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Ancient China made unique contributions to many areas of science, including astronomy, calendric system, geography, mathematics, agriculture, medicine and the humanities. Records of solar and lunar eclipses are found in the inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty over 3,000 years ago. In the 2,100...
Bjork's work, in contrast, has been characterized by an insistent sprightliness. Yet that upbeat temperament should not be mistaken for shallowness or lack of guile. Throughout Homogenic, there is a current of danger and violence. On the driving Bachelorette, Bjork sings, "I'm a fountain of blood, my love...
Born in New York City in 1923, Lichtenstein served a stint in the Air Force during World War II--which must have laid the ground of his later comic-strip images of gung-ho pilots blasting their enemies from the sky--and then, after studying art at Ohio State University...
Klein said that the differences in atmosphere can be attributed to the accommodating temperament of Steve Herrell.
Lee's exquisitely watchful face may suggest a softness of temperament. Don't be fooled: he knows what he wants. "I like to communicate in a civilized way, if my English can accommodate it," says Lee, who came to the U.S. for college in 1978 and has lived here ever...