during World War II. Arnow is an important writer who is often overlooked because of her

Television in the United States: Reality TV: …boy band 98 Degrees) and Jessica Simpson; and Surreal Life (WB/VH1, 2003–06), a sort of Real World populated by where-are-they-now? personalities. Most of these shows were created with a heavy sense of irony, inviting the viewer to watch with a sense of affectionate mockery.

weather modification: Precipitation modification: This approach was employed by Joanne Simpson of the U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration and others to test the effects of heavy doses of silver iodide on cumulonimbus clouds. She found that the effects of ice nuclei on large convective clouds conformed closely with theoretical predictions. Certain specified clouds were…

In 2013 American singer, songwriter, and musician Sturgill Simpson released his debut album, the fiercely traditionalist High Top Mountain. Simpson was soon hailed by many critics and fans as “the savior of country music.” He quickly proved himself to be an artist who refuses to be pigeonholed,

Juli Inkster is an American golfer who was one of the leading players on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. She attended San Jose State University, and in 1980 she married Brian Inkster, a golf instructor. Several weeks later she won the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship title;

Lorna Simpson is an American photographer whose work explored stereotypes of race and gender, most often with an emphasis on African American women. Simpson attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. As an undergraduate at the New York School of Visual Arts, she studied painting

Louis Simpson was a Jamaican-born American poet and critic, notable for his marked development in poetic style. In 1964, he won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for his volume At the End of the Open Road (1963). At age 17 Simpson moved from Jamaica to New York City, where he attended Columbia

Louis Simpson was a Jamaican-born American poet and critic, notable for his marked development in poetic style. In 1964, he won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for his volume At the End of the Open Road (1963). At age 17 Simpson moved from Jamaica to New York City, where he attended Columbia

Matthew Simpson was the best known and most influential Methodist leader in the United States during the second half of the 19th century. Simpson had little formal education but taught himself basic school subjects, foreign languages, printing, and law. For three years he studied medicine under a

Tea Party movement: The 2014 midterm elections: Mike Simpson of Idaho was victorious in a race in which outside pro-business groups spent more than $2 million to fend off a candidate who was backed by the Tea Party-affiliated Club for Growth.

N.F. Simpson was an English playwright who achieved spectacular verbal effects by his cunning manipulation of phrasing and his use of outrageous double entendre and, especially, of non sequitur. Simpson was educated at the University of London, and during World War II he served in the Intelligence

N.F. Simpson was an English playwright who achieved spectacular verbal effects by his cunning manipulation of phrasing and his use of outrageous double entendre and, especially, of non sequitur. Simpson was educated at the University of London, and during World War II he served in the Intelligence

O.J. Simpson was an American collegiate and professional football player who was a premier running back, known for his speed and elusiveness. His success on the field led to a career in film and television. In 1994, however, Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and

O.J. Simpson was an American collegiate and professional football player who was a premier running back, known for his speed and elusiveness. His success on the field led to a career in film and television. In 1994, however, Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and

Portia Simpson Miller is a Jamaican politician who served as the country’s first female prime minister (2006–07; 2012–16). Portia Simpson received her early education at Marlie Hill Primary School and St. Martin’s High School. After her graduation from high school, she studied at the Jamaica

Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale: …Herbert Saffir and American meteorologist Robert H. Simpson (who served as the director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center from 1968 to 1973) in 1971 to help government officials and the public understand the risks posed by an impending tropical cyclone and the amount of property damage and associated impacts…

Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet was a Scottish obstetrician who was the first to use chloroform in obstetrics and the first in Britain to use ether. Simpson was professor of obstetrics at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained an M.D. in 1832. After news of the use of ether in surgery

Sir John Hope Simpson was a British civil administrator in India and author of two of the earliest modern studies on refugees. Simpson held numerous governmental posts before his retirement in 1916, rising to the post of acting chief commander of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He then worked with

In 2013 American singer, songwriter, and musician Sturgill Simpson released his debut album, the fiercely traditionalist High Top Mountain. Simpson was soon hailed by many critics and fans as “the savior of country music.” He quickly proved himself to be an artist who refuses to be pigeonholed,

Wallis Simpson was an American socialite who became the wife of Prince Edward, duke of Windsor (Edward VIII), after the latter had abdicated the British throne in order to marry her. Wallis Warfield was born into an old established American family and attended the Oldfields School in Cockeysville,

Wallis Simpson was an American socialite who became the wife of Prince Edward, duke of Windsor (Edward VIII), after the latter had abdicated the British throne in order to marry her. Wallis Warfield was born into an old established American family and attended the Oldfields School in Cockeysville,

William Hood Simpson was an American army officer who commanded the Ninth Army during World War II, which became, on April 12, 1945, the first Allied army to cross the Elbe River. After graduating from West Point in 1909, Simpson served under General John J. Pershing in the 1916 Mexican Punitive

The Simpsons: …games, and, in 2007, a feature film. The Emmy Award-winning Groening remains the show’s creative consultant and an executive producer.

The Simpsons, longest-running animated television series and longest-running scripted prime-time TV show in U.S. history (1989– ), now broadcast in many languages to audiences around the world. Created by cartoonist Matt Groening, The Simpsons began in 1987 as a cartoon short on the Tracey Ullman

Antonín Dvořák: Life: …him an influential publisher in Fritz Simrock, and it was with his firm’s publication of the Moravian Duets (composed 1876) for soprano and contralto and the Slavonic Dances (1878) for piano duet that Dvořák first attracted worldwide attention to himself and to his country’s music. The admiration of the leading…

Karl Joseph Simrock was a German literary scholar and poet who preserved and made accessible much early German literature, either by translation into modern German (as with Das Nibelungenlied, 1827), by rewriting and paraphrasing (as with Das Amelungenlied, 1843–49), or by editing (as with Die

surface analysis: Secondary ion mass spectroscopy and ion scattering spectroscopy: For both SIMS and ISS, a primary ion beam with kinetic energy of 0.3–10 keV, usually composed of ions of an inert gas, is directed onto a surface. When an ion strikes the surface, two events can…

Christopher A. Sims is an American economist who, with Thomas J. Sargent, was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Economics. He and Sargent were honoured for their independent but complementary research on how changes in macroeconomic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP), inflation,

Christopher A. Sims is an American economist who, with Thomas J. Sargent, was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Economics. He and Sargent were honoured for their independent but complementary research on how changes in macroeconomic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP), inflation,

Zoot Sims was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his exuberance, mellow tone, and sense of swing. Born into a family of vaudeville artists, Sims played drums and clarinet from an early age. He began learning tenor saxophone at age 13 and was initially influenced by the cool-toned,

Naomi Sims was an American model and business executive who shattered the barrier that had prevented Black models from achieving supermodel status when she appeared (1968) on the cover of Ladies’ Home Journal, becoming the first Black model to adorn the cover of that mainstream magazine. Following

Naomi Sims was an American model and business executive who shattered the barrier that had prevented Black models from achieving supermodel status when she appeared (1968) on the cover of Ladies’ Home Journal, becoming the first Black model to adorn the cover of that mainstream magazine. Following

The Sims, life-simulator game, originally designed by American Will Wright for personal computers and released on February 4, 2000. The Sims was published and distributed by the American companies Maxis and Electronic Arts and is a division of their SimCity electronic gaming franchise. The Sims was

snowboarding: History of snowboarding: …Springs, California, in 1983, which Tom Sims organized).

William Sowden Sims was an admiral whose persistent efforts to improve ship design, fleet tactics, and naval gunnery made him perhaps the most influential officer in the history of the U.S. Navy. Sims was born in Ontario where his father, an American engineer, was employed at the time. The family

Zoot Sims was an American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his exuberance, mellow tone, and sense of swing. Born into a family of vaudeville artists, Sims played drums and clarinet from an early age. He began learning tenor saxophone at age 13 and was initially influenced by the cool-toned,

Simsbury, town (township), Hartford county, north-central Connecticut, U.S., on the Farmington River. The area, originally called Massacoe, was settled in 1660 as part of Windsor. The community was separately incorporated in 1670 and named either for Simondsbury, England, or for Simon Wolcott, an

Harry Markowitz: …developed a computer language called Simscript, used to write economic-analysis programs.

Fibonacci: Contributions to number theory: The mathematician Robert Simson at the University of Glasgow in 1753 noted that, as the numbers increased in magnitude, the ratio between succeeding numbers approached the number α, the golden ratio, whose value is 1.6180…, or (1 + 5)/2. In the 19th century the term Fibonacci sequence…

Swahili literature: …Tanzanian Faraji Katalambulla’s crime thriller Simu ya Kifo (“Death Call”), that transition was pretty well completed; after the mid-1960s, Swahili publishing grew dramatically.

Ole-Johan Dahl: …and Nygaard devised two languages: Simula I, meant for simulations, and Simula 67, a general-purpose language. As the first object-oriented programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67 packaged data and the operations on them so that only the operations are publicly accessible and internal details of the data structures are…

Philip K. Dick: ” Beginning with The Simulacra (1964) and culminating in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968; adapted for film as Blade Runner [1982]), the illusion centres on artificial creatures at large and grappling with what is authentic in a real world of the future.

waterboarding, method of torture in which water is poured into the nose and mouth of a victim who lies on his back on an inclined platform, with his feet above his head. As the victim’s sinus cavities and mouth fill with water, his gag reflex causes him to expel air from his lungs, leaving him

simulation, in industry, science, and education, a research or teaching technique that reproduces actual events and processes under test conditions. Developing a simulation is often a highly complex mathematical process. Initially a set of rules, relationships, and operating procedures are

integrated circuit: Analog design: …California, Berkeley, during the 1970s, SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis), and various proprietary models designed for use with it are ubiquitous in engineering courses and in industry for analog circuit design. SPICE has equations for transistors, capacitors, resistors, and other components, as well as for lengths of wires…

virtual reality: Entertainment: military’s SIMNET system of networked training simulators, BattleTech centres put players in individual “pods,” essentially cockpits that served as immersive, interactive consoles for both narrative and competitive game experiences. All the vehicles represented in the game were controlled by other players, each in his own pod…

flight simulator, any electronic or mechanical system for training airplane and spacecraft pilots and crew members by simulating flight conditions. The purpose of simulation is not to completely substitute for actual flight training but to thoroughly familiarize students with the vehicle concerned

black fly, (family Simuliidae), any member of a family of about 1,800 species of small, humpbacked flies in the order Diptera. Black flies are usually black or dark gray, with gauzy wings, stout antennae and legs, and rather short mouthparts that are adapted for sucking blood. Only females bite and