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Microbe Hunters
American microbiologist and author of Dutch descent
The Souls of Black Folk
1903 work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois
Rebecca
Rebecca appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau. According to biblical tradition, Rebecca’s father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, also called Aram-Naharaim. Rebecca’s brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham. Rebecca and …
Nova
Transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently “new” star, that slowly fades over several weeks or many months
Great Books
Book accepted as being exemplary or noteworthy