Cambridge Encyclopedia

Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 13

Candido Jacuzzi

candle

cane rat

Canes Venatici

Canidae - Classification, Dentition

canine parvovirus - Infection, Prevention and contamination, Further reading

Canis Major - Notable deep sky objects

Canis Minor

canker (botany)

canker (zoology)

canna

cannabis - Species, Description, Taxonomy, Geographical distribution, Reproduction, Etymology

Cannes - Demographics, Culture

canning - History, Double Seams, Other home food preservation methods, Canning companies

canoe - Ambiguity over the word canoe, Design and construction, Types of canoes, Use, Image gallery

canoeing - Sport, Recreational, Other Forms

canon (music) - Types of canons, How voices in a canon are named, Elaborate use of canon technique

canon (of RC Mass)

canon (religion)

canon (title)

canon law - Canons of the Apostles, Catholic Church, Orthodox Churches, Anglican Churches

canonization - Historical development of the process, Current practice, Previous practice

Cantabria - Geography, Famous Cantabrians

Cantabrian Mountains - Geography

cantata - Media

Canterbury - History, Government, Transport, Educational establishments, Trivia, Affiliations

cantilever - In bridges, towers, and buildings, In aircraft, In MEMS

canton

Canton (USA)

Canvass White - Birth, Engineer

canyon - Largest canyons, Well-known canyons, Canyons on other planetary bodies, Trivia

Cao Yu - Biography and Works

Cap Vert - Language, Newspapers, Miscellaneous topics, External links

capacitance - Capacitors, Energy, Capacitance and 'displacement current', Capacitance/inductance duality, Elastance, Stray capacitance

Cape Breton Island - History, Geography, Demographics, Economy, Traditional Music, Notable facts

Cape Cod - Geography, Climate, History, Tourism, Sports, Islands off Cape Cod

Cape Town - Geography, Government, Demographics, Economy, Tourism, Transport, Universities

Cape Verde - Language, Newspapers, Miscellaneous topics, External links

caper

capercaillie - Characteristics, Behaviour and ecology, Courting and reproduction, Conservation, Hybrids

capillary - Types, Trivia

capital (accountancy) - Unorthodox capital city arrangements, Capital as symbol, Strategic importance of capitals, Largest national capital cities

capital (architecture) - Ancient capitals, Classical capitals, Indo-Corinthian capitals, Byzantine and Gothic capitals

capital (economics) - Capital in classical economic theory, Broadening the definition of capital

capital gains tax (CGT) - Australia, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Criticisms

capital punishment - The death penalty worldwide, History, Abolitionism in different countries, Capital punishment debate, Religious views

capitalism - Etymology, Perspectives on the characteristics of capitalism, History of capitalism, Political advocacy

Capitol - Capitols in the United States, Other capitols

Capitoline Hill - History

capitulum

Cappadocia - Etymology, History, Tourism in Cappadocia

Capri - History, Capri in literature, Main sights, Tourism, Transportation

capriccio (music)

Capricornus - Stars with planets

capsid

capsule (fruit)

capsule (spores)

capybara

car

carabinieri - History, Organisation, The Carabinieri in Italian culture, Criticism

caracal

caracara

Caracas - History, Law and government, Geography, Economy, Demographics, Colleges and universities, Sports, Culture, Museums and theaters

Caractacus - History, Caratacus's name, Legend

Caradoc Evans

Caran d'Ache

Caravaggio - Biography, Caravaggio the artist, Chronology of major works

caravel

caraway

carbide - Examples, Types of carbides, Properties

carbohydrate - Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, Nutrition, Catabolism, Anabolism

carbon - Applications, History and Etymology, Allotropes, Organic compounds, Precautions

carbon cycle - Carbon in the atmosphere, Carbon in the biosphere, Carbon in the Oceans, Carbon cycle modelling

Carbonari - Organisation, Relations with the Church, History, Members of the Carbonari, Carbonari in Literature, Notes and References

carbonic acid

carbonyl - Reactivity, α,β-Unsaturated carbonyl compounds, Other organic carbonyl compounds, Inorganic carbonyl compounds

carbuncle - As a medical term, In the Bible, In heraldry

Carcassonne - Geography, History, Main sights, Economy, Miscellaneous, In popular culture

Carchemish - The site, History, Rediscovery and exploration, Kings of Carchemish

carcinogen - IARC classification of carcinogens

cardamom - Types of cardamom and their distribution

Cardiff - Geography, History, Demographics, Economy, Culture, media, sport and tourism, Government and politics, Transport, Education

Cardiff Arms Park - History, Cricket

Cardigan Bay

Cardiganshire - Geography, Government

cardinal (ornithology)

cardinal (religion)

carding - Hand carding, Machine carding, History

cardioid - Equations

Carel Fabritius - List of works

cargo cult - Overview, History, Other instances of cargo cults, Analogues in Western culture, Popular References

Carib - Cannibalism and patriarchy

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) - Membership, Structure, CARICOM projects

Caribbean literature - Territories included in the category "West Indian", Development of the idea of West Indian literature

Caribbean Sea - History, Geology, Ecology, Weather, Economy and human activity, Popular culture

caricature - History, Notable caricaturists

caries (dentistry)

carillon - Musical characteristics, Carillons worldwide

carinatae

Carl (August Nicolas) Rosa - Species, Diseases, Cultivation, Care, History, Perfume, Rose hips, Notable rose growers

Carl (August) Nielsen - Life, Music, Historic Recordings, Sources

Carl (August) Sandburg - Biography, Works, Memorials, Sandburg in song, Listen to

Carl (Bert) Albert - Legislative Strategist, Albert, Twice, Only "A Heartbeat Away", Trivia

Carl (Clinton) Van Doren - Publications

Carl (Edward) Sagan - Education and scientific career, Scientific achievements, Scientific advocacy, Social concerns, Popularization of science, Personality

Carl (Ethan) Akeley

Carl (Gustav) Hempel - Biography, Bibliography

Carl (Gustav) Jung - Introduction, Jungian psychology, Jung's life, The Philemon Foundation, Influence, Recommended Reading, Jung bibliography

Carl (Lucas) Norden

Carl (Michael) Yastrzemski - Regular season stats, Trivia

Carl (Philipp) Stamitz

Carl (Thomas) Rowan - Background, Controversy, Bibliography

Carl (Wilhelm Emil) Milles - Milles' Career in Paris and Sweden, Milles Comes to America, Milles' Final Resting Ground

Carl (William) Blegen

Carl Andre

Carl Bernstein - Quote

Carl Bosch - External articles

Carl D(avid) Anderson

Carl Davis - The television years, Silent film music

Carl Djerassi - Life, Social impact of scientific work, Bibliography

Carl F(erdinand) Cori

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler

Carl Giles

Carl J(oachim) Friedrich

Carl Larsson - Books about Carl Larsson

Carl Michael Bellman - His Works in English, Trivia

Carl Orff - Life, Musical work, References and further reading

Carl Perkins

Carl Ritter - Biography, Works

Carl Ruggles - Biography, Music

Carl Schurz - Early life, Politics in the United States, Civil War, Postbellum politics, Interior Secretary, Retirement and death

Carl Spaatz - World War I, World War II, Later life

Carl Theodor Dreyer - Life and work, Filmography

Carl Van Vechten - Books about Van Vechten

Carl Vinson

Carl von Ossietzky - Further reading

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Carl Zeiss - Youth, Life, Publications

Carl Zuckmayer

Carl-Gustaf (Arvid) Rossby

Carla Bley - Discography

Carle Vernet

Carlisle - Name, History, Geography, Trade and industry, Sport, Education, Administration, Curse of Carlisle

Carlisle Floyd - Major works

Carlism - The Origins, History of Carlism, Pretenders to the throne, Carlist ideological landscape, Carlism and Literature, Note

Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa

Carlo Cattaneo

Carlo Collodi

Carlo Crivelli - Biography, Sources

Carlo Emilio Gadda - Bibliography

Carlo Fontana

Carlo Goldoni - Biography, Goldoni's impact on Italian theatre, Themes, Venetian and Tuscan, Works

Carlo Levi - Early life, Political activism and exile

Carlo Pisacane

Carlo Rosselli - Life, Thought

Carlo Rubbia - Biography, References and further reading

Carlo Sforza - Biography

Carlos (Saul) Menem - Background, Political career

Carlos Acosta - Awards, Companies and Roles, Tocororo - A Cuban Tale

Carlos Castaneda - Biography, Works, Ideas, Brief description of books, Interpretation and criticism (the Castaneda controversy)

Carlos Fuentes - Selected works, Bibliography

Carlos Gardel - Birth-place controversy, Trivia, Films, Reference

Carlos Saura - Filmography

Carlow (county) - History, Growth, Economy, Sister Cities

Carlow (town) - History, Growth, Economy, Sister Cities

Carmagnola

Carmarthen - History, Famous Citizens, Arthurian legend, Picton's monument, Carmarthen today

Carmarthenshire - Government, Places of interest

Carmelites - Charism, origin and early history, Habit and scapular, Reforms within the order

Carnac - Other sights around Carnac

carnation

Carneades

Carnegie Hall - Performing arts venues, Architecture, History, Location and folklore

Carnic Alps

carnitine

Carnival - Origins of the Carnival season, Special celebrations around the world, Funfairs, Abadá

carnivore - Characteristics of carnivores, Obligate carnivores, As food

carnivorous plant - Trapping mechanisms, Evolution, Ecology and modelling of carnivory, Classification, Cultivation, Popular culture

Carnot cycle - The Carnot cycle, Properties and significance

Carol (Ann Warner) Shields - Bibliography

Carol Burnett - Early life, Career, Personal and family life, TV Work, Filmography, Stage Work

Carol Gilligan - Biography, In a Different Voice

Carole King - Discography

Carole Lombard - Career, Death, Trivia, Filmography

Carolina

Caroline (Elizabeth Sarah) Norton

Caroline (Lavinia) Harrison - Reference

Caroline Chisholm - Life in Madras, India, Life in New South Wales, Australia

Caroline Gordon - Selected works

Caroline Love O'Day

Carolingian art - History, Illuminated manuscripts, Sculpture and metalwork, Painting, Mosaics, Spolia

Carolus Linnaeus - Name, Biography, Linnaean taxonomy, Mankind, Bibliography, Students, Notes and references

Carolyn Heilbrun - Notable characteristics, Applications, Occurrence, Production, Price, Compounds, Medicine

carotene - Carotenemia, The two forms, Carotenoids, Beta Carotene and Cancer, Production, Nomenclature

carotenoid - Properties, Physiological effects, Aroma chemicals

carp - Types of carp, In Legend

carpal tunnel syndrome - Anatomy, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment and prevention, Long term recovery

Carpathian Mountains - Geography, Geology, Convention on the protection of the Carpathians, Geology, Divisions

carpel - Carpel anatomy

carpenter bee - Behavior

carpet - Carpet types, Production of knotted pile carpet, Carpet binding, Early carpets, Modern carpeting and installation

carrack - Early origins, Advantages, Famous carracks, Carracks in Asia, Trivia, Additional reading

Carrickfergus - People, Education, Sport, 2001 Census

Carrie (Clinton) Chapman Catt - Controversy, Further reading

Carrie Nye - Biography

carrion crow - Behaviour

carrion flower

carroccio

Carroll O'Connor - Credits

carrot

Carry (Amelia) Nation - Geography, Fiction, Philosophy, Literature, Law, Sports, Christianity, Military, Science, Politics, Education, Mathematics, Medicine, Other

cartel - Overview

Carter Glass

Cartesian product - Cartesian square and n-ary product, Cartesian product of functions

Carthage - Question of Carthage, Founding of Carthage, Life in Carthage, Carthaginian military, Religion, Carthaginian ethnicity and citizenship

cartilage - Composition, Types of cartilage, Growth and development, Diseases / Medicine, Invertebrate cartilage

Cartimandua

cartography - History, Technological changes, Map types, Map design

cartoon - Historical meaning, Print media, Motion pictures, In science

Cary Grant - Legacy, Quotations, Trivia, Further reading

caryatid

Caryl (Whittier) Chessman - Crime and Conviction, Legal Appeals, Literary Appeals, Execution, Chessman in popular culture

Casablanca - History, Demographics, Notable physical landmarks, Transport, List of main Casablanca's locations, Sister Cities, Economy

Cascade Range - History, Geography, High Cascades, Protected areas, Provincial Parks

case

case hardening - History, Applications, Case hardening in wood

casein

Casey Jones - Beginnings, Death, Jones as folk hero in art, Museums in Casey Jones's honor

Casey Stengel - Playing career, Yankee manager, Casey's Amazin' Mets, Views on managing, Honors, Source, Trivia

cashew

cashmere

Casimir Delavigne

Casimir Funk - Life, Contribution to science

casino - Gambling in casinos, Security

Casiodoro de Reina

Caspar (Willard) Weinberger - Early life, Political career, Secretary of Defense, Iran-Contra Affair, Later career, Death

Caspar David Friedrich - Life, Works, Quotes, Selected works

Casper

Caspian Sea - Geography, History, Fauna, International disputes, Characteristics and ecology, Transportation, Freezing

Cass Gilbert - Notable works

Cassander

Cassandra - Troilus and Criseyde, Modern adaptations, Modern usage

cassava - Processing, Uses, Cassava hay, Cassava pests

Cassiodorus (Flavius Magnus Aurelius) - Life, Works, Further reading

Cassiopeia (astronomy)

Cassiopeia (mythology)

cassiterite

Cassius

cassowary

cast iron - Grey cast iron, Other cast iron alloys, Recycling of cast iron, Historical uses

caste - Etymology of the English word caste, Definitions, Castes in India, Caste System in Pakistan

Castelfranco Veneto

Castile or Castille

casting - Expendable mold casting, Nonexpendable mold casting, Cooling rate, Shrinkage

castle - Definition, Design, History, Influence of castles in Britain, Bibliography

Castlebar - History, Culture

Castor and Pollux - Provenance, Mythology

castration - Castration in humans, Castration in psychoanalysis and literary theory, Castration in veterinary practice, Miscellaneous

castrato - History of castratism, Modern castrati and similar voices, Popular references, Famous castrati

Castries - History, Tourism, Transportation, Political Institutions, Gallery

cat - Nomenclature, Scientific classification, Characteristics, Reproduction and genetics, Domestication, Overpopulation, Varieties of domestic cat, History and mythology

catacombs

catalepsy

Catalonia - History, Language, Transportation in Catalonia, Law and government of Catalonia, Politics of Catalonia, Environmental policy

catalysis - Definitions, Catalysts and reaction energetics, Types of catalysts, Poisoning of a Catalyst, Notable examples

catalytic converter - Functions, Catalyst poisoning and deactivation, Technical details, Regulations, Diagnostics

catamaran - History, Catamaran sailing, Catamaran designs, Catamarans for passenger transport, Powered catamarans, Mega catamarans

Catania - Main sights

cataplexy

cataract - Causes, Epidemiology, Cataract surgery, Prevention, Types of cataracts

catastrophe theory - Elementary catastrophes, Potential functions of one active variable, Potential functions of two active variables

catatonia - Treatment, Catatonia in popular culture

Cate Blanchett - Filmography, Awards won, Awards nominated, Quotes

catechism - Traditional Format, Early Christian history, Catholic catechisms, Protestant catechisms, Non-Christian catechisms, Bibliography

catecholamine

Categorical Imperative - Nature of the concept, The first formulation, The second formulation, The third formulation, Formal criticism

catenary - Suspension bridges, The inverted catenary arch, Towed Cables, Other uses of the term

catenation

caterpillar - Anatomy, Defense, Behaviour, External features of a caterpillar, Photo gallery

Catesby Ap Roger Jones - Notes and references

catfish - Southern tradition, Other catfish

catgut

cathedral - History and organization

Catherine de' Medici - Early life, Life with Henry II, As queen, After Henry II's death

Cath - Awards, Other Career Highlights, Actress - Main Filmography, Producer - Filmography, Self - Filmography, Archive Footage

Catherine Helen Spence - Early life, Journalism and literature, Social Work and Issues, Bibliography

Catherine Howard - Rise and fall, Catherine Howard in artwork, In film, Historiography, Bibliography

Catherine McAuley

Catherine of Arag - Infanta of Aragon and Castile, Princess of Wales, Queen consort of England, Later years

Catherine of Braganza

Catherine of Valois

Catherine Parr - Family, Early marriages, Queen consort of England, Final marriage and death, Remains, In film, Historiography

Catherine Spalding

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Selected filmography

catheter

cathode - Flow of electrons, Chemistry cathode, Electronics and physics cathode

Cathy Freeman - Achievements

Catiline - Life, Legacy

Cato Street conspiracy

Catskill Mountains - Geography, Geology, Name, The Catskill Mountains in culture