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mad cow disease

(Encyclopedia) mad cow disease: see prion.

Ophelia's Flowers of Madness

The Question: What Shakespeare play is this quote from? "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,love, remember: and there is pansies. That's…

Geometry: Max Geometry

Max GeometryGeometryWhose Geometry Is It Anyway?Non-Euclidean GeometryHyperbolic Geometry: Saddle Up!Spherical GeometryTaxi-Cab GeometryMax GeometryHow Many Shapes Can a Circle Have? With the…

Rare and Deadly Diseases: Mad Cow Disease

Mad Cow DiseaseRare and Deadly DiseasesIntroductionHemorrhagic FeversEbola: Africa's Bloody DiseaseMarburgHantavirus: Four Corners, United StatesMad Cow DiseaseCJD: Mad Cow's Human…

Max (Reading Rainbow)

Distributor:GPN Max, the son of superheroes, cannot learn to fly. Narrated by Regina King, this iconographic production of Bob Graham’s humorous story proves that a difficult situation can help a…

Max, Gabriel

(Encyclopedia) Max, GabrielMax, Gabrielgäˈbrēĕl mäks [key], 1840–1915, German painter and illustrator, b. Prague; son and pupil of the sculptor Josef Max (1803–54). A student of psychology and…

Müller, Max

(Encyclopedia) Müller, Max (Friedrich Maximilian Müller, Friedrich Max Müller, or Friedrich Max-Müller)Müller, Maxmäks [key]Müller, Max mülˈər [key]Müller, Max;frēˈdrĭkh mäkˌsēmēlˈyän [key], 1823–…

Slevogt, Max

(Encyclopedia) Slevogt, MaxSlevogt, Maxmäks slāˈfôkht [key], 1868–1932, German painter. Slevogt, together with Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth, was among the principal exponents of German…

Beckmann, Max

(Encyclopedia) Beckmann, MaxBeckmann, Maxmäks bĕkˈmän [key], 1884–1950, German painter. A member of the Berlin secession from 1908 to 1911, he was impressionistic in his early style. A subsequent…

Ernst, Max

(Encyclopedia) Ernst, MaxErnst, Maxmäks ĕrnst [key] 1891–1976, German painter. After World War I, Ernst joined the Dada movement in Paris and then became a founder of surrealism. Apart from the…