…a unit of magnetic induction, equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla…
…a thermodynamic quantity equal to the enthalpy (of a system or process) minus the product of the entropy and the absolute temperature…
…a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram…
…the constant in Newton’s law of gravitation relating gravity to the masses and separation of particles, equal to 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2…
…a sensitive area of the anterior wall of the vagina believed by some to be highly erogenous and capable of ejaculation…
…a garment with pressurized pouches that are inflatable with air or fluid, worn by fighter pilots and astronauts to enable them to withstand high gravitational forces…
…a garment consisting of a narrow strip of cloth attached to a waistband that covers only the genital area, worn as underwear or by striptease performers…
…(1848–1915), English cricketer; full name William Gilbert Grace. In a first-class career that lasted until 1908, he made 126 centuries, scored 54,896 runs, and took 2,864 wickets. He twice captained England in Test matches against Australia (1880 and 1882)…
…(1873–1958), English moral philosopher and member of the Bloomsbury Group; full name George Edward Moore. Notable works: Principia Ethica (1903)…
…(1866–1946), English novelist; full name Herbert George Wells. He wrote some of the earliest science-fiction novels, such as The War of the Worlds (1898), which combined political satire with warnings about the powers of science…
…(1930–2009), British novelist and short-story writer; full name James Graham Ballard. He is known for dystopian science fiction such as his first novel, The Drowned World (1962), and Crash (1973)…
…(1935–79), English novelist; full name James Gordon Farrell. Notable works: The Siege of Krishnapur (1973) and The Singapore Grip (1978)…
…(1874–1936), English essayist, novelist, and critic; full name Gilbert Keith Chesterton. His novels include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) and a series of detective stories featuring Father Brown, a priest with a talent for crime detection…
…(b.1927), New Zealand chemist, naturalized as an American citizen. He is noted for his work on the discovery and development of conductive polymers, for which with Alan J. Heeger (b.1936) and Hideki Shirakawa (b.1936) he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry (2000)…
…(1893–1972), Romanian-born American actor; born Emanuel Goldenberg. He appeared in a number of gangster films in the 1930s, starting with Little Caesar (1930)…
…(1818–93), Confederate army officer; full name Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. He served as superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point, but resigned in 1861 to join the Confederacy. He commanded the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, which officially began the Civil War…
…(1881–1975), English writer; full name Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. His best-known works are humorous stories of the upper-class world of Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves, the first of which appeared in 1917…
