Romanian literature: The 20th century: Similarly, Barbu Ştefănescu Delavrancea created the historical national drama that played such an important role in the formation of national identity throughout the 20th century. Moses Gaster pioneered modern Romanian folklore research.

Gwen Stefani is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer for the rock-ska band No Doubt before starting a solo career. As teenagers in Orange county, California, Stefani and her brother Eric helped found No Doubt, which fused ska with new wave-style pop.

Gwen Stefani is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame in the 1990s as the lead singer for the rock-ska band No Doubt before starting a solo career. As teenagers in Orange county, California, Stefani and her brother Eric helped found No Doubt, which fused ska with new wave-style pop.

Elise Stefanik is an American politician who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives (2015– ) and who was the chair of the House Republican Conference (2021–25). A onetime critic of former U.S. president Donald Trump, she became one of his fiercest defenders, and after he won the 2024

Milan Štefánik was a Slovak astronomer and general who, with Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš, helped found the new nation of Czechoslovakia in 1918–19. After study at the University of Prague, from which he received a doctorate of philosophy in 1904, Štefánik went to Paris. Joining the staff of the

Milan Štefánik was a Slovak astronomer and general who, with Tomáš Masaryk and Edvard Beneš, helped found the new nation of Czechoslovakia in 1918–19. After study at the University of Prague, from which he received a doctorate of philosophy in 1904, Štefánik went to Paris. Joining the staff of the

Pesellino was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance who excelled in the execution of small-scale paintings. Pesellino was raised by his grandfather, the painter Giuliano il Pesello, and worked as his assistant until Giuliano’s death. He then became associated with Filippo Lippi. In 1453 he

Antoaneta Stefanova is a Bulgarian chess player who was the women’s world champion (2004–06). In 1989 Stefanova won the girl’s under-10 section of the annual Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) World Youth Chess Festival for Peace, which was held that year in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. She

Macedonian literature: …Kole Čašule, Tome Arsovski, and Goran Stefanovski. Čašule also wrote several novels. A main theme of his work is the defeat of idealists and idealism. His play Crnila (1960; “Black Things”) deals with the early 20th-century murder of a Macedonian national leader by other Macedonians and with the characters of…

Davíð Stefánsson was an Icelandic poet and novelist, best known as a poet of humanity. Stefánsson came of a cultured yeoman family and was brought up with a love for his homeland, its literature, and its folklore. He frequently journeyed abroad but lived most of his life in the town of Akureyri,

Vilhjalmur Stefansson was a Canadian-born American explorer and ethnologist who spent five consecutive record-making years exploring vast areas of the Canadian Arctic after adapting himself to the Inuit (Eskimo) way of life. Of Icelandic descent, Stefansson lived for a year among the Inuit in

Agostino Steffani was a composer, singer, cleric, and diplomat, celebrated for his cantatas for two voices. Steffani studied music in Venice, Rome, and Munich, where he served the Elector of Bavaria from 1667 to 1688, becoming by 1681 director of chamber music. He left Munich and entered the

automobile: Other European developments: …later in the field: the Stefanini-Martina of 1896 is thought of as the foundation of the industry in Italy, and Isotta-Fraschini was founded about 1898. Giovanni Agnelli founded Fiat SpA in 1899, saw it grow into one of the weightiest industrial complexes in the world, and maintained personal control until…

Giovanni Lanfranco was an Italian painter, an important follower of the Bolognese school. He was a pupil of Agostino Carracci in Parma (1600–02) and later studied with Annibale Carracci in Rome. A decisive influence on his work, however, was not just the Baroque classicism of the Carracci brothers

Albert Steffen was a Swiss novelist and dramatist, one of the leading writers of the anthroposophical movement founded by Rudolf Steiner (q.v.). Steffen’s early works were compassionate messages of alarm at the disastrous effects of modern technological civilization and secularized thought in human

Libby Trickett: …seven months later to Germany’s Britta Steffen, who posted 53.30 sec at the 2006 European championships. Trickett improved upon her own record with a historic 52.99-sec swim at the 2007 Duel in the Pool, but the time was not accepted as a world record by FINA because it came in…

Henrik Steffens was a philosopher and physicist, who combined scientific ideas with German Idealist metaphysics. Steffens spent his early years at Copenhagen, where he attended the university. He later studied at Kiel, Jena, and Berlin and by 1799 was an established figure in German literary and

Lincoln Steffens was an American journalist, lecturer, and political philosopher, a leading figure among the writers whom U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt called muckrakers. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1889, Steffens studied psychology with Wilhelm Wundt in

Lincoln Steffens was an American journalist, lecturer, and political philosopher, a leading figure among the writers whom U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt called muckrakers. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1889, Steffens studied psychology with Wilhelm Wundt in

cybercrime: Spam, steganography, and e-mail hacking: …via a process known as steganography, a sophisticated method of hiding information in plain sight. Even recognizing that something is concealed in this fashion often requires considerable amounts of computing power; actually decoding the information is nearly impossible if one does not have the key to separate the hidden data.

Artesia, city, Eddy county, southeastern New Mexico, U.S., near the Pecos River. It originated in 1890 as a stop (called Miller) on the old stagecoach route between Roswell and Carlsbad. As a livestock-shipping point on the Pecos Valley Southern Railway (completed 1894), it was known as Stegman.

Wallace Stegner was an American author of fiction and historical nonfiction set mainly in the western United States. All his writings are informed by a deep sense of the American experience and the potential, which he termed “the geography of promise,” that the West symbolizes. For his work, he was

Wallace Stegner was an American author of fiction and historical nonfiction set mainly in the western United States. All his writings are informed by a deep sense of the American experience and the potential, which he termed “the geography of promise,” that the West symbolizes. For his work, he was

amphibian: Annotated classification: (adelospondylians) †Order Aistopoda(aistopodans) Upper Mississippian to Lower Permian. Lepospondylous vertebrae; elongate body with reduced or no limbs; and forked single-headed ribs. †Order Nectridea (nectrideans) Lower Pennsylvanian to Middle Permian. Lepospondylous vertebrae; elongate body with reduced well-differentiated

dinosaur: Pachycephalosauria: Stegoceras and Pachycephalosaurus of the North American Cretaceous were, respectively, the smallest and largest members of the group, the former attaining a length of about 2.5 metres (8 feet) and the latter twice that. Pachycephalosaurs are known almost entirely from the Late Cretaceous (although Yaverlandia…

mosquito: Aedes mosquitoes: A. aegypti, the important carrier of the virus responsible for yellow fever, has white bands on its legs and spots on its abdomen and thorax. This domestic species breeds in almost any kind of container, from flower pots to discarded car-tire casings. The eastern salt…

stegosaur, any of the plated dinosaur species, including Stegosaurus and Tuojiangosaurus of the Late Jurassic period (about 161 million to 146 million years ago) and Wuerhosaurus of the Early Cretaceous (about 146 million to 100 million years ago). Stegosaurs were four-legged herbivores that

stegosaur, any of the plated dinosaur species, including Stegosaurus and Tuojiangosaurus of the Late Jurassic period (about 161 million to 146 million years ago) and Wuerhosaurus of the Early Cretaceous (about 146 million to 100 million years ago). Stegosaurs were four-legged herbivores that

Stegosaurus, (genus Stegosaurus), genus various plated dinosaurs (Stegosauria) of the Late Jurassic Period (159 million to 144 million years ago) recognizable by its spiked tail and series of large triangular bony plates along the back. Stegosaurus usually grew to a length of about 6.5 metres (21

zebra shark, (Stegostoma fasciatum), species of carpet shark classified in the family Stegostomatidae (of which it is the sole member) and the order Orectolobiformes. It inhabits coral reef ecosystems in the Indian and western Pacific oceans, specifically those that occur adjacent to islands on or

chondrichthyan: Annotated classification: Family Stegostomatidae (zebra sharks) Young are black-and-yellow-striped, adults light with dark spots. Upper lobe of tail extremely elongate; parallel ridges along body. Up to 3 metres (about 10 feet) long. 1 genus, 1 species (Stegostoma fasciatum); tropical Indo-Pacific. Eocene to present. Family Rhincodontidae (

Carl Sandburg: Another biography, Steichen the Photographer, the life of his famous brother-in-law, Edward Steichen, appeared in 1929. In 1948 Sandburg published a long novel, Remembrance Rock, which recapitulates the American experience from Plymouth Rock to World War II. Complete Poems appeared in 1950. He wrote four books for…

Edward Steichen was an American photographer who achieved distinction in a remarkably broad range of roles. In his youth he was perhaps the most talented and inventive photographer among those working to win public acceptance of photography as a fine art. He went on to gain fame as a commercial

Edward Steichen was an American photographer who achieved distinction in a remarkably broad range of roles. In his youth he was perhaps the most talented and inventive photographer among those working to win public acceptance of photography as a fine art. He went on to gain fame as a commercial

Steiermark, Bundesland (federal state), southeastern and central Austria, bordering Slovenia on the south and bounded by Bundesländer Kärnten (Carinthia) on the south, Salzburg on the west, Oberösterreich and Niederösterreich (Upper and Lower Austria) on the north, and Burgenland on the east. It

William Steig was an author, illustrator, and cartoonist who developed a national reputation in the latter half of the 20th century for his thought-provoking, doodle-style cartoons. He quickly gained prominence in children’s literature, entertaining young audiences with personified animal

Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger was a Swiss statesman, Schultheiss (chief magistrate) of the canton of Bern, and the most prominent political figure during the last years of the old Swiss Confederation. From a Bernese patrician family, Steiger was dispatched to Halle in Germany and Utrecht, Neth.,

Rod Steiger was an American actor who used the techniques of method acting—enhanced by his powerful delivery and intensity—to inhabit a wide variety of complex characters during a half-century-long career as a performer. He was nominated for an Academy Award three times and won it once, for best

Rod Steiger was an American actor who used the techniques of method acting—enhanced by his powerful delivery and intensity—to inhabit a wide variety of complex characters during a half-century-long career as a performer. He was nominated for an Academy Award three times and won it once, for best

Jimmy Kimmel: Win Ben Stein’s Money and The Man Show: …to 2002 Kimmel appeared alongside Ben Stein on the television game show Win Ben Stein’s Money. Kimmel’s adolescent sense of humour complemented Stein’s dry delivery, and the cohosts were awarded the Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding game-show host in 1999.

Charlotte von Stein was a German writer and an intimate friend of and important influence on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; she was the inspiration for the female figures Iphigenie in his Iphigenie auf Tauris and Natalie in Wilhelm Meister. She remained for Goethe an unattainable feminine ideal and

Blondie: …vocalist Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The pair—also longtime romantic partners—recruited drummer Clem Burke, bassist Gary Valentine, and keyboardist Jimmy Destri. Later members included bassist Nigel Harrison and guitarist Frank Infante.

Edith Stein ; canonized October 11, 1998; feast day August 9) was a Roman Catholic convert from Judaism, Carmelite nun, philosopher, and spiritual writer who was executed by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry and who is regarded as a modern martyr. She was declared a saint by the Roman

Gertrude Stein was an avant-garde American writer, eccentric, and self-styled genius whose Paris home was a salon for the leading artists and writers of the period between World Wars I and II. Stein spent her infancy in Vienna and in Passy, France, and her girlhood in Oakland, Calif. She entered

Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein was a Rhinelander-born Prussian statesman, chief minister of Prussia (1807–08), and personal counselor to the Russian tsar Alexander I (1812–15). He sponsored widespread reforms in Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars and influenced the formation of the last

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande: Wolfgang Sawallisch (1970–80), Horst Stein (1980–85), Armin Jordan (1985–97), Fabio Luisi (1997–2002), Pinchas Steinberg (2002–05), Marek Janowski (2005–12), and Neeme Järvi (2012–15). Jonathan Nott came to the podium as music and artistic director in 2017.

Jill Stein is a former practicing physician and an environmental activist who has run as the candidate of the Green Party of the United States in multiple elections. She was the Green Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. Born to Russian Jewish parents and raised in the Reform Judaism movement, Stein

Jill Stein is a former practicing physician and an environmental activist who has run as the candidate of the Green Party of the United States in multiple elections. She was the Green Party’s 2024 presidential nominee. Born to Russian Jewish parents and raised in the Reform Judaism movement, Stein

Johann Andreas Stein was a German piano builder, and also a maker of organs and harpsichords, who was the first of a distinguished family of piano makers. The son of an organ builder, Stein apprenticed with the famous instrument maker Johann Andreas Silbermann in 1748–49. For a time he evidently

Fiddler on the Roof: … began creating the show, and Joseph Stein then wrote the libretto. Fiddler on the Roof premiered at the Imperial Theater on Broadway in New York City in September 1964; that production ran for a record-breaking 3,242 performances and won nine Tony Awards. The musical has been revived five times on…

Jules Stein was an American show-business entrepreneur, best known as the cofounder and president of the entertainment conglomerate MCA (originally the Music Corporation of America). Stein, who paid his way through medical school (Rush Medical College, 1921) by playing the saxophone and violin as

Jules Stein was an American show-business entrepreneur, best known as the cofounder and president of the entertainment conglomerate MCA (originally the Music Corporation of America). Stein, who paid his way through medical school (Rush Medical College, 1921) by playing the saxophone and violin as

Jule Styne was an American songwriter. The son of Ukrainian Jewish parents, Stein immigrated with them to the United States in 1912. The family settled in Chicago, and Stein, having displayed musical talent from an early age, studied the piano. He began playing piano in nightclubs and with

Karl, Reichsfreiherr vom und zum Stein was a Rhinelander-born Prussian statesman, chief minister of Prussia (1807–08), and personal counselor to the Russian tsar Alexander I (1812–15). He sponsored widespread reforms in Prussia during the Napoleonic Wars and influenced the formation of the last

directing: Directorial styles: …in the late 20th century, Peter Stein in West Berlin concentrated in the 1970s and ’80s on some particularly fruitful European conventions, including elaborating the traditions of historical research established by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen’s company and Stanislavsky in Russia. Stein’s work with West Berlin’s Schaubühne company included group visits…

Sir Aurel Stein was a Hungarian–British archaeologist and geographer whose travels and research in central Asia, particularly in Chinese Turkistan, revealed much about its strategic role in history. Principal of the Oriental College, Lahore, Punjab, India (now in Pakistan; 1888–99), in 1892 he

Sir Aurel Stein was a Hungarian–British archaeologist and geographer whose travels and research in central Asia, particularly in Chinese Turkistan, revealed much about its strategic role in history. Principal of the Oriental College, Lahore, Punjab, India (now in Pakistan; 1888–99), in 1892 he

William H. Stein was an American biochemist who, along with Stanford Moore and Christian B. Anfinsen, was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1972 for their studies of the composition and functioning of the pancreatic enzyme ribonuclease. Stein received his Ph.D. degree from the

William H. Stein was an American biochemist who, along with Stanford Moore and Christian B. Anfinsen, was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1972 for their studies of the composition and functioning of the pancreatic enzyme ribonuclease. Stein received his Ph.D. degree from the

Stein-Leventhal syndrome, disorder in women that is characterized by an elevated level of male hormones (androgens) and infrequent or absent ovulation (anovulation). About 5 percent of women are affected by Stein-Leventhal syndrome, which is responsible for a substantial proportion of cases of

Szombathely, city of county status and seat of Vas megye (county), northwestern Hungary. Szombathely is situated on the Gyöngyös River, near the frontier with Austria, south-southeast of Vienna and west of Budapest. The city is the successor to the Roman settlement of Savaria (Sabaria), the capital

Icelandic literature: Poetry: Steinn Steinarr (Aðalsteinn Kristmundsson), who was deeply influenced by Surrealism, experimented with abstract styles and spearheaded modernism in Icelandic poetry with his collection Ljóð (1937; “Poems”).

Western architecture: Carolingian period: …this can be found at Steinbach and at Seligenstadt in Germany. The walls of the nave at Steinbach (821–827) rest on square masonry pillars. On the east side there are two transept chapels, which are lower in height than the nave but higher than the aisles; like the nave, they…

Emil Steinbach was an Austrian economist, jurist, and statesman noted for his social reforms while serving in the ministries of justice and finance under Eduard, Graf von Taaffe (1879–93). Entering the Austrian Ministry of Justice in 1874, Steinbach rose quickly through the ranks of the legislative

John Steinbeck was an American novelist, best known for The Grapes of Wrath (1939), which summed up the bitterness of the Great Depression decade and aroused widespread sympathy for the plight of migratory farmworkers. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1962. Steinbeck attended Stanford

John Steinbeck was an American novelist, best known for The Grapes of Wrath (1939), which summed up the bitterness of the Great Depression decade and aroused widespread sympathy for the plight of migratory farmworkers. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1962. Steinbeck attended Stanford

the Cars: …and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson. The band’s steady stream of albums from 1978 to 1987 cemented them as one of the major pillars of the new wave rock movement from the late 1970s through the late 1980s.

William Steinberg was a German-born American conductor who directed the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1952 to 1976. Steinberg worked as an apprentice under Otto Klemperer at the Cologne Opera and in 1924 became principal conductor there. He conducted opera at Prague (1925–29) and Frankfurt-am-Main

art criticism: Other Criteria: Rosenberg and Alloway: …the American scholar and critic Leo Steinberg criticized Greenberg from an art-historical point of view, stating that in Greenberg’s “formalist ethic, the ideal critic remains unmoved by the artist’s expressive intention, uninfluenced by his culture, deaf to his irony or iconography, and so proceeds undistracted, programmed like an Orpheus making…

Booker T. and the MG’s: …Willow Springs, Missouri), and bassist Lewie Polk Steinberg (b. September 13, 1933, Memphis—d. July 21, 2016, Memphis). Bassist Donald (“Duck”) Dunn (b. November 24, 1941, Memphis—May 13, 2012, Tokyo, Japan) replaced Steinberg about 1965.

Booker T. and the MG’s: …Willow Springs, Missouri), and bassist Lewie Polk Steinberg (b. September 13, 1933, Memphis—d. July 21, 2016, Memphis). Bassist Donald (“Duck”) Dunn (b. November 24, 1941, Memphis—May 13, 2012, Tokyo, Japan) replaced Steinberg about 1965.

Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra: …(1997–2005), György Győriványi-Ráth (2011–14), and Pinchas Steinberg (2014– ). The orchestra recorded for the Supraphon, Qualiton, and Hungaroton labels, on occasion under Zoltán Kodály’s direction.

Saul Steinberg was a Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his line drawings that suggest elaborate, eclectic doodlings. Steinberg studied sociology and psychology at the University of Bucharest and architecture in Milan. From 1936 to 1939 he published his cartoons in

William Steinberg was a German-born American conductor who directed the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1952 to 1976. Steinberg worked as an apprentice under Otto Klemperer at the Cologne Opera and in 1924 became principal conductor there. He conducted opera at Prague (1925–29) and Frankfurt-am-Main

Jack Steinberger was a German-born American physicist who, along with Leon M. Lederman and Melvin Schwartz, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988 for their joint discoveries concerning neutrinos. Steinberger immigrated to the United States in 1934. He studied physics at the University of

George Steinbrenner was an American businessman and principal owner of the New York Yankees (1973–2010). His exacting methods and often bellicose attitude established him as one of the most controversial personalities in major league baseball. Though he was often criticized, under his ownership the

George Steinbrenner was an American businessman and principal owner of the New York Yankees (1973–2010). His exacting methods and often bellicose attitude established him as one of the most controversial personalities in major league baseball. Though he was often criticized, under his ownership the

New York Yankees: …his two sons, Hank and Hal, and in 2008 Hal was given control of the team, while George remained the nominal chairman until his death in 2010. In 2009 the Yankees returned to the World Series for the first time in six years, under Joe Girardi, who had become the…

Peer Steinbrück is a German politician who was the candidate of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) for chancellor of Germany in 2013. After Steinbrück graduated from high school in 1968, he completed 18 months of compulsory military service. He elected to extend his enlistment by six

Gloria Steinem is an American feminist, political activist, and editor who was an articulate advocate of the women’s liberation movement during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Steinem spent her early years traveling with her parents in a house trailer. After their divorce in 1946, Gloria

Gloria Steinem is an American feminist, political activist, and editor who was an articulate advocate of the women’s liberation movement during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Steinem spent her early years traveling with her parents in a house trailer. After their divorce in 1946, Gloria

Adolf Loos: It was followed by the Steiner House, Vienna (1910), which has been referred to by some architectural historians as the first completely modern dwelling; the main (rear) facade is a symmetrical, skillfully balanced composition of rectangles. His essays from this period, denouncing ornament and decoration, were equally influential. Loos’s best-known…

Waldorf school, school based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian educator and the formulator of anthroposophy. Steiner’s first school opened in 1919 in Stuttgart, Germany, for the children of the Waldorf-Astoria Company’s employees; his schools thereafter became known as

Jakob Steiner: …to one point on the Steiner surface (also known as the Roman surface). Steiner never published these and other findings concerning the surface. A colleague, Karl Weierstrass, first published a paper on the surface and Steiner’s results in 1863, the year of Steiner’s death. Steiner’s other work was primarily on…

George Steiner was an influential French-born American literary critic who studied the relationship between literature and society, particularly in light of modern history. His writings on language and the Holocaust reached a wide, nonacademic audience. Steiner was born in Paris of émigré Austrian

George Steiner was an influential French-born American literary critic who studied the relationship between literature and society, particularly in light of modern history. His writings on language and the Holocaust reached a wide, nonacademic audience. Steiner was born in Paris of émigré Austrian

Jakob Steiner was a Swiss mathematician who was one of the founders of modern synthetic and projective geometry. As the son of a small farmer, Steiner had no early schooling and did not learn to write until he was 14. Against the wishes of his parents, at 18 he entered the Pestalozzi School at

Leslie Howard was an English actor, producer, and film director whose acting had a quiet, persuasive English charm. After working as a bank clerk, Howard served in World War I, where he was able to strengthen an early interest in the stage. Adopting his stage name, he first appeared on stage in

Max Steiner was an Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor. A prodigy, he wrote an operetta at age 14 that ran in Vienna for a year. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1914 and worked in New York City as a theatre conductor and arranger, and then he moved to Hollywood in 1929. He became one of the

Max Steiner was an Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor. A prodigy, he wrote an operetta at age 14 that ran in Vienna for a year. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1914 and worked in New York City as a theatre conductor and arranger, and then he moved to Hollywood in 1929. He became one of the

Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian-born spiritualist, lecturer, and founder of anthroposophy, a movement based on the notion that there is a spiritual world comprehensible to pure thought but accessible only to the highest faculties of mental knowledge. Attracted in his youth to the works of Goethe,

Otto Steinert was a German photographer, teacher, and physician, who was the founder of the Fotoform movement of postwar German photographers. Steinert studied medicine at various universities from 1934 to 1939 and was a medical officer during World War II. He abandoned medicine for photography

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Premise and summary: …a girl named Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), whom he seems to connect with. After school he spends the evening with his Uncle Aaron (Mahershala Ali), who helps him express his frustrations by spray-painting a graffiti mural on an abandoned subway wall. During this adventure Miles is bitten by a large…

faience fine, fine white English lead-glazed earthenware, or creamware, imported into France from about 1730 onward. Staffordshire “salt glaze” was imported first, followed by the improved Wedgwood “Queen’s ware” and the Leeds “cream-coloured ware.” It was cheaper than French faience, or tin-glazed

Steinhart Aquarium, public aquarium in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, noted for its innovative displays. The facility was opened in 1923 and is administered by the California Academy of Sciences. Besides having about 5,000 specimens of some 350 species of fish, the aquarium maintains a collection

quasicrystal: Quasiperiodicity: Paul Steinhardt, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania, proposed a resolution of this apparent conflict. They suggested that the translational order of atoms in quasicrystalline alloys might be quasiperiodic rather than periodic. Quasiperiodic patterns share certain characteristics with periodic patterns. In particular, both are deterministic—that…

Dominikus Zimmermann: The first, in Steinhausen (now in Baden-Württemberg), was begun in 1727. The floor plan is an oval, with 10 slender freestanding piers supporting a vault painted in exemplary style by Zimmermann’s brother. This structure has been regarded by some as the first truly Rococo church because of its…

microscope: Types of magnifiers: More-complex magnifiers, such as the Steinheil or Hastings forms, use three or more elements to achieve better correction for chromatic aberrations and distortion. In general, a better approach is the use of aspheric surfaces and fewer elements.

Karl August Steinheil was a German physicist who did pioneering work in telegraphy, optics, and photometry. Steinheil received the Ph.D. at Königsberg in 1825 and in 1832 began to teach physics and mathematics at Munich University. From 1849 to 1852 he organized the Austrian telegraph system,

Steinheim skull, human fossil remnant found in 1933 along the Murr River about 20 km (12 miles) north of Stuttgart, Germany. Found in association with bones of elephants and rhinoceroses, the specimen has been dated to approximately 350,000 years ago. The skull is characterized by an estimated