adenovirus: Adenoviruses can also cause epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) and are considered to be responsible for an outbreak of respiratory disease among military recruits in 1997. Like the cold viruses, adenoviruses are often found in latent infections in clinically healthy persons. Of the 47 different adenovirus species, only a few commonly cause…

connective tissue disease: Sjögren syndrome: …dryness of the eyes (keratoconjunctivitis sicca); dryness of the mouth (xerostomia), often coupled with enlargement of the salivary glands; and rheumatoid arthritis. Sometimes the dryness of the eyes and mouth is associated with other connective tissue diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, dermatomyositis, or scleroderma, rather than…

eye disease: Degenerative conditions of the cornea and sclera: The most common type is keratoconus, a curious condition in which the central part of the cornea, normally spherical in shape, begins to bulge and protrude forward as a cone. The only symptom is deterioration of vision due to irregular astigmatism caused by the changing corneal curvature. Contact lenses are…

LASIK: …ophthalmologists combined the technique of keratomileusis, in which the cornea is removed, frozen, reshaped, and replaced, with the technique of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), in which a laser is used to reshape the cornea. In the LASIK procedure a hinged flap is made in the outer corneal tissue (the transparent layer…

keratosis, any protuberance on the skin resulting from the overdevelopment of the horny outermost covering of the skin, or epidermis, the main constituent of which is the protein keratin, which is synthesized in special cells of the skin, the keratinocytes. More generally, keratosis is any skin

keratosis pilaris, benign noncontagious skin condition characterized by the presence of discrete, tiny follicular papules (solid, usually conical elevations) and dry skin. Keratosis pilaris is limited to hair follicles and is most commonly seen on the outer surfaces of arms and thighs. The

joint: Joint metabolism and nutrition: …to form chondroitin sulfate and keratosulfate molecules, the main constituents of the cartilaginous material. Chondroitin sulfate could be described as a sulfonated form of hyaluronic acid, the characteristic constituent of synovial fluid. Its presence in the matrix of the cartilage, but not in the synovial fluid, shows that the chondrocytes…

Turkmenistan: The arts: Among these figures, Berdi Kerbabayev attained some renown for his novel Aygïtlï ädim (1940; The Decisive Step) and a later novel, Nebit-Dag (1957), as well as plays, poems, and translations.

Karbala, city, capital of Karbalāʾ muḥāfaẓah (governorate), central Iraq. One of Shiʿi Islam’s foremost holy cities, it lies 55 miles (88 km) southwest of Baghdad, with which it is connected by rail. The city’s religious significance derives from the Battle of Karbala (680 ce), a one-sided contest

Pluto: Pluto’s moons: other four moons—Hydra, Nix, Kerberos, and Styx—are much smaller than Charon. All four are elongated. They revolve around Pluto outside Charon’s path in nearly circular orbits (like Charon) and in the same orbital plane as Charon. The orbital radius of Hydra is about 64,721 km (40,216 miles); that of…

Crusades: From Constantinople to Antioch: …by a relief force under Kerbogha of Mosul. The situation seemed so hopeless that some Crusaders deserted and attempted to return home. Among these was Peter the Hermit, who was caught and returned to the host, where he was quietly forgiven. Another deserter was the French knight Stephen of Blois,…

valley: Types of valleys: …action such as tropical mountains, Kerbtal (German for “notched valley”) forms occur. These are characterized by steep, knife-edge ridges and valley slopes meeting in a V-shape. Where slopes are steep but a broad valley floor occurs, Sohlenkerbtal (meaning precisely a valley with such characteristics) is the prevailing form. Valleys of…

Kerch, city and seaport, Crimea republic, southern Ukraine, on the western shore of the Strait of Kerch at the head of a small bay. Founded in the 6th century bce by Miletan Greeks, it flourished as a trading center, and in the 5th century it became the capital of the kingdom of the Cimmerian

Kerch, city and seaport, Crimea republic, southern Ukraine, on the western shore of the Strait of Kerch at the head of a small bay. Founded in the 6th century bce by Miletan Greeks, it flourished as a trading center, and in the 5th century it became the capital of the kingdom of the Cimmerian

Crimea: Geography: …(19-km-) long bridge spans the Kerch Strait, linking Crimea and Russia.

Dallas: ’s chief nemesis—Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval).

collective behaviour: Hysterical contagion: sociologist Alan C. Kerckhoff and the U.S. psychologist Kurt W. Back found that the crisis came after a period during which the women employees had performed unusual amounts of overtime work. The women who became ill from the mysterious insect bites had generally worked more overtime…

human digestive system: Absorption: These folds, known as plicae circulares, are approximately 5 to 6 cm (2 inches) long and about 3 mm (0.1 inch) thick. Plicae circulares are present throughout the small intestine except in the first portion, or bulb, of the duodenum, which is usually flat and smooth, except for a…

Mount Kenya, volcano, central Kenya, lying immediately south of the Equator. It is the second highest mountain in Africa after Kilimanjaro, which is located some 200 miles (320 km) to the south. The Mount Kenya area was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1997. The base of the mountain lies at

Genghis Khan: Early struggles: …to Toghril, khan of the Kereit tribe, with whom Yesügei had had the relationship of anda, or sworn brother, and at that time the most powerful Mongol prince, for help in recovering Börte. He had had the foresight to rekindle this friendship by presenting Toghril with a sable skin, which…

Paleo-Siberian languages: Yeniseian, Luorawetlan, and Nivkh: …about 2,000 speakers, and (5) Kerek, with about 10 speakers.

Hendrik Conscience: …first Flemish adventure novel, and De kerels van Vlaanderen (1871; “The Boys of Flanders”), another historical novel. The publication of his 100th book in 1881 led to mass tributes to him in Brussels, and in 1883 the city of Antwerp erected a statue in his honour.

Kerema, minor port on the Gulf of Papua, south-central Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Located on Kerema Bay, the town occupies hilly savanna land between the deltas of the Vailala and Lakekamu rivers. Rubber is grown in the surrounding area, and coconuts are raised along the coast

lud: In the keremet of the Mordvins, sacrifices were made both upward to the sun or downward to the night. In groves of deciduous trees the high gods were worshiped, whereas the lower spirits lived in the fir groves. In the Cheremis keremet only the native language could…

June Offensive, (June [July, New Style], 1917), unsuccessful military operation of World War I, planned by the Russian minister of war Aleksandr Kerensky. The operation not only demonstrated the degree to which the Russian army had disintegrated but also the extent of the Provisional Government’s

Aleksandr Kerensky was a moderate socialist revolutionary who served as head of the Russian provisional government from July to October 1917 (Old Style). (Read Leon Trotsky’s 1926 Britannica essay on Lenin.) While studying law at the University of St. Petersburg, Kerensky was attracted to the

Aleksandr Kerensky was a moderate socialist revolutionary who served as head of the Russian provisional government from July to October 1917 (Old Style). (Read Leon Trotsky’s 1926 Britannica essay on Lenin.) While studying law at the University of St. Petersburg, Kerensky was attracted to the

Károly Kerényi was a Hungarian classical philologist and authority in comparative religions, who pioneered research in ancient cultures and formulated a theory of the “Humanism of integral man.” A professor of classical studies (Pécs, Szeged) and visiting professor of Hungarian language (Basel),

Angel Falls, waterfall in the Guiana Highlands in Bolívar state, southeastern Venezuela, on the Churún River, a tributary of the Caroní, 160 miles (260 km) southeast of Ciudad Bolívar. The highest waterfall in the world, the cataract drops 3,212 feet (979 metres) and is 500 feet (150 metres) wide

Ker, in ancient Greek religion, a destructive spirit. Popular belief attributed death and illness to the action of impersonal powers, often spoken of in the plural (Keres). The word was also used of an individual’s doom, with a meaning resembling the notion of destiny, as when Zeus weighs the Keres

Paul Keres was an Estonian chess grandmaster, three times chess champion of the U.S.S.R., three times European champion, and a member of the winning Soviet team at seven world Chess Olympiads. (Read Garry Kasparov’s Britannica essay on chess & Deep Blue.) Keres began to learn chess at the age of 4

Pueblo Indians: …groups who speak Tanoan and Keresan languages. Tanoan languages such as Tewa are distantly related to Uto-Aztecan, but Keresan has no known affinities. The western Pueblo villages include the Hopi villages of northern Arizona and the Zuni, Acoma, and Laguna

Giresun, city and seaport, northeastern Turkey. It lies along the Black Sea about 110 miles (175 km) west of Trabzon. The older parts of the city lie on a peninsula crowned by a ruined Byzantine fortress, sheltering the small natural harbour. Nearby is Giresun Island, in ancient times called Ares.

Luigi Barbasetti: …teachings of the Hungarian master József Keresztessy (called the “father of Hungarian sabre fencing”). Barbasetti’s school attracted the best fencers in both Austria and Hungary, and the so-called Hungarian style of swordplay he developed with the sabre dominated international competitions during the first half of the 20th century. He returned…

epic: In the ancient Middle East: …fragment, the Ugaritic epic of Keret, has been interpreted as a Phoenician version of the Indo-European theme of the siege of an enemy city for the recovery of an abducted woman. This theme is also the subject of the Greek legend of the Trojan War and of the Indian epic…

African art: Region of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika: The Kerewe of Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria carved large wooden figures, about 3 feet (90 cm) high, which appear to have been effigies of deceased chiefs. Other examples of wood sculpture, including figures and masks, are known, some showing possible influences from the Luba of…

maternal school: Pauline Kergomard, general inspector of schools from 1879 to 1917, abolished fees in 1881. In 1886 she issued guidelines advocating that children should be offered challenging toys and games and allowed to move about. By 1911 every French child had access to either a specially…

Kerguelen cabbage, (Pringlea antiscorbutica), plant resembling the common cabbage and belonging to the same family (Brassicaceae), named for the Kerguelen Islands, where it was discovered. The sole member of its genus, Kerguelen cabbage inhabits only a few, remote islands near Antarctica at roughly

Kerguelen Islands: …of Kerguelen (also known as Desolation Island) and nearly 300 islets, which together cover about 2,400 square miles (6,200 square km). Heavily glaciated Kerguelen Island, about 100 miles (160 km) in length, has active glaciers and peaks up to 6,445 feet (1,965 metres).

Kerguelen Islands, archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean. Administratively a part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises), it consists of the island of Kerguelen (also known as Desolation Island) and nearly 300 islets, which together cover about

Antarctica: The surrounding seas: Drilling of the Kerguelen Plateau near the Amery Ice Shelf (1987–88) entailed the study of the rifting history of the Indian-Australian Plate from East Antarctica and revealed that this submerged plateau—the world’s largest such feature—is of oceanic origin and not a continental fragment, as had been previously thought.

Kerguelen Islands: …1772 by the French navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguélen-Trémarec and later explored by the British explorer Captain James Cook, the archipelago was often frequented by whalers and seal hunters. In 1950 a permanent base and scientific centre, Port-aux-Français, was established on the main island.

Stella McCartney: …of her line after acquiring Kering’s 50 percent stake in the business. However, in 2019 she entered a partnership with LVMH Moët Hennessy–Louis Vuitton, the largest luxury products company in the world. As part of the deal, she retained a majority stake in her brand.

Wataya Risa: Her second novel, Keritai senaka (roughly, “The Back I Want to Kick”), was released when she was a third-year university student. It vividly portrays the self-consciousness and alienation that a girl in her first year of high school experiences. The teen struggles to relate to her peers and…

pitcher plant: Nepenthaceae: …pitcher that provides shelter for Hardwicke’s woolly bat (Kerivoula hardwicki) and collects its guano.

Takla Makan Desert: Physiography: The Hotan and Keriya river valleys have survived up to the present day, but most of the shallower rivers have been lost in the sands, after which their empty valleys were filled by wind-borne sand.

Kunlun Mountains: Physiography: …the western Kunlun Mountains is Mount Keriya, at an elevation of 23,359 feet (7,120 metres). Several peaks exceeding 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) punctuate the skyline in the central to eastern reaches, including Mount Muztag and Bukadaban Peak (22,507 feet [6,860 metres]). The surrounding plain lies above 16,000 feet (4,900 metres);…

Sámos: …island is wooded and mountainous; Mount Kerketeus, the highest peak (4,701 feet [1,433 metres]), forms the western tip of the island. The east coast is amply indented, but the smoother south coast has broad, deep plains except around the port of Tigáni, which is hemmed in by hills. It forms…

Jakob Wassermann: …Joseph Kerkhovens dritte Existenz (1934; Kerkhoven’s Third Existence). Mein Weg als Deutscher und Jude (1921; My Life as German and Jew) is Wassermann’s autobiography.

Corfu, island in the Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Iónio Pélagos), with adjacent small islands making up the dímos (municipality) and pereferiakí enótita (regional unit) of Kérkyra (also called Corfu), Ionian Islands (Iónia Nisiá) periféreia (region), western Greece. Lying just off the coast of Epirus

Kerkrade, gemeente (municipality), southeastern Netherlands, east of Maastricht on the German border. One of Europe’s oldest coal-mining towns, Kerkrade served as an important coal-mining centre from 1113 until the early 1970s, when the mines were closed. The former abbey of Rolduc (1104) has a

Corfu: Modern Corfu (Kérkyra), the chief city, port, and capital of the dímos, lies on a peninsula on the island’s east coast. The twin-peaked old citadel, with fortifications built by the Venetians (1550), was once an islet. The city’s Old Town, with its labyrinth of hilly narrow streets,…

Corfu, island in the Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Iónio Pélagos), with adjacent small islands making up the dímos (municipality) and pereferiakí enótita (regional unit) of Kérkyra (also called Corfu), Ionian Islands (Iónia Nisiá) periféreia (region), western Greece. Lying just off the coast of Epirus

Isaac Newton Kerlin was an American physician and administrator who was a strong proponent of institutionalizing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Kerlin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1856. In 1858 he became the assistant superintendent

Johann Caspar von Kerll was an organist and leading master of the middle-Baroque generation of south-German Catholic composers. In 1645 Kerll was sent by Ferdinand III to study in Rome with the prominent composers Giacomo Carissimi and Girolamo Frescobaldi; earlier he had studied in Vienna. His

Karmah, archaeological site, northern Sudan. It is located near the town of Karmah al-Nuzul, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Dunqulah (Dongola) on the right bank of the Nile above its Third Cataract. An American expedition from Harvard University carried out extensive archaeological excavations

Kermadec Islands, volcanic island group in the South Pacific Ocean, 600 mi (1,000 km) northeast of Auckland, New Zealand; they are a dependency of New Zealand. They include Raoul (Sunday), Macauley, and Curtis islands and l’Esperance Rock and have a total land area of 13 sq mi (34 sq km). Raoul,

Kermadec Trench, submarine trench in the floor of the South Pacific Ocean, about 750 mi (1,200 km) in length, forming the eastern boundary of the Kermadec Ridge. The two together comprise the southern half of the Tonga–Kermadec Arc, a structural feature completed to the north by the Tonga Trench

Kermān, city, provincial capital, and ostān (province), southeastern Iran. The city lies on a sandy plain, 5,738 feet (1,749 metres) above sea level, under barren rocky hills. Surrounded by mountains on the north and east, it has a cool climate and frequent sandstorms in the autumn and spring. The

Kermān: Kermān province is bounded by the provinces of Fārs on the west, Yazd on the north, South Khorāsān on the northeast, Sīstān va Balūchestān on the east, and Hormozgān on the south. It includes the southern part of the central Iranian desert, the Dasht-e Lūt.…

Kermān carpet, floor covering handwoven in or about the city of Kermān in southern Iran, which has been the origin since the 16th century of highly sophisticated carpets in well-organized designs. To this city is now generally attributed a wide variety of 16th- and 17th-century carpets, including

Kermānshāh, city, capital of Kermānshāh province, western Iran. The city lies in the fertile valley of the Qareh Sū River and is situated on the ancient caravan route between the Mediterranean Sea and Central Asia. It was founded in the 4th century ce by Bahrām IV of the Sāsānian dynasty. Conquered

kermes, (Kermes ilicis), a species of scale insect in the family Kermesidae (order Homoptera), the common name of which also represents the red dye that is obtained from the dried bodies of these insects. The dye was often part of the tribute paid to conquering Roman armies, and, in the Middle

kermes, (Kermes ilicis), a species of scale insect in the family Kermesidae (order Homoptera), the common name of which also represents the red dye that is obtained from the dried bodies of these insects. The dye was often part of the tribute paid to conquering Roman armies, and, in the Middle

oak: Major species and uses: suber), and the tannin-rich kermes oak (Q. coccifera) is the host of the kermes insect, once harvested for a dye contained in its body fluids.

Georges Eekhoud: His cycles of stories, Kermesses (1884; “Country Fair”) and Nouvelles Kermesses (1887; “New Country Fair”), graphically describe the seamy side of peasant life; his city novels explore the world of the working classes and social outcasts. In the novel Escal-Vigor (1899; Escal-Vigor: A Strange Love), Eekhoud confronted his own…

Kermit the Frog, American television puppet character, a featured figure among a group of highly articulated hand puppets called Muppets who were part of the long-running children’s television program Sesame Street and the prime-time comedy and variety series The Muppet Show (1976–81), as well as

Bakersfield: …distribute the waters of the Kern River; the region subsequently became important in the production of grain, alfalfa, and livestock. The discovery of the Kern River oil fields in 1899 brought a large-scale petroleum industry, which was centred at Bakersfield.

Georg Baselitz is a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor who is considered to be a pioneering Neo-Expressionist. Baselitz was part of a wave of German painters from what was in their formative years East Germany who in the late 1970s rejected abstraction for highly expressive paintings with

Austronesian languages: Early classification work: …1880s the Dutch Sanskrit scholar Hendrik Kern began a series of studies that in principle encompassed the entire Austronesian family, drawing on data from both island Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The first true systematizer in the Austronesian field was the Swiss scholar Renward Brandstetter, whose work in the period…

Jerome Kern was one of the major U.S. composers of musical comedy, whose Show Boat (with libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II) inaugurated the serious musical play in U.S. theatre. Kern studied music in New York City and in 1903 in Heidelberg, Ger., later gaining theatrical experience in London. After

Jerome Kern was one of the major U.S. composers of musical comedy, whose Show Boat (with libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II) inaugurated the serious musical play in U.S. theatre. Kern studied music in New York City and in 1903 in Heidelberg, Ger., later gaining theatrical experience in London. After

Johann Conrad Kern was a longtime Swiss minister to France and one of the authors of the Swiss federal constitution of 1848. A lawyer and doctor of jurisprudence, Kern was, after 1837, the guiding spirit of Thurgau’s cantonal government, especially in the administration of justice. As deputy to the

United States presidential election of 1908: The candidates: Future senator John Worth Kern was chosen for the vice presidential slot.

Western sculpture: Central Europe: …mainly in his ivories, and Leonard Kern in Franconia developed a similar Rubensian style for his small statuettes.

Lee Kernaghan is an Australian popular singer who reinvigorated Australian country music in the 1990s, synthesizing traditional country themes with energetic styles of contemporary rock and roll and images of an evolving Australian rural culture. Kernaghan was the eldest child of Ray Kernaghan, who

Lee Kernaghan is an Australian popular singer who reinvigorated Australian country music in the 1990s, synthesizing traditional country themes with energetic styles of contemporary rock and roll and images of an evolving Australian rural culture. Kernaghan was the eldest child of Ray Kernaghan, who

Lee Kernaghan: …was the eldest child of Ray Kernaghan, who rose to great popularity as a country music singer during Lee’s teen years. In the mid-1970s Lee formed his first band with his brother Greg and his sister Tania—the latter of whom also went on to become a successful country singer—and he…

narcissism: Origins: …Austrian psychoanalysts Heinz Kohut and Otto Kernberg, posit that adult narcissism has its roots in early childhood experiences. Both Kohut and Kernberg focus on disturbances in early social (parental) relationships as the genesis of adult narcissistic personality disorder. Also, both view narcissism at its core as a defect in the…

kernel, in mathematics, known function that appears in the integrand of an integral equation. Thus, in the equation (for symbol, see integration), both the kernel function, K(x, y), and g(x) are given, and f(x) is the function sought. As an example, in Abel’s equation for the curve followed by a

linguistics: Harris’s grammar: …example, English) two complementary subsets: kernel sentences (the set of kernel sentences being described as the kernel of the grammar) and nonkernel sentences. The difference between these two subsets lies in nonkernel sentences being derived from kernel sentences by means of transformational rules. For example, “The workers rejected the ultimatum”…

Central Asian arts: Instrumental and vocal styles: …development of short melodies called kernel tunes. In the komuz piece shown below, the kernel tune is stated in the first two measures and is varied and developed elaborately as the piece progresses. Another Kyrgyz-Kazakh specialty is program music, in which instrumentalists suggest situations or tell specific stories without words,…

American civil rights movement: From Black power to the assassination of Martin Luther King: In 1968 the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (also known as the Kerner Commission) concluded that the country, despite civil rights reforms, was moving “toward two societies one Black, one white—separate and unequal.” By the time of the commission’s report, claims that Black gains had resulted in…

Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner was a German poet and spiritualist writer. He and the poet Ludwig Uhland founded the so-called Swabian group of late Romantic poets. After the death of his father (1799), Kerner worked in a cloth factory until he was able to study medicine at Tübingen. There he met

kernicterus, severe brain damage caused by an abnormal concentration of the bile pigment bilirubin in brain tissues at or shortly after birth. Kernicterus may occur because of Rh blood-group incompatibility between mother and child, as in erythroblastosis fetalis, where the mother’s immune system

kernite, borate mineral, hydrated sodium borate (Na2B4O7·4H2O), that was formerly the chief source of borax (q.v.). It forms very large crystals, often 60 to 90 centimetres (2 to 3 feet) thick; the largest observed measured 240 by 90 cm. The crystals are colourless and transparent but are usually

Cheryl Kernot is an Australian politician who led the Australian Democrats (AD) from 1993 to 1997. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree and Diploma of Education from the Universities of Sydney and Newcastle, she taught in secondary schools for 10 years and worked in the communications

Donna de Varona: Her sister, Joanna Kerns, was a noted actress.

kerogen, complex waxy mixture of hydrocarbon compounds that is the primary organic component of oil shale. Kerogen consists mainly of paraffin hydrocarbons, though the solid mixture also incorporates nitrogen and sulfur. Kerogen is insoluble in water and in organic solvents such as benzene or

shale oil: …synthetic crude is also called kerogen oil. Under present technology the oil is recovered by either of two processes. One involves mining and crushing oil shale and then transporting the rock to a processing plant where it is heated in special retorts to temperatures of about 500 °C (930 °F).…

oil shale, any sedimentary rock containing various amounts of solid organic material that yields petroleum products, along with a variety of solid by-products, when subjected to pyrolysis—a treatment that consists of heating the rock to above 300 °C (about 575 °F) in the absence of oxygen. The

oil shale, any sedimentary rock containing various amounts of solid organic material that yields petroleum products, along with a variety of solid by-products, when subjected to pyrolysis—a treatment that consists of heating the rock to above 300 °C (about 575 °F) in the absence of oxygen. The

kerosene, flammable hydrocarbon liquid commonly used as a fuel. Kerosene is typically pale yellow or colourless and has a not-unpleasant characteristic odour. It is obtained from petroleum and is used for burning in kerosene lamps and domestic heaters or furnaces, as a fuel or fuel component for

Miranda Lambert: …(2004), Lambert released the album Kerosene in 2005. Although its songs made only a modest impression on country radio, the album eventually found an audience, which consisted largely of young women who admired her artistic self-determination (she had a writing credit on all but one song) and her earthy demeanour.…

kerosene lamp, vessel containing kerosene with a wick for burning to provide light. Such lamps were widely used from the 1860s, when kerosene first became plentiful, until the development of electric lighting. Compared with other oil lamps, they were safe, efficient, and simple to operate. The

kerosene, flammable hydrocarbon liquid commonly used as a fuel. Kerosene is typically pale yellow or colourless and has a not-unpleasant characteristic odour. It is obtained from petroleum and is used for burning in kerosene lamps and domestic heaters or furnaces, as a fuel or fuel component for

Jack Kerouac was an American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits. On the Road captured the spirit of its time as no other work of the 20th century had since F. Scott

Jack Kerouac was an American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits. On the Road captured the spirit of its time as no other work of the 20th century had since F. Scott

Kérouané, town, southeastern Guinea, West Africa, on the road from Beyla to Kankan. It is the chief trading town (rice, millet, cattle) for savanna lands inhabited mainly by the Muslim Malinke people. Local rivers have been an important source of alluvial diamonds since the 1950s, and the Simandou

Roy Kerr: …black holes are also called Kerr black holes. In later work (written jointly with A. Schild), he introduced a new class of solutions, known as Kerr–Schild solutions, which have had a profound influence on finding exact solutions to Einstein’s equations.