Linda Hogan: …books—including the volumes of poetry Seeing Through the Sun (1985), Savings (1988), and Dark. Sweet. (2014) and the novels Mean Spirit (1990), Solar Storms (1995), and People of the Whale (2008)—address ecological issues and the dispossession of Native Americans. Hogan also wrote the essay collection

Oliver Sacks: In Seeing Voices (1989), he explored the ways in which sign language not only provides the deaf with a means of communication but also serves as the foundation for a discrete culture. In An Anthropologist on Mars (1995), he documented the lives of seven patients living…

Christianity: Faith and reason: upon Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of seeing-as (Philosophical Investigations, 1953). Wittgenstein pointed to the epistemological significance of puzzle pictures, such as the ambiguous “duck-rabbit” that can be seen either as a duck’s head facing one way or a rabbit’s head facing another way. The enlarged concept of experiencing-as (developed by the…

Moshoeshoe II was the first king of Lesotho, who struggled to define the monarchy as he was twice sent into exile and was once deposed. He was educated locally at Roma College, Maseru, and in Great Britain at Ampleforth College and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The descendant and namesake of

Seeker, member of any of numerous small groups of separatist Puritans in 16th-century England who sought new prophets to reveal God’s true church. Seekers subscribed to the principles of Caspar Schwenckfeld of Lower Silesia, Sebastian Franck of Swabia, Dirck Coornhert of the Netherlands, and other

Seekonk River, navigable stream about 5 miles (8 km) long formed by the widened Blackstone River at Pawtucket, R.I., U.S. The Seekonk joins the Providence River at Providence city; it is the most northerly point of Narragansett Bay tidewater. Seekonk is an Indian name possibly meaning “At the

Selandian Stage, division of Paleocene rocks, representing all rocks deposited worldwide during the Selandian Age (61.6 million to 59.2 million years ago) of the Paleogene Period (66 million to 23 million years ago). The Selandian Stage is named for marine strata in the Seeland region of Denmark.

dinosaur: Reconstruction and classification: …1887 by his fellow Englishman H.G. Seeley, who noticed that all dinosaurs possessed one of two distinctive pelvic designs, one like that of birds and the other like that of reptiles. Accordingly, he divided the dinosaurs into the orders Ornithischia (having a birdlike pelvis) and Saurischia (having a reptilian pelvis).…

Sarah Edmonds was an American soldier who fought, disguised as a man, in the Civil War. Sarah Edmonson received scant education as a child, and sometime in the 1850s she ran away from home. For a time she was an itinerant seller of Bibles, dressing as a man and using the name Frank Thompson. She

DNA computing: Biochemistry-based information technology: American biochemist Nadrian Seeman was an early pioneer of DNA-based nanotechnology, which originally used this particular molecule purely as a nanoscale “scaffold” for the manipulation and control of other molecules. American computer scientist Erik Winfree worked with Seeman to show how two-dimensional “sheets” of DNA-based “tiles” (effectively…

Chevy Chase: Hit movies: Caddyshack, Fletch, and National Lampoon’s Vacation: …later reunited with Hawn on Seems Like Old Times (1980), playing a man wrongfully accused of robbing a bank; the comedy was written by Neil Simon. In 1981 Chase portrayed an air-traffic controller who develops telekinesis in Modern Problems. Both films received mixed reviews, though they were moderately successful at…

spring: …perceptible current is called a seep. Wells are holes excavated to bring water and other underground fluids to the surface.

seepage, in soil engineering, movement of water in soils, often a critical problem in building foundations. Seepage depends on several factors, including permeability of the soil and the pressure gradient, essentially the combination of forces acting on water through gravity and other factors.

divination, the practice of determining the hidden significance or cause of events, sometimes foretelling the future, by various natural, psychological, and other techniques. Found in all civilizations, both ancient and modern, it is encountered most frequently in contemporary mass society in the

cancer: Statistical records: …survival, and mortality is the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program, sponsored by the U.S. National Cancer Institute. SEER was established in 1973 in order to facilitate the collection and publication of data from population-based cancer registries in the United States. The figures are updated every year and are…

Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner: …Geisterwelt in die unsere (1829; The Seer of Prevorst. Disclosures About the Inner Life of Men and the Projection of a Spiritworld into Ours).

diviner’s sage, (Salvia divinorum), hallucinogenic plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae) endemic to the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico. Diviner’s sage has a long history of use by Mazatec shamans of northern Oaxaca, who ingest its fresh leaves or leaf preparations for spiritual rituals and healing

mackerel: …species, among them: the barred Spanish mackerel (S. commerson), an Indo-Pacific fish said to weigh up to 45 kg (100 pounds); the king mackerel, or kingfish (S. cavalla), a western Atlantic fish about 170 cm long and weighing 36 kg or more; and the cero, or painted mackerel (S. regalis),…

Eugène Seers was a French Canadian poet and critic who is regarded as the first major literary critic of Quebec. While a member of the religious order Congrégation de Très Saint-Sacrement, he wrote religious poetry, short stories, and critical articles, especially on the poetry of Émile Nelligan.

Prithviraj Kapoor: …with the even more successful Seeta, a film in which he played Rama, opposite Durga Khote in the title role. His most popular New Theatres film was Vidyapati (1937), Bose’s impressively mounted chronicle of the life of the court poet of the kingdom of Mithila (the area of ancient Videha,…

Tyla is a South African singer who gained international recognition when a video of a live performance of her 2023 single “Water,” featuring the bacardi, a contemporary South African dance style, went viral on social media. She dubbed her music “popiano,” a mix of pop with amapiano, the South

Kanem-Bornu: …trading empire ruled by the Sef (Sayf) dynasty that controlled the area around Lake Chad from the 9th to the 19th century. Its territory at various times included what is now southern Chad, northern Cameroon, northeastern Nigeria, eastern Niger, and southern Libya.

Sephardi, member or descendant of the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal from at least the later centuries of the Roman Empire until their persecution and mass expulsion from those countries in the last decades of the 15th century. The Sephardim initially fled to North Africa and other parts of

Sephardi, member or descendant of the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal from at least the later centuries of the Roman Empire until their persecution and mass expulsion from those countries in the last decades of the 15th century. The Sephardim initially fled to North Africa and other parts of

Ladino language, Romance language spoken by Sephardic Jews living mostly in Israel, the Balkans, North Africa, Greece, and Turkey. Ladino is very nearly extinct in many of these areas. A very archaic form of Castilian Spanish mixed somewhat with Hebrew elements (as well as Aramaic, Arabic, Turkish,

calligraphy: Old Hebrew: …was the Early Sefardic (Spharadic), with examples dating between 600 and 1200 ce. The Classic Sefardic hand appears between 1100 and 1600 ce. The Ashkenazic style of Hebrew writing exhibits French and German Gothic overtones of the so-called black-letter styles (see below Latin-alphabet handwriting: The black-letter, or Gothic, style…

Sephardi, member or descendant of the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal from at least the later centuries of the Roman Empire until their persecution and mass expulsion from those countries in the last decades of the 15th century. The Sephardim initially fled to North Africa and other parts of

Eldad ben Mahli ha-Dani: His Hebrew narrative, Sefer Eldad, established his reputation as a philologist whom leading medieval Jewish grammarians and lexicographers quoted as an authority on linguistic difficulties. It appeared in several languages and in widely deviating versions. The first edition was published at the Italian city of Mantua in 1480.

Haim Naḥman Bialik: Ravnitzky) and edited Sefer ha-agadah (1907/08–1910/11; The Book of Legends), a collection of traditional Jewish homilies and legends. He also edited the poems of the medieval poet and philosopher Ibn Gabirol and began a popular modern commentary on the Mishna (the codification of Jewish oral laws).

Sefer ha-bahir, (Hebrew: “Book of Brightness”), largely symbolic commentary on the Old Testament, the basic motif of which is the mystical significance of the shapes and sounds of the Hebrew alphabet. The influence of the Bahir on the development of Kabbala (esoteric Jewish mysticism) was profound

Elijah Bokher Levita: …on Hebrew grammar, Levita produced Sefer ha-Baḥur [Bokher] (1518; “Book of Baḥur”), which was widely used and went into many editions. About the same time, he published a table of paradigms and an annotated dictionary of irregular word forms found in the Bible. A work on phonetics and various aspects…

Joseph Kimhi: Kimhi’s work on Jewish apologetics, Sefer ha-Berit (“Book of the Covenant”), is important for its historical information on the position of the Jews in Provence. He also established himself as a poet of considerable merit and was frequently quoted by later generations. His Shekel hakodesh (“The Holy Shekel”) was published…

Abraham ben David Halevi ibn Daud: …for his major philosophic work, Sefer ha-emuna ha-rama (“Book of Sublime Faith”), extant only in Hebrew and German translations.

Judaism: Saʿadia ben Joseph: …Kitāb al-amānāt wa al-iʿtiqādāt (Beliefs and Opinions), is modeled on similar Muʿtazilite treatises and on the Muʿtazilite classification of theological subject matter known as the Five Principles.

Joseph Kimhi: Another work, Sefer ha-galui (“Book of the Demonstration”), dealing with lexicography and questions of exegesis, served as a vehicle for criticizing the work of Jacob ben Meir Tam, the leading Talmudic scholar of the time. Among his critical commentaries on various books of the Old Testament, those…

Isaac ben Solomon Israeli: Of his philosophical writings, Kitāb al-ḥudūd (Hebrew: Sefer ha-gevulim, “The Book of Definitions”) is best known. Beginning with a discussion of Aristotle’s four types of inquiry, Israeli goes on to present 56 definitions, including definitions of wisdom, intellect, soul, nature, reason, love, locomotion, and time. Others of his philosophical…

Isaac ben Solomon Luria: …compendium of legal discussions, the Sefer ha-Halakhot of Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi. He also engaged in commerce during this period.

Levi ben Gershom: …Islāmic philosopher Averroës, Levi wrote Sefer ha-hekkesh ha-yashar (1319; Latin Liber syllogismi recti; “Book of Proper Analogy”), criticizing several arguments of Aristotle; he also wrote commentaries on the works of both philosophers.

Joseph Albo: …classic work of Jewish dogmatics, Sefer ha-ʿiqqarim (1485; “Book of Principles”).

Abraham ben David Halevi ibn Daud: …esteemed today for his history Sefer ha-kabbala (“Book of Tradition”) than for his major philosophic work, Sefer ha-emuna ha-rama (“Book of Sublime Faith”), extant only in Hebrew and German translations.

Judah ha-Levi: …Zion, and the Sefer ha-Kuzari (“Book of the Khazar”), presenting his philosophy of Judaism in dialogue form.

Ibn Falaquera: …end of the 15th century; Sefer ha-maʿalot (“Book of Degrees”), which advocates the Neoplatonic ideal of the contemplative life; a commentary on Maimonides’ Guide under the title More ha-more (“Guide of the Guide”); and an abstract of Ibn Gabirol’s influential Fons vitae in Hebrew.

Levi ben Gershom: …Levi wrote his first work, Sefer ha-mispar (“Book of the Number”), dealing with arithmetical operations, including extraction of roots. In De sinibus, chordis et arcubus (1342; “On Sines, Chords, and Arcs”) he presented an original derivation of the sine theorem for plane triangles and tables of sines calculated to five…

Anan ben David: …code of his order, the Sefer ha-mitzwot (“Book of Precepts”). Its unifying principle is its rejection of much of the Talmud and of the rabbinate, which based its authority on the Talmud. Only the Bible is held to be valid, but it is interpreted with an unusual mixture of freedom…

Judaism: Early stages to the 6th century ce: …in pagan material, is the Sefer ha-razim, the “Treatise on Mysteries,” which was discovered in 1963.)

Isaac ben Solomon Israeli: …of his philosophical works include Sefer ha-ruʾaḥ ve-ha-nefesh (“Treatise on Spirit and Soul”), probably part of a larger exegetical effort, and Kitāb al-jawāhir (“Book of Substances”).

Abraham Zevi Idelsohn: … (1929); Jewish Liturgy (1932); and Sefer ha-shirim, 2 vol. (1913–22; “Book of Songs”), the first Hebrew songbook published in Palestine.

David Kimhi: …appeared as a separate work, Sefer ha-shorashim (“Book of the Roots”). (The grammar, edited and translated by William Chomsky, was published in 1933; 2nd ed. 1952.) His work differed from previous grammars in its comprehensive treatment of verbs and covered all the rules of conjugation, punctuation, and accent. Distinguished also…

Sefer ha-temuna, (Hebrew: “Book of the Image”), anonymous work in Hebrew that imbues the letters of the Hebrew alphabet with a mystical significance and claims that there are invisible parts of the Torah. The book first appeared in Spain in the 13th century. The Sefer ha-temuna advances the notion

Talmud and Midrash: Codes: (2) The Sefer ha-ṭurim (“Book of Rows,” or “ Parts”), by Jacob ben Asher (14th century), the son of Asher ben Jehiel, introduced new groupings, dividing subject matter into four major categories (ṭurim) reminiscent of the Mishnaic orders; it includes only laws applicable after the destruction of…

Astruc of Lunel: …derived from his polemical work Sefer ha-yareaḥ (“The Book of the Moon”), the title of which refers to the town of Lunel (French lune, meaning “moon”).

Jacob ben Meir Tam: Tam’s major legal work is Sefer ha-yashar (first published in 1811 in Vienna; “Book of the Righteous”). It contains explanations of 30 tractates of the Talmud, as well as responsa (authoritative answers to questions about Jewish law). He also wrote religious poetry, some of which was later incorporated into the…

Elijah Bokher Levita: …that he considered his masterpiece, Sefer ha-zikhronot (“Book of Memoirs”), a Masoretic, or Hebrew biblical, concordance. Though never published, the manuscript brought him offers of professorships from church prelates, princes, and the king of France, Francis I. He declined all of them, however. Another Masoretic work, Massarot ha-massarot (1538; “Tradition…

Joseph Kimhi: His comprehensive grammatical text, Sefer ha-zikkaron (“Book of Remembrance”), introduced a classification of verb stems for Hebrew that remains in use. Another work, Sefer ha-galui (“Book of the Demonstration”), dealing with lexicography and questions of exegesis, served as a vehicle for criticizing the work of Jacob ben Meir Tam,…

Sefer ha-zohar, (Hebrew: “Book of Splendour”), 13th-century book, mostly in Aramaic, that is the classic text of esoteric Jewish mysticism, or Kabbala. Though esoteric mysticism was taught by Jews as early as the 1st century ad, the Zohar gave new life and impetus to mystical speculations through

Joseph Albo: …classic work of Jewish dogmatics, Sefer ha-ʿiqqarim (1485; “Book of Principles”).

Sefer Ḥasidim, (Hebrew: “Book of the Pious”), a highly valuable account of the day-to-day religious life of medieval German Jews known as Ḥasidim (“Pious Ones”). The authentic Ḥasid is described in terms of asceticism, humility, serenity, altruism, and strict ethical behaviour. Though the work is

Elijah Bokher Levita: Sefer meturgeman (1541; “A Translator’s Book”) was the first dictionary of the Targums, or Aramaic books of the Hebrew Bible. His lexicon Tishbi (1542) explained much of the Mishnaic Hebrew language and was a supplement to two important earlier dictionaries.

David Kimhi: His own great work, the Sefer mikhlol (“Book of Completeness”), was originally intended to comprise a grammar and a lexicon of the Hebrew language. The latter, however, appeared as a separate work, Sefer ha-shorashim (“Book of the Roots”). (The grammar, edited and translated by William Chomsky, was published in 1933;…

Levi ben Gershom: …wrote (1317–29) his major work, Sefer milḥamot Adonai (“The Book of the Wars of the Lord”; partial trans. Die Kämpfe Gottes, 2 vol.). Divided into six parts, the work treats exhaustively of the immortality of the soul; dreams, divination, and prophecy; divine knowledge; providence; celestial spheres and separate intellects and…

Sefer Torah, (Hebrew: “Book of the Law”), in Judaism, the first five books of the Old Testament written in Hebrew by a qualified calligrapher (sofer) on vellum or parchment and enshrined in the ark of the Law (aron ha-qodesh) in synagogues. The Sefer Torah is used for public readings during

Sefer Yetzira, (Hebrew: “Book of Creation”), oldest known Hebrew text on white magic and cosmology; it contends that the cosmos derived from the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and from the 10 divine numbers (sefirot). Taken together, they were said to comprise the “32 paths of secret wisdom” by

George Seferis was a Greek poet, essayist, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. After studying law in Paris, Seferis joined the Greek diplomatic service and served in London and Albania prior to World War II, during which time he was in exile with the free Greek government.

George Seferis was a Greek poet, essayist, and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. After studying law in Paris, Seferis joined the Greek diplomatic service and served in London and Albania prior to World War II, during which time he was in exile with the free Greek government.

Safid River, longest river of northern Iran, rising 920 feet (280 m) in elevation and breaking through the Elburz Mountains in an impressive gorge 23 miles (37 km) long to emerge on the plain of Gīlān, where it forms a delta and flows into the Caspian Sea. With its main tributary, the Qezel Owzan,

sefirot, in the speculations of esoteric Jewish mysticism (Kabbala), the 10 emanations, or powers, by which God the Creator was said to become manifest. The concept first appeared in the Sefer Yetzira (“Book of Creation”), as the 10 ideal numbers. In the development of Kabbalistic literature, the

sefirot, in the speculations of esoteric Jewish mysticism (Kabbala), the 10 emanations, or powers, by which God the Creator was said to become manifest. The concept first appeared in the Sefer Yetzira (“Book of Creation”), as the 10 ideal numbers. In the development of Kabbalistic literature, the

Ahmed Sefrioui was a Moroccan novelist and short-story writer whose works record the everyday lives of the common people in Fès, Mor. The son of a Berber miller, Sefrioui was educated in Fès and ultimately became director of the Bureau of Tourism there. He was one of the few French-speaking

vanadium: …(1830) by the Swedish chemist Nils Gabriel Sefström, who named it after Vanadis, the Scandinavian goddess of beauty and youth, a name suggested by the beautiful colours of vanadium’s compounds in solution. The English chemist Henry Enfield Roscoe first isolated the metal in 1867 by hydrogen reduction of vanadium dichloride,…

Sefton, metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. Extending along the Irish Sea coast from the Ribble estuary in the north to the Mersey estuary in the south, Sefton lies immediately north of Liverpool and includes industrial,

Earle Meadows: …American pole-vaulter who, tied with Bill Sefton, set the world record in 1937 of 4.54 m (14 feet 11 inches). Meadows and Sefton were nicknamed “the Heavenly Twins.”

Mauritius: The arts and cultural institutions: Mauritius is known for the séga, a popular folk dance consisting of suggestive movements of the hips and arms to a rhythmic beat. The dance can be traced back to the 18th century, when it was performed by slaves.

Sega Corporation, software and hardware company created in the United States—but now based in Japan—that developed computers and electronic game technology. Sega originated in 1940 as Standard Games, a coin-operated game company in Hawaii. While providing games for military bases, the company was

Sega Corporation, software and hardware company created in the United States—but now based in Japan—that developed computers and electronic game technology. Sega originated in 1940 as Standard Games, a coin-operated game company in Hawaii. While providing games for military bases, the company was

Sega Corporation: …Master System (1986) and the Sega Genesis (1988)—beginning a serious competition with its main rival, the Nintendo console, for control of the video game market.

George Segal was an American sculptor of monochromatic cast plaster figures often situated in environments of mundane furnishings and objects. Segal was educated at the Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, New York University (B.S., 1950), and Rutgers University (M.F.A., 1963) and began his artistic

The Bridge at Remagen: Phil Hartman (George Segal) is ordered to seize it. Kreuger has had the bridge mined, but the resulting explosion fails to destroy it. He is later arrested by his superiors and shot for disobeying orders. Although U.S. troops seize the bridge, it collapses shortly thereafter.

biblical literature: The modern period: Mosheh Zevi Hirsh Segal (died 1968) dealt with a wide area of biblical and related literature, maintaining the essential Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch (supplemented by later editors who worked in Moses’ spirit). The most ambitious enterprise in this field is the “Bible Project” of…

Segamat, town, south-central Peninsular (West) Malaysia (Malaya). It lies along the Segamat River and the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore railway. Surrounded by oil-palm and rubber estates, the town is on the central Johor plains and has a small airfield. Granite and limestone quarries are nearby. Pop.

Giovanni Segantini was an Italian painter known for his Alpine landscapes and allegorical pictures, which blended Symbolist content with the technique of Neo-Impressionism. Raised by peasants in the Italian Alps as a herdsman, Segantini spent long hours of solitude in drawing. His work was noticed

Sevagram, town, eastern Maharashtra state, western India. It is situated on a level plain just east of Wardha. The town was originally called Segaon. It was given its present name by Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Indian nationalist leader. In 1936 he left his ashram (hermitage) on the Sabarmati River,

Elzie Segar was an American cartoonist and creator of “Popeye,” a comic strip in which the main character, a roughhewn sailor who gained immense strength from eating spinach, became an international folk hero. As a young man Segar worked as a house painter, sign painter, and motion-picture

Apostolic: …founded at Parma, Italy, by Gerard Segarelli, an uncultured workman, to restore what he considered the apostolic way of life. His emphasis on repentance and poverty reflected ideas propagated by Joachim of Fiore, a 12th-century mystic. In 1286 Pope Honorius IV ordered the eccentric sect to conform to an approved…

India: The government of Lord Hastings: The resulting Treaty of Segauli (1816) gave the British the tract of hill country where Shimla (Simla), the site of the future summer capital of British India, was situated, and it settled relations between Nepal and British India for the rest of the British period. Nepal remained…

Sweden: Earliest settlements: …9000 bce, were found at Segebro outside Malmö in the extreme southern reaches of Sweden, but earlier settlement could have been facilitated by land bridges between present-day Denmark and southern Sweden that existed from about 13,100–12,700 and 12,100–10,300 years ago. Finds from the peat at Ageröd in Skåne dated to…

Freaks and Geeks: Cast and characters: …drummer Nick Andopolis, played by Jason Segel; Daniel’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, hot-tempered Kim Kelly, played by Busy Philipps; and angry, sarcastic Ken Miller, played by Seth Rogen.

Kaufmann Kohler: …reflected in his doctoral dissertation, Der Segen Jacobs (1867; “Jacob’s Blessing”), on the story of Jacob found in chapter 49 of the Book of Genesis. The radicalism of this thesis, one of the earliest examples of the higher criticism of the Bible (analyzing Scripture in light of modern knowledge), excluded…

Bob Seger is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who achieved great popularity in the 1970s and ’80s with an earthy sound and lyrical themes rooted in the American Midwest. One of the Midwest’s most successful rock performers, Seger was musically influenced by soul and rhythm and blues

Bob Seger is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who achieved great popularity in the 1970s and ’80s with an earthy sound and lyrical themes rooted in the American Midwest. One of the Midwest’s most successful rock performers, Seger was musically influenced by soul and rhythm and blues

Hercules Seghers was a Dutch painter and etcher of stark, fantastic landscapes. Seghers studied with Gillis van Coninxloo in Amsterdam and was influenced by the work of Adam Elsheimer. Seghers’s style contrasts strongly with the main aspects of the Dutch output of that period; most of his works

Segesta, ancient city of Sicily, located on Monte Barbaro about 2 miles (3 km) northwest of modern Calatafimi. It was the chief city of the Elymi, a people for whom Thucydides claimed a Trojan origin; they are archaeologically indistinguishable in the Early Iron Age (c. 1000–c. 500 bc) from their

Sighișoara, town, Mureș județ (county), central Romania. Situated in the historic region of Transylvania, it is 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Sibiu city and 110 miles (175 km) northwest of Bucharest. The town circles a hill, on the summit of which stands a citadel with a ring of walls, nine extant

Dorry Segev is an Israeli-born transplant surgeon who helped advance efforts to ensure the equitable and optimal use of donor organs and who developed innovative approaches to organ transplantation, particularly for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He was especially well

German literature: Other works of German Modernism: Anna Seghers’s novel Das siebte Kreuz (1942; The Seventh Cross) depicts the escape of seven prisoners, only one of whom survives, from a concentration camp. Other important exile writers were Bertolt Brecht, Joseph Roth, Franz Werfel, Arnold Zweig, and Stefan Zweig. Among the communist writers…

Charles Jean Seghers was a Roman Catholic missionary whose work in northwestern North America earned him the title Apostle of Alaska. Seghers prepared for his missions at the American College of Louvain (Leuven), Belg., was ordained in 1863, and soon embarked for the diocese of Vancouver Island,

Hercules Seghers was a Dutch painter and etcher of stark, fantastic landscapes. Seghers studied with Gillis van Coninxloo in Amsterdam and was influenced by the work of Adam Elsheimer. Seghers’s style contrasts strongly with the main aspects of the Dutch output of that period; most of his works

Hercules Seghers was a Dutch painter and etcher of stark, fantastic landscapes. Seghers studied with Gillis van Coninxloo in Amsterdam and was influenced by the work of Adam Elsheimer. Seghers’s style contrasts strongly with the main aspects of the Dutch output of that period; most of his works

Hercules Seghers was a Dutch painter and etcher of stark, fantastic landscapes. Seghers studied with Gillis van Coninxloo in Amsterdam and was influenced by the work of Adam Elsheimer. Seghers’s style contrasts strongly with the main aspects of the Dutch output of that period; most of his works

computer science: Operating systems: …(pages) or variable-size blocks (segments) of the job are read into main memory as needed. Questions such as how much main memory space to allocate to users and which pages or segments should be returned to disk (“swapped out”) to make room for incoming pages or segments must be…

culture: Social organization: Segment is defined as one of an indefinite number of groupings all of which are alike in structure and function: families, lineages, clans, and so on. On more advanced levels of development there are occupational classes, such as farmers, pastoralists, artisans, metalworkers, and scribes, and…