Cambridge Encyclopedia

Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 30

Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Early life and work

Gianfranco Fini - Early years, Coalition, Controversies

Gianfranco Zola - Early days in Italy, Chelsea career, Return to Italy and retirement, International career, Honours and awards

Gianni (Giovanni Luigi) Brera - Biography

Gianni Rodari - Biography, Works

Gianni Versace - Early life, Life and career, Death, Filmography, Awards

giant clam

giant star

Giant's Causeway - Legend, History, Similar structures, Notable features, flora and fauna

giardiasis

gibbon - Classification, Reference

Gibeah

Gibraltar

Gibson Desert - Climate, Environment and wildlife, Leisure and tourism, Geography

Gideon

Gideon (Johnson) Pillow - Early life, Civil War, Postbellum

Gideon Welles

Gideons International - Popular culture references

Gifford Pinchot - Education and early life, Forestry policy and institutions, Ballinger-Pinchot controversy, Governor of Pennsylvania

gift economy - Characteristics, Traditional gift economies, The mixing of gift and commodity-based economies

gift tax

Gigantes

gigue

GIL (Giovent

Gil Evans - Biography, Discography

Gil Vicente - Life, Historical context: Portuguese theatre before Gil Vicente, Works, Legacy, Morality plays, Farsas (Farces)

gila monster

Gilbert (Charles) Stuart

Gilbert (Hovey) Grosvenor

Gilbert Amy - Sources

Gilbert and George - Early life, Performance artists, Photo-montages, Awards, Trivia

Gilbert Cesbron

Gilbert Frankau - Works

Gilbert Highet

Gilbert Islands - World War II, 1944 -

Gilbert Ryle - The Concept of Mind, Legacy and influence

Gilbert Sheldon

Gilbert Tennent

Gilbert White

Gilda Radner - Biography, After Death

gilding

Giles Farnaby

Gilgamesh - Cuneiform references

Gilles Li Muisis

Gillian (May) Armstrong - Films by Armstrong

Gillian Anderson - Biography, Trivia, List of stage appearances

Gillian Clarke - Bibliography

Gillingham

Gillo Pontecorvo - Life and work, Filmography as director

gin - Common mixers for gin, Cocktails with gin, Brands of gin

ginger

Ginger Meggs

Ginger Rogers - Biography, Portrayals of Ginger Rogers, Quotations about Rogers, Filmography, Television Work, Notes and references

gingivitis - Causes, Symptoms, Prevention, Treatment, Complications

ginkgo - Characteristics, Name, Prehistory, Cultivation and uses

Gino Severini

ginseng - Modern science and ginseng, Common classification

Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini - Biography, Works of Rossini, Media

Giordano Bruno - Early life, Travel years, Trial and death, The cosmology of Bruno's time

Giorgio Almirante

Giorgio Amendola

Giorgio Armani - Biography, In the news, Branding

Giorgio Bassani - Biography

Giorgio de Chirico - Life and work, Legacy, Trivia, Selected works

Giorgio La Pira

Giorgio Manganelli - Works, Awards

Giorgio Morandi - Further reading

Giorgio Strehler - Famous opera productions, Famous theatre productions

Giorgio Vasari - Biography, The Vite, Copies of Vasari’s Lives of the Artists Online

Giorgione - Life, Works, Assessment, Some works attributed to Giorgione

Giotto (di Bondone)

Giovanni (Virginio) Schiaparelli - Honors and Awards for Giovanni Schiaparelli

Giovanni Amendola

Giovanni Animuccia

Giovanni Battista Amici

Giovanni Battista Belzoni - Reference

Giovanni Battista Casti

Giovanni Battista de Rossi - Major works

Giovanni Battista Morgagni - Education, Professional, Legacy, Reference

Giovanni Battista Moroni - Notes and References

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Biography

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - Biography, Critical assessment and legacy

Giovanni Battista Venturi

Giovanni Bellini - Early career, Maturity, High Renaissance, Assessment

Giovanni Boccaccio - Bibliography

Giovanni Bottesini - Biography, Partial list of works, The Paganini of the Double Bass

Giovanni Comisso - Works

Giovanni da Bologna - Biography

Giovanni da Udine

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere - Biography

Giovanni Della Casa

Giovanni di Paolo

Giovanni Domenico Cassini - Astronomy and astrology, Engineering, Named after Cassini

Giovanni Falcone - Bibliography

Giovanni Gabrieli - Life, Music and style, References and further reading

Giovanni Gentile

Giovanni Giolitti

Giovanni Gronchi - Early life and political career, After the Second World War, President of the Republic, Assessment, Trivia

Giovanni Lanfranco - Biography, Independent Work, Legacy and Critical Assessment, Partial Anthology

Giovanni Lanza

Giovanni Leone

Giovanni Martinelli - Recordings

Giovanni Morelli

Giovanni Nicotera - Biography, Ships

Giovanni Papini - Early life, Before and during World War I, Fascism and later years

Giovanni Pascoli - Works

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Life, Music and reputation, Sources and further reading

Giovanni Pisano

Giovanni Prati

Giovanni Sgambati

Giovanni Spadolini

Giovanni Verga - Links

Gippsland - Geography, Climate, Natural resources

giraffe

Giralda - Gallery

Giraldus Cambrensis - Works of Gerald of Wales, Bibliography

Giraut de Bornelh - Works, External Links

giro - History and concept, UK usage, Electronic bill payment

Girolamo Fracastoro - Works

Girolamo Frescobaldi - Biography

Girolamo Savonarola - Biography, Further reading, Fictionalizations

Girona - Ecclesiastical history, Sources and external links

Gisbertus (Gijsbert Voet) Voetius

Gisela (Marie Augusta) Richter - Books by Gisela Richter

Giulio Alberoni - Early years, Middle years, Later years, Death and afterwards, Bibliography

Giulio Andreotti - Quotes, Popular culture

Giulio Caccini - Life, Music and influence, Works

Giulio Campi - Biography

Giulio Douhet - History, Aerial Strategy, Critical Reception, Further reading

Giulio Natta

Giulio Romano - Biography, Selected works

Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi - Biography, Verdi's role in the Risorgimento, Style, Verdi's operas, Media, Eponyms, Trivia

Giuseppe Bottai - Fascism, Opposition to Mussolini, Works

Giuseppe Cesare Abba - Works

Giuseppe Cesari - Biography, Selected works, Sources

Giuseppe di Vittorio - Opposition to Fascism, Later years

Giuseppe Dossetti - The Priest, Books by Giuseppe Dossetti (in Italian), Books about Giuseppe Dossetti

Giuseppe Ferrari

Giuseppe Garibaldi - Early activity, Return to Italy, Campaign of 1860, Aftermath, Expedition against Rome

Giuseppe Giacosa

Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli - Biography, Work

Giuseppe Giusti

Giuseppe Mazzini - Biography, Other Topics, Publications

Giuseppe Montanelli - Biography, Works

Giuseppe Parini

Giuseppe Peano - Biography, Milestones and honors received, Bibliography

Giuseppe Piazzi

Giuseppe Prina

Giuseppe Saracco

Giuseppe Saragat

Giuseppe Tartini - Biography, Works

Giuseppe Ungaretti

Giuseppe Zanardelli

Giza - History, International access, Fictional references

Gjon Mili

glaciation - What glaciation means, Named glacial periods, Newer means of detecting glaciations

glacier - Types of glaciers, Formation of glaciers, Anatomy of a glacier, Glacial motion, Glacial erosion, Isostatic rebound

glaciology - Overview, Types, Zones of glaciers

gladiators - Series and shows, The Gladiators, The Games, Injuries, The role of 'The Wolfman'

gladiolus

Gladys (Rowena) Dick - Places, People and Fictional Characters

Gladys Aylward

gland - Types of gland, Formation

Glasgow - Heraldry, Geography and climate, Demographics, History, Districts, Architecture, Sport, Politics, Dialect, Education, Economy, Media, Transport

glasnost - Objectives, Areas of concern

glass (chemistry) - Properties and uses, Glass ingredients, Calculation of Glass Properties, History of glass, Glass artifacts, Glass art

glass (product) - Properties and uses, Glass ingredients, Calculation of Glass Properties, History of glass, Glass artifacts, Glass art

glassfish

glassfish

glasswort - Species, Culinary

glaucoma - Types, Symptoms, Risk factors and diagnosis, Treatment, Major studies, Classification of glaucoma

glaze

Glen (Warren) Bowersock - Selected Bibliography

Glen Gray - Listen to

Glen Tetley

Glenda Jackson

Glenn (Hammond) Curtiss - Birth and early career, Wright brothers, The other Pulitzer prize, Death, Timeline

Glenn (Herbert) Gould - Life, Gould as a musician, Recordings, Eccentricities, Health, Awards and recognitions, Media

Glenn (Scobey) Warner

Glenn (Woodward) Davis

Glenn Close - Off-Broadway, Filmography, Television Work

Glenn Ford - Military service, Postwar career, Awards, Personal life, Facts and Figures

Glenn Hoddle - Playing career, Managerial career, Quotes

Glenrothes - Background, The Rothes Pit, Developments since 1960, Town Centre and Shopping, Parks and Sports, Employment

gliadin

glider - Terminology, History, Launch methods, Staying aloft without an engine, Moving forward, Glider design, Classes of glider

Gliwice - Education, Sports, Famous people, Politics, Buildings, Sister cities, Literature

Global Positioning System (GPS) - Applications, Technical description, Accuracy, Techniques to improve accuracy, Selective availability, Satellites, Receivers, Relativity, Awards, GPS tracking

globe artichoke

Globe Theatre - The original Globe, Layout of the Globe, The modern Globe, Literature

globular cluster - Observation history, Composition, Morphology, Tidal encounters

globulin

glockenspiel

glomerulonephritis - Acute glomerulonephritis, Chronic glomerulonephritis

Gloria Hunniford - Biography, Personal life

Gloria Steinem - Early life, Education and early career, Political awakening and activism, Later life, List of works

Gloria Swanson - Silent films, Comeback in Sunset Boulevard, Television, Academy Award nominations, Trivia, Filmography, Further reading

Gloria Vanderbilt - Early life and heiress status, Marriages, relationships and children, Professional career and later life

Glorious Revolution - Brief History, Legacy

glosa - Alphabet and phonology, Sample Words

glossolalia - "Speaking in tongues" in Christian traditions, Glossolalia in other religions, Scientific perspectives

glottis

Gloucester (UK) - Places of interest, History, "Gloster", Twin cities

Gloucester (USA) - Places of interest, History, "Gloster", Twin cities

Gloucestershire - History, Economy, Towns and villages, Official Teaching Award

glucagon - History, Physiology, Pathology, Uses, Media

glucose - Structure, Production, Function, Sources and absorption

gluon - Properties, Numerology of gluons, Confinement, Experimental observations

gluten - Extraction, Usage, Occurrence

glycerol - Purification

glycine - Presence in the Interstellar Medium

glycogen - Structure and biochemistry, Function and regulation of liver glycogen, Glycogen in muscle and other cells

Glyn (Edmund) Daniel

Gnaeus Julius Agricola - Early life, Political career, Governor of Britain, Later years

Gnaeus Naevius

gnat

gnatcatcher

gneiss

Gnosticism - Nature and structure of Gnosticism, Major Gnostic movements and their texts, Important terms and concepts, History

Goa - History, Geography and climate, Economy, Demographics, Culture, Government and politics, Media and Communication

Gobi Desert - Geography and the area, Climate (as of 1911), Conservation, ecology, economy

goblin shark

goby - Symbiosis, In aquaria

God - Etymology and usage, Names of God, Theological approaches, Existence question, Scientific perspective, Popular culture

Godfrey of Bouillon - Early life, First Crusade, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Death, Godfrey in history and legend

Godfrey Weitzel - Early life and career, Civil War, Postbellum career

Godwin

godwit

Goffredo Mameli - Biography

Gog and Magog - The Biblical Gog and Magog, Beyond the Biblical tradition, Gog and Magog in Islam

Gokstad ship - The ship, The grave goods

gold - Notable characteristics, Applications, Occurrence, Production, Price, Compounds, Medicine

Gold Coast (Australia) - Colonization, Hydrology, Literature, Sports, Transportation, Geography, Other

gold rush - Life cycle of a gold rush, Notable gold rushes

gold standard - History of the modern gold standard, Theory, Advocates of a renewed gold standard

Golda Meir - Birth and early life, Emigration to the United States, 1906, Emigration to Palestine, 1921

Goldbach's conjecture - Origins, Heuristic justification, Rigorous results, Attempted proofs

goldcrest

Golden Age - History, Greek and Roman antiquity, East, Christianity, Fantasy

Golden Bull

golden calf - Summary of the Biblical tale, Interpretation, Trivia

golden cat

golden eagle

Golden Fleece - Sources, Modern Connections

Golden Gate Bridge - Aesthetics, Paintwork, Suicides, In fiction and film, Photos

Golden Horde - Name, Mongol origins, Golden Age, Political evolution, Disintegration and fall

golden mole

golden pheasant

golden ratio - Calculation, History, Aesthetics, Nature, Mathematics, Pyramids, Disputed sightings of the golden ratio

golden retriever - Appearance, History, Health, Rescue efforts, Famous Golden Retrievers, Gallery

Golden Rule

goldeneye - Plot, Development, Production, Cast, Release and critical reaction, Name, Overview

goldenrod

goldfish - Varieties of domesticated goldfish, Goldfish in ponds, In the aquarium, Feeding, Behavior, Native environment, Breeding

Goldie (Jeanne) Hawn - Selected filmography, References

golf - Anatomy of a golf course, Play of the game, Handicap systems, Golf rules and other regulations

goliath frog

gonad

gong - Types of gong, Traditional suspended gongs, Modern orchestral gongs, Other uses, Gongs - general, Signal gongs

Gonzalo de Berceo

Gonzalo Pizarro - Expeditions with Francisco de Orellana, Last years

Good Friday - Jesus' possible death date, In the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches

Google - History, Production, Acquistions and partnerships, Corporate culture, Salaries, Further reading

goose - True geese, Other species called "geese", Etymology

Goose Green

gooseberry

gopher

Gorakhpur - Population, Origin of name, History, Cultural and historical importance, The city, College, Ground transportation, Air transportation

The Gorbals - History

Gordian knot - The legend

Gordon (Willard) Allport - Visit with Freud, Allport's Trait Theory, Functional Autonomy, Prejudice, Psychology of Religion, Literature

Gordon Banks

Gordon Bottomley - Works

Gordon Bunshaft - Buildings

Gordon Gould - Early life, Invention of the laser, Patent battles, Eventual successes, Later life

Gordon Riots

Gordon setter - Appearance

Gorgias - Introduction, Biography, Rhetorical Works, Critics

Gorgon - Classical tradition, Perseus and Medusa, Protective and healing powers, Origins, Gorgons in Geography

gorilla - Name, Physical characteristics, Classification, Endangerment, Behavior, Studies, Intelligence, Gorillas in pop culture

Gorizia - Main sights

gorse

Gorsedd

goshawk

Gospel (music) - Canonical Gospels, Non-canonical gospels, List of non-canonical ("apocryphal") Gospels

Gosplan - Heads of Gosplan

Gothenburg - Name, History, Geography, Transport, Demographics, Economy, Education, Sister cities, Culture, Notes and references

Gothic architecture - The Term "Gothic", Brick Gothic, Sequence of Gothic Styles: France

Gothic art - Overview, Gothic sculpture, Gothic painting, Gothic artists

Gothic line - Background, Allies' Plan of Attack, The Battle of Gemmano, The Battle for Rimini

Goths

Gottfried Benn - Works

Gottfried Keller

Gottfried von Einem - Selected operas

Gotthold (Ephraim) Lessing - Life, Work, Selected bibliography

Gottlieb (Wilhelm) Daimler - Early life (1834 to 1852), Career beginnings and Maybach

gouache - History, Application

Gouda - "Twin Towns", Natives of Gouda

gourami

gourd - See also