…a blank DVD on which data, including music and movies, can be permanently recorded and read using the DVD+R format…
…a number between +1 and −1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or sets of data…
…the constant of proportionality in the gas equation. It is equal to 8.314 joule kelvin−1 mole−1…
…a unit of ionizing radiation, the amount producing one electrostatic unit of positive or negative ionic charge in one cubic centimetre of air under standard conditions…
…artist(s) and repertoire (or recording), used to denote employees of a record company who select and sign new artists…
…an East Asian shrub of the rose family, which is cultivated for its yellow flowers, especially as the double-flowered variety…
…the capacity of an insulating material to resist heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating power…
…(1890–1960), English linguist; full name John Rupert Firth. Firth was noted for his contributions to linguistic semantics and prosodic phonology and for his insistence on studying both speech sounds and words in context. He was a major influence on the development of systemic grammar…
…(1862–1936), English scholar and writer of ghost stories; full name Montague Rhodes James. He is noted for eerie tales collected in such volumes as Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904)…
…(1927–89), Scottish psychiatrist; full name Ronald David Laing. He became famous for his controversial views on madness and in particular on schizophrenia, linking what society calls insanity with politics and family structure…
…the months with R in their names (September to April), considered to be the season for eating oysters…
…(1870–1947), Canadian Conservative statesman; prime minister 1930–35; full name Richard Bedford Bennett…
…(1895–1978), English literary critic; full name Frank Raymond Leavis. Founder and editor of the quarterly Scrutiny (1932–53), he emphasized the value of critical study of English literature to preserving cultural continuity. Notable works: The Great Tradition (1948)…
…(1906–2001), Indian novelist and short-story writer; full name Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan. His best-known novels are set in an imaginary small Indian town, and portray its inhabitants in an affectionate yet ironic manner; they include Swami and Friends (1935) and The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961)…
…(1892–1973), British novelist and literary scholar, born in South Africa; full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. He is famous for the fantasy adventures The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-5), set in Middle Earth…
…(1825–94), Scottish author; full name Robert Michael Ballantyne. He wrote acclaimed adventure stories, such as The Coral Island (1857)…
…(1825–1900), English novelist and poet; full name Richard Doddridge Blackmore. He is known for his romantic novel Lorna Doone (1869), set on 17th-century Exmoor…
…(1901–89), Trinidadian historian, journalist, political theorist, and novelist; full name Cyril Lionel Robert James. After working as a cricket columnist he established a reputation as a historian with his study of the Haitian revolution, Black Jacobins (1938)…
…(1895–1937), English aeronautical engineer; full name Reginald Joseph Mitchell. He designed the Spitfire fighter aircraft…
…(1908–65), US journalist; born Egbert Roscoe Murrow. He broadcast from London during the Blitz of World War II, ending each program with “Good night, and good luck.” He later created the radio series Hear It Now (1950–51) and the television series See It Now (1951–58). He was also well known for his television interview series Person to Person (1953–59)…
…(1920–2005), Indian statesman, President 1997–2002; full name Kocheril Raman Narayanan. A member of the Congress party, Narayanan served as Vice President 1992-7…
…(1913–2001), US electrical engineer, inventor, and businessman; full name William Reddington Hewlett. He invented an audio oscillator and with David Packard (1912–96) cofounded the Hewlett-Packard Company in 1939…
…(b.1949), Welsh rugby union player; full name John Peter Rhys Williams. One of the leading full backs of the 1970s, Williams played for his country and for the British Lions…
…a form of popular music of US black origin which arose during the 1940s from blues, with the addition of driving rhythms taken from jazz. It was an immediate precursor of rock and roll…
…(1895–1983), American designer and architect; full name Richard Buckminster Fuller. He is best known for his invention of the geodesic dome and for his ideals of using the world’s resources with maximum purpose and least waste…
…a herbaceous plant with spikes of small fragrant greenish flowers…
…a New World palm which is widely cultivated as an avenue tree…
…a delicately scented Eurasian wild rose with pink or white flowers, which commonly grows in hedgerows…
…an evergreen African tree related to sumac, with willow-like foliage and useful timber…
…a common soil fungus that sometimes causes plant diseases such as damping off, foot rot, and eyespot…
…a European buttercup of marshes and ditches, with thick hollow stems and long, narrow spear-shaped leaves…
…a long-legged wading bird with a slender upturned bill and strikingly patterned plumage…
…a rose of a variety which flowers over a long period and has a rich scent. It arose as a natural hybrid on the island of Réunion (formerly Île de Bourbon) and was introduced into Europe in the early 19th century…
…a very large frog which has a deep booming croak and is often a predator of smaller vertebrates…
…a herbaceous plant related to the buttercups, typically having lobed or divided leaves and white or yellow flowers. Many kinds are aquatic with flowers held above the water…
…a very small warbler of a group that includes the goldcrest, having an orange or yellow crown…
