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- (from the article "Italian literature") ...Satan's control. The Milanese Bonvesin de la Riva, whose Libro delle tre scritture (1274; "Book of the Three Scriptures") anticipates Dante, and the Franciscan from Verona, Giacomino da Verona, author ...
- Giacomo
- (from the article "Equestrian Sports") On the track, Giacomo scored the second biggest upset in the 131-year history of the Kentucky Derby by rallying from far back under jockey Mike Smith to prevail by a ...
- Giacomo Da Lentini
- senior poet of the Sicilian school and notary at the court of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick II. Celebrated during his life, he was acclaimed as a master by the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Giacosa, Dante
- Italian auto designer for Fiat whose small, economical cars, particularly the popular Fiat 500, helped motorize Italy in the 1950s (b. Jan. 3, 1905--d. March 31, 1996).
- Giacosa, Giuseppe
- Italian dramatist who collaborated with Luigi Illica to write the libretti for three of Giacomo Puccini's most famous operas.
- Giaever, Ivar
- Norwegian-born American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson for work in solid-state physics.
- Giamatti, A. Bartlett
- (from the article "United States") ...remains the central national pastime and seems to attract mythmakers as Troy attracted poets. Some of the mythmaking has been naive or fatuous-onetime Major League Baseball commissioner Bartlett Giamatti wrote ...
- Giambologna
- preeminent Mannerist sculptor in Italy during the last quarter of the 16th century. [4 Related Articles]
- Giambono, Michele
- leading Venetian Late Gothic painter and mosaicist, the most distinguished member of a large family of artists working in Venice from 1396 to 1546.
- Gian Gastone
- the last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany (1723-37).
- Giancana, Sam
- major American gangster, the top syndicate boss in Chicago from 1957 to 1966, who was noted for his friendships with show-business personalities and for his ruthlessness. [1 Related Articles]
- Giani, Felice
- (from the article "painting, Western") Rome was indeed the city where the principal Italian painters of this period were most active. One such was Felice Giani, whose many decorations include Napoleonic palaces there and elsewhere ...
- Giannetti, Alfredo
- (from the article "1962: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi for Divorce .Italian StyleAdapted Screenplay: Horton Foote for To Kill a MockingbirdCinematography, Black-and-White: Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz for The Longest ...
- Gianni Versace SpA
- (from the article "Versace, Gianni") ...where he worked for several Italian ateliers, including Genny, Complice, Mario Valentino, and Callaghan. Backed by the Girombellis, an Italian fashion family, Versace established his own company, Gianni Versace SpA, ...
- Gianni, Lapo
- (from the article "Italian literature") ...stil novo poets were Guido Guinizelli of Bologna, Guido Cavalcanti, Dante (particularly in the poems included in Vita nuova), and Cino da Pistoia, together with the lesser poets Lapo Gianni, ...
- Giannini, A P
- American banker, founder of the California-based Bank of Italy-later the Bank of America-which, by the 1930s, was the world's largest commercial bank. He was a major pioneer of branch banking. [1 Related Articles]
- Giannino
- (from the article "John I") His uncle, who succeeded him as Philip V, has been accused of having caused his death, or of having substituted a dead child in his place; but nothing has ever ...
- Giannone, Pietro
- Italian historian whose works opposed papal interference in Naples. [1 Related Articles]
- Giano della Bella
- wealthy and aristocratic Florentine citizen who was the leader of a "popular" movement in the 1290s and is known as the promulgator of the Ordinances of Justice (January 1293), the ...
- giant
- in folklore, huge mythical being, usually humanlike in form. The term derives (through Latin) from the Giants (Gigantes) of Greek mythology, who were monstrous, savage creatures often depicted with men's ... [1 Related Articles]
- Giant African land snail
- (from the article "conservation") In the 20th century, misguided individuals on a number of the Pacific islands introduced an African land snail, Achatina fulica, for food. It became a pest. So, ...
- giant anaconda
- (from the article "anaconda") The giant anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also called the green anaconda, sucuri, or water kamudi, is an olive-coloured snake with alternating oval-shaped black spots. The yellow, or southern, anaconda (E. notaeus) ...
- giant anteater
- (from the article "anteater") The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), sometimes called the ant bear, is the largest member of the anteater family and is best known in the tropical grasslands (Llanos) ...
- giant arborvitae
- an ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to the Pacific Coast of North America. Common lumber trade names for this species are western red cedar ... [1 Related Articles]
- giant armadillo
- (from the article "armadillo") ...inches) long, including the tail, the pink fairy armadillo, or lesser pichiciego (Chlamyphorus truncatus), of central Argentina, is only about 16 cm (6 inches). In contrast, the endangered giant armadillo ...
- giant baby tears
- (from the article "Pilea") One of several basket plants called Creeping Charlie, or Swedish Ivy, is P. nummulariifolia, with small, round, quilted leaves and a vigorous trailing habit. Giant baby tears (P. depressa), of ...
- giant Canada goose
- (from the article "Canada goose") ...flight. The various subspecies range in size from 2 kg (4.4 pounds) in the cackling goose (B. canadensis minima) to about 6.5 kg (14.3 pounds) in mature ...
- giant cane
- (from the article "Arundinaria") Arundinaria gigantea-which is known as giant cane, southern cane, or canebrake bamboo-was once widely utilized as a forage plant in the southeastern United States, from eastern Texas and Oklahoma to ...
- giant centipede
- (from the article "centipede") ...alternately expanding and contracting the body, in the manner of earthworms. The order Scolopendrida, or Scolopendromorpha, of the tropics contains the largest centipedes, with Scolopendra gigantea of ...
- giant clam
- (from the article "bivalve") Two groups of bivalves have exploited other food sources. These are the shipworms (family Teredinidae) and giant clams (family Tridacnidae). Shipworms are wood borers and are both protected and nourished ...
- giant cloud rat
- (from the article "cloud rat") any of six species of slow-moving, nocturnal, tree-dwelling rodents found only in Philippine forests. Giant cloud rats belong to the genus Phloeomys (two species), whereas bushy-tailed cloud rats are classified ...
- giant condensation nucleus
- (from the article "condensation nucleus") ...air is highly supersaturated with water vapour. Nuclei that have diameters of several microns and are composed of a hygroscopic, or moisture-attracting, substance (e.g., sea salt) are called giant condensation ...
- giant crab
- (Macrocheira kaempferi), species of spider crab (q.v.) native to Pacific waters near Japan. It occurs at depths of 50 to 300 m (150 to 1,000 feet). The largest specimens may ... [3 Related Articles]
- giant danio
- (from the article "danio") ...inches) long. Several are often kept in home aquariums. Among these are the zebra danio, or zebra fish (B. rerio), a popular species with lengthwise blue and yellow stripes, and ...
- giant dioon
- (from the article "Dioon") ...of cycads (family Zamiaceae). It is the most primitive American genus in the family and includes about 10 species, all of which grow in Mexico and Central America. The spiny-leaved, ...
- giant eland
- (from the article "eland") ...The common eland (Taurotragus oryx; also called the Cape, or Livingstone's, eland) is pale brown, becoming blue-gray with age, and is often marked with narrow, vertical white stripes. The giant, ...
- giant elephant shrew
- (from the article "elephant shrew") ...tropical forests (including deciduous lowland and montane forests) with well-drained soils and carpets of leaf litter. Nests are made of dry leaves on the open forest floor. The largest species, ...
- giant fennel
- (from the article "fennel") Giant fennel is Ferula communis, a member of the same family, native to the Mediterranean region, where the stems, which grow to about 10 feet (3 m) high, are used ...
- giant filbert
- (from the article "filbert") Choice nuts are produced by two Eurasian trees, the European filbert (Corylus avellana) and the giant filbert (C. maxima), and by hybrids of these species with two American shrubs, the ...
- giant foxtail
- (from the article "foxtail") ...verticillata), whose barbed bristles stick to animals and clothing, is also found in those places; the flower clusters from different plants may stick together, forming dense tangles. The name giant ...
- giant fulmar
- (from the article "fulmar") The giant fulmar, also known as the giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), with a length of about 90 cm (3 feet) and a wingspread in excess of 200 cm (6.5 feet), ...
- giant golden mole
- (from the article "golden mole") ...inhabiting forests, savannas, grasslands, rocky hillsides, sandy riverbeds, and sand dunes. Some species reportedly live in cultivated fields and on the fairways of golf courses. The largest is the giant ...
- giant gourami
- (from the article "gourami") ...of the kissing gourami, sole member of the family Helostomatidae, they are of the family Belontiidae and are characterized by an elongated ray in each pelvic fin. Common species include ...
- giant granadilla
- (from the article "passion-flower") Some highly perfumed passion fruits are eaten as delicate dessert fruits, as the giant granadilla (P. quadrangularis). The purple granadilla (P. edulis) and the yellow granadilla (P. laurifolia), as well ...
- giant ground sloth
- (from the article "sloth") ...ground sloths, once ranged into areas of the North American continent as far as Alaska and southern Canada. Different species of ground sloths varied greatly in size. Most were small, ...
- giant grouper
- (from the article "sea bass") Sea basses vary widely in size, from a few centimetres to a maximum, in such species as the goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) of 2 m (6 feet) and 225 kg ...
- giant hogweed
- (from the article "cow parsnip") ...flowers. H. sphondylium (eltrot, hogweed, or common cow parsnip [see photograph]), native to Eurasia, is now naturalized in eastern North America. H. mantegazzianum, the giant hogweed, is native to the ...
- giant honeybee
- (from the article "honeybee") ...(see photograph). All other Apis species are confined to Asia. A. florea, the little honeybee, occurs in central Asia, where it builds its nests in trees. A. dorsata, the giant ...
- giant horsetail
- (from the article "horsetail") Giant horsetail (E. praealtum) of North America and Asia, which reaches 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), also is evergreen. Each shoot has as many as 48 ridges. The giant horsetail of ...
- giant hummingbird
- (from the article "hummingbird") All hummingbirds are small, and many are minute. Even the largest, the giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) of western South America, is only about 20 cm (8 inches) long, with a ...
- giant kelp
- (from the article "marine ecosystem") ...to rock in even a gentle ocean surge; as a result this plant is largely restricted to sheltered shores. The fastest-growing plant-adding as much as 1 metre per day to ...
- giant land tortoise
- (from the article "Testudinidae") ...herbivorous habits. The family is widespread in South America and Africa, and representatives occur in warm regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. The best known members of the family ...
- giant magnetoresistance
- (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...of a physical effect that was soon used to reduce the size of computer hard-disk drives. Albert Fert of France and Peter Grunberg of Germany in 1988 independently discovered the ...
- Giant Metrewave Wavelength Telescope
- (from the article "Some important radio telescopes") Indian radio astronomers have built the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune, India. The GMRT contains 30 antennas extending some 25 km (16 miles) in diameter. Each antenna element ...
- Giant Mountains
- mountains, major segment of the Sudeten in northeastern Bohemia and part of the western Czech-Polish frontier. The highest peak in both the mountains and Bohemia is Snezka (5,256 feet [1,602 ... [4 Related Articles]
- giant muntjac
- (from the article "muntjac") A previously unknown species of muntjac was discovered in the Vu Quang Nature Reserve of northern Vietnam in 1993-94. It was named the giant muntjac because it appears to be ...
- giant nerve fibre
- (from the article "cephalopod") ...funnel respectively. In active squids the mantle is innervated by giant paired dorsal axons. Much of the present knowledge of mechanisms of nerve impulse conduction has come from the study ...
- giant otter shrew
- (from the article "otter shrew") The giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox) has the body form, fur texture, and coloration of a river otter but is smaller. It weighs less than 400 grams ...
- giant pangolin
- (from the article "pangolin") Some pangolins, such as the African black-bellied pangolin (Manis longicaudata) and the Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla), are almost entirely arboreal; others, such as the giant pangolin (M. gigantea) of Africa, ...
- giant planet
- (from the article "Significant milestones in space exploration") Of the eight currently recognized planets of the solar system, the inner four, from Mercury to Mars, are called terrestrial planets; those from Jupiter to Neptune are called giant planets ...
- giant pouched rat
- (from the article "African pouched rat") The two species of giant pouched rat (genus Cricetomys) are hunted in the wild and eaten by native peoples. Gentle animals, they are easily tamed and raised in captivity and ...
- giant puffball
- (from the article "basidiocarp") ...club-shaped structures (basidia). Basidiocarps are found among the members of the phylum Basidiomycota (q.v.), with the exception of the rust and smut fungi. The largest basidiocarps include giant puffballs (Calvatia ...
- giant purple urchin
- (from the article "evolution") ...takes place. Gametes of different species may fail to attract one another. For example, the sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and S. franciscanus can be ...
- giant ragweed
- (from the article "ragweed") ...borne in small heads, the male in terminal spikes and the female in the upper axils of the leaves. The common ragweed (A. artemisiifolia), also called Roman wormwood, hogweed, hogbrake, ...
- giant reed
- (Arundo donax), tall perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to Europe and introduced into southeastern North America as an ornamental. Giant reed is 1.8 to 7 m (about 6 ... [3 Related Articles]
- giant salamander
- (from the article "salamander") ...four-legged, moist-skinned animals, about 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) long. Many are camouflaged, whereas others are boldly patterned or brightly coloured. The largest of the order is ...
- giant schnauzer
- (from the article "schnauzer") The giant schnauzer, largest and most recent of the three breeds, was developed by Bavarian cattlemen who wanted a cattle dog like the standard schnauzer but larger. To produce such ...
- giant sea bass
- (from the article "jewfish") The Warsaw grouper (E. nigritus), living in the Atlantic between South Carolina and Brazil, and the giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) from the Pacific, off California and Baja California, are ...
- giant sensitive plant
- (from the article "scrubland") ...dominance by, an alien shrub species in a region in which woody plants are absent or rare. This has occurred in the grass-dominated, seasonally flooded areas of northernmost Australia to ...
- Giant Sequoia National Monument
- (from the article "Kings Canyon National Park") ...and Cedar groves. The grove at Redwood Mountain, covering 3,100 acres (1,255 hectares) and holding some 15,800 trees, is the world's most extensive remaining stand of giant sequoias. In addition, ...
- giant slalom
- (from the article "Alpine skiing") ...competitive skiing is divided into the so-called speed and technical events, the former comprising downhill skiing and the supergiant slalom, or super-G, and the latter including the slalom and giant ...
- giant snowdrop
- (from the article "snowdrop") Several species, including common snowdrop (G. nivalis) and giant snowdrop (G. elwesii), are cultivated as ornamentals for their nodding, sometimes fragrant flowers. They are the earliest garden flower to blossom ...
- giant solenodon
- (from the article "solenodon") ...Haiti. It must have become extinct after AD 1500 because the bones were associated with those of house rats (Rattus rattus), which were introduced to Hispaniola by Europeans. The giant ...
- giant squid
- (from the article "cephalopod") Cephalopods range greatly in size. The giant squids (Architeuthis species) are the largest living invertebrates; A. dux attains a length of more than 20 metres (60 feet), including the extended ...
- giant star
- any star having a relatively large radius for its mass and temperature; because the radiating area is correspondingly large, the brightness of such stars is high. Subclasses of giants are ... [3 Related Articles]
- giant toad
- (from the article "Anura") ...development, or live birth (Nectophrynoides only); worldwide, except the eastern part of the Indo-Australian archipelago, Polynesia, and Madagascar; Bufo marinus introduced into Australia and ...
- giant water bug
- any wide and flat-bodied aquatic insect of the family Belostomatidae (order Heteroptera). This family, although containing only about 100 species, includes the largest bugs in the order: sometimes exceeding 10 ... [1 Related Articles]
- giant water scorpion
- any member of the extinct subclass Eurypterida of the arthropod group Merostomata, a lineage of large, scorpion-like, aquatic invertebrates that flourished during the Silurian Period (444 to 416 million years ... [3 Related Articles]
- giant wild rye
- (from the article "wild rye") any of a group of about 50 species of perennial forage grasses in the family Poaceae that are native to temperate and cool parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Giant wild ...
- Giant's Causeway
- promontory of basalt columns along 4 miles (6 km) of the northern coast of Northern Ireland. It lies on the edge of the Antrim plateau between Causeway Head and Benbane ... [1 Related Articles]
- giant-fibre system
- (from the article "nervous system") The giant-fibre system-also seen in earthworms and insects-is very well developed in the squid. The diameter of giant fibres is many times greater than the diameter of most other nerve ...
- giant-impact hypothesis
- (from the article "Moon") ...however, had their own problems. The question remained unresolved even after the scientifically productive Apollo missions, and it was only in the early 1980s that a model emerged-the giant-impact hypothesis-that ...
- Gianti Agreement
- (1755), in Indonesia, treaty between two members of the Mataram royal family as a result of a succession war in 1749-57. Pakubuwono II, king of Mataram, had backed a Chinese ... [1 Related Articles]
- Giants' Table
- (from the article "Bukk Mountains") ...Maximum elevation is reached at Mount Istallosko (3,146 feet [959 m]). The central core of the Bukk is a 12.5-by-4.5-mile (20-by-7-kilometre) limestone plateau (called Giants' Table) with a rim of ...
- Giaquinto, Corrado
- (from the article "painting, Western") ...He himself supplied large paintings to patrons all over Europe, and his pupils occupied key positions in the mid-18th century. Francesco de Mura took the style to Turin, where he ...
- Giardello, Joey
- American boxer as undisputed world middleweight champion (1963-65), defended his title with a win by unanimous decision on Dec. 14, 1964, against Rubin ("Hurricane") Carter and later sued the makers ... [1 Related Articles]
- Giardia lamblia
- single-celled parasite of the order Diplomonadida. Like those of other diplomonads, the cells of G. lamblia have two nuclei and eight flagella. The parasite attaches to human ... [1 Related Articles]
- giardiasis
- (from the article "nutrition common microbes that") ...cells of G. lamblia have two nuclei and eight flagella. The parasite attaches to human intestinal mucosa with a sucking organ, causing the diahrreal condition known as ...
- Giardini, Felice
- Italian violinist and composer who influenced the music of 18th-century England.
- Giauque, William Francis
- Canadian-born American physical chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1949 for his studies of the properties of matter at temperatures close to absolute zero. [1 Related Articles]
- Giba
- (from the article "Volleyball") ...25-22, 25-23, 15-13. Russia, the host of the finals in August, swept Bulgaria 25-20, 25-19, 25-19 for the bronze medal. Brazil's Gilberto Godoy Filho (known as Giba) was voted the ...
- Gibb, Barry
- (from the article "Bee Gees, the") ...Gibb) adapted to changing musical styles while maintaining the high harmonies, elaborate melodies, and ornate orchestrations that were their trademark. The principal members were Barry Gibb (b. September 1, 1947Isle ...
- Gibb, Maurice Ernest
- British singer, musician, and composer (b. Dec. 22, 1949, Douglas, Isle of Man-d. Jan. 12, 2003, Miami, Fla.), joined with his brothers to form a pop music trio and, while ... [1 Related Articles]
- Gibb, Robin
- (from the article "Bee Gees, the") ...principal members were Barry Gibb (b. September 1, 1947Isle of Man), Robin Gibb (b. December 22, 1949Manchester, Isle of Man), and Maurice...
- gibber
- rock- and pebble-littered area of arid or semi-arid country in Australia. The rocks are generally angular fragments formed from broken up duricrust, usually silcrete, a hardened crust of soil cemented ... [1 Related Articles]
- Gibberella fujikuroi
- (from the article "malformation") ...of the normal developmental processes. This is well illustrated in the so-called bakanae, or foolish seedling disease, of rice. The bakanae disease is caused by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi. Diseased ...
- gibberellic acid
- (from the article "beer") Activated by water and oxygen, the root embryo of the barleycorn secretes a plant hormone called gibberellic acid, which initiates the synthesis of alpha-amylase. The alpha- and beta-amylases then convert ...
- gibberellin
- any of a group of plant hormones that occur in seeds, young leaves, and roots. The name is derived from Gibberella fujikuroi, a hormone-producing fungus in the phylum Ascomycota (kingdom ... [7 Related Articles]
- gibbon
- any of a dozen or so species of small apes found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Gibbons, like the great apes (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, and bonobos), have a ... [8 Related Articles]
- Gibbon, Edward
- English rationalist historian and scholar best known as the author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88), a continuous narrative from the 2nd century ... [10 Related Articles]
- Gibbon, John H., Jr.
- (from the article "artificial heart") The first successful clinical use of a heart-lung machine was reported by American surgeon John H. Gibbon, Jr., in 1953. During this operation for the surgical closure of an atrial ...
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