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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 47
Louis Malle - Filmography
Louis Marie Julien Viaud - Biography, Works, Bibliography, Reference
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Biography, Works
Louis Nicolas Davout - Biography
Louis of Nassau - Battle of Heiligerlee, Battle of Jemmingen, Mons, Battle of Mookerheyde
Louis Pasteur - Biography, Work on chirality and the polarization of light, Germ theory, Immunology and Vaccination
Louis Paul Boon
Louis Paul Cailletet
Louis Pergaud - Works, Death, Adaptations of his works
Louis Raemaekers
Louis Riel - Early life, Red River Rebellion, The intervening years, The North-West Rebellion, Legacy
Louis Spohr - Life, Works
Louis Stokes
Louis Vierne - Life, Compositions, Discography
Louis William (Valentine) Dubourg
Louis Zukofsky - Politics, Zukofsky the Objectivist, "A", Shorter poems and other writings, Late revival
Louisa (Catherine) Adams - Further reading
Louisa Lane Drew
Louisa Lawson
Louisa May Alcott - Childhood and Early Works, Literary Success and Later Life, Selected works, Reference
Louise Bogan - Life, Education, Mental Illness, Bogan's Poetry and Awards, Her Poetic Form
Louise Bourgeois - See also, Reference, Books
Louise Brooks - Early life, Move to Hollywood, Beggars of Life, European interlude, Life after film, Rediscovery
Louise Colet - Writings of Louise Colet
Louise Homer
Louise Pound - Early life, Professional Life, Personal, Books Authored by Louise Pound
Louise Talma
Louise-Victorine Ackermann
Louisiade Archipelago - Louisiade Archipelago rain forests
Louisiana
Louisiana Purchase - Background, Negotiation, Domestic opposition, Treaty signing, Conflict with Spain, Boundaries
Louisine Waldron Havemeyer - People, Places, Nature, Fiction
Lourdes - The sanctuary of Lourdes, Hospitalité Notre-Dame de Lourdes
louse
Louth
Louvre - Construction and architecture, Access, Management, Collections, References in popular culture
lovage
lovebird - Agapornis as pets
L
Lovis Corinth - Biography
Low Countries
low Earth orbit (LEO)
Lowell (Jackson) Thomas - Lawrence of Arabia, Later career, Lowell Thomas Award, Books
Lowell Mason - Life, Assessment, Other, Books
Lowestoft - Geography, History, Lowestoft porcelain, Lowestoft Air Festival, Wind turbine, Literary and artistic connections, Places of interest
Loyalty Islands
Lu Xun - Life, Thought, Works
Luanda - History, Transportation, Sister Cities
Lubango - Economy, History, Transport, Interesting facts
Lublin - History, Economy, Education, Sports, Famous people, Politics
lubricant - General composition, Types of lubricants, Additives, Application by fluid types, Disposal and environmental issues
Lubumbashi - Geography, Culture and economy
Luc Alphand - Palmares
Luc Besson - Biography, Controversy, Filmography as director, Videoclips
Luc Montagnier
Luca Giordano - Early life and training, Court painter in Spain (1692-1702), Late masterpieces in Naples
Luca Marenzio - Life, Music, Influence
Luca Signorelli - Biography, Work in Orvieto, Work in Siena, Cortona, Rome, and Arezzo, Major works
Lucan
Lucas Cranach - Early life, Career, Cranach's Art, Gallery of Lucas Cranach the Elder's Works
Lucas van Leyden
Lucca - Fractions, Main sights
Lucebert - Exhibitions, Awards
Lucerne - History, Sights, Events
lucerne - History, Sights, Events
Luchino Visconti - Early life, Film career, Personal life, Death, Bibliographies, Further reading
Lucia Popp - Recordings
Lucian
Lucian Freud
Luciano Berio - Biography, Berio's music, Sequenza, Transcriptions and arrangements, Listening
Luciano Laurana
Luciano Pavarotti - Career, Health crises, Family
Lucien Bonaparte
Lucien Bouchard - Biography, Legacy
Lucile Grahn
Lucille (D - Biography, Filmography, Television Work, Radio Work, Miscellaneous, Further reading
Lucinda Green - Major Accomplishments
Lucio Fontana - Source
Lucius (Morris) Beebe - Relationships, Quotes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Biography, Works, Seneca as a humanist saint
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Life, Sulla's legacy, Marriages and issue, Chronology
Lucius Junius Brutus - The Oath of Brutus
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - Reign, Deposition
Lucknow - Origin of name, History, Geography, Economy, Government and politics, Transport, Demographics, In and around the city
Lucky Luciano - Early life, Castellammarese War and rise through the ranks, Formation of the Commission
Lucretia - Lucretia in the arts
Lucretia Garfield - Reference
Lucretia Mott - Biography, Biographical Excerpts, Quotes
Lucretius
Lucrezia Borgia - Marriages, Issue, Legends and Rumors, Plays, Operas, Films, and Novels
Lucy (Ware) Hayes - Places, People, Things
Lucy Beaman Taylor
Lucy Mitchell
Lucy Stone
Lucy Walter - Origins, Life as a courtesan, Direct Descendant
Lucy Whitehead Peabody - Places, People
Luderitz
Ludlow - History, The Pubs Of Ludlow, Transport and communications, Population, Culture
Ludolph van Ceulen - Calculating π
Ludovico Antonio Muratori
Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Sforza
Ludwig (Andreas) Feuerbach - Biography
Ludwig (Eduard) Boltzmann - Childhood and Education, Academic Career, Overview, The Boltzmann equation, Energetics of evolution, Significant contributions, Evaluations
Ludwig (Josef Johann) Wittgenstein - Life, Work, Influence, Works about Wittgenstein
Ludwig Anzengruber - Origins, Early life and career, Creative period, Selected works
Ludwig Bechstein - Important works
Ludwig Beck
Ludwig Bemelmans - Life, Madeline books, Adaptations
Ludwig Erhard - Erhard's First Ministry (16 October 1963 - 26 October 1965)
Ludwig Kaas - Early career, Entry into politics, Advisor to the Nuncio Pacelli, Kaas as party chairman
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Early career, Transition, Emigration to Chicago, Career in Chicago, Facts and Figures
Ludwig Mond
Ludwig Prandtl - Early years, Later years, Death and afterwards
Ludwig Thoma - Works
Ludwig van Beethoven - Life, Loss of hearing, His music, Work, Media
Ludwig Von Mises - Childhood and family background, Professional life, Contributions to the field of economics, Books
Ludwig von Siegen
Ludwig Windthorst
Ludwigshafen (am Rhein) - History, World War II, Postwar, Sister cities, Radio Stations
Luftwaffe - History, Future, Tactical Training Centers
Lug - Mythology, Other meanings
Lugano - Sights, Museums, Education and research
Lugo - History, Ecclesiastical history, Situation and features, Sources and references
lugworm - Life in a burrow, Eating Sand
Luhya - Origins, European contact, Reaction to colonialism, Culture, Economic activities, Notable Luhya personalities
Luigi (Rodolfo) Boccherini - Media
Luigi Alamanni
Luigi Cadorna - Biography, Trivia
Luigi Cadorna - Biography, Trivia
Luigi Capello
Luigi Capuana - Biography, Example of his poetry in Sicilian
Luigi Carlo Farini - Biography
Luigi da Porto
Luigi Dallapiccola - Biography, Music, Selected works
Luigi Einaudi
Luigi Facta
Luigi Galvani
Luigi Longo - Early life, Spanish Civil War and Resistance, Post-war politics
Luigi Luzzatti
Luigi Malerba
Luigi Nono - Biography
Luigi Palma di (Count) Cesnola
Luigi Pirandello - Biography, The novels, Works, Poetry
Luigi Pulci
Luigi Settembrini - Biography
Luigi Sturzo
Luis Federico Leloir
Luis Rafael S
Luisa Tetrazzini - Biography, Trivia, Sources, CDs
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer - Bibliography
Lujo Brentano
Lukas Foss - Personal
Luke Hansard - Biography
lumbago - Fiction
lumbar puncture - Indications, Procedure, Risks, Diagnostics
Lumbini
luminance - Definition
luminescence
luminosity - In astronomy, In scattering theory and accelerator physics
luminous flux - Contexts
luminous intensity - Units, Usage
lumpsucker - Behaviour and reproduction, Species
Luna programme
Lund - History, Geography, Industry, The Lund Principle, Twin Cities, Education, Notable natives, Other uses
lune
lungfish
lungwort
Lupercalia - Origins, The celebration during the Late Republic and Empire, References in art
lupin
Lupus (astronomy)
lurcher
Lurgan - History, Sport, People, Education
Lusaka - Geography, History, Culture, Modern times, Airport, 2011 All African Games
lute - Description of the instrument, History and evolution of the lute, The lute in the modern world
luteinizing hormone (LH) - Structure, Activity, Normal levels, Ovulation predictor kit (LH kit), Disease States, Availability
Luther Burbank - Life and work, Legacy
Luther Martin
Lutheranism - History, Doctrine, Religious practices, International bodies, Print sources
Luton - Places within Luton, Transport, Politics and Demographics, Trivia, Twin towns, Economy, Local Attractions, Images, Local Newspapers
lux - Definition, Explanation, SI photometry units, Non-SI units of illuminance
Luxembourg (city) - Geography and climate, Places of interest, Twin towns, Photos of Luxembourg City
Luxor - History, Economy, Infrastructure, Sights of modern-day Luxor
Luzon - Geography, Island Group of Luzon, Regions of Luzon, History
lycanthropy - Causes, Regional varieties
Lyceum - Ancient Greek Lyceum (word origins), Lyceums of the Russian Empire
Lycia - Inhabitants, Geography, History, Lycian league
Lycurgus
Lycurgus
Lycurgus
Lydia - Early history, Lydia in Greek legend, Geography, Language, Autochthonous Dynasties, First Coin, Persian and hellenistic empires
Lydia (Estes) Pinkham - Drinking songs, The original product and its modern descendants
Lydia Darragh - Places, People
Lydia Sigourney - Early life, Themes, Education and the school for young ladies, Marriage and married life, Legacies
Lyman (James) Briggs - Personal and academic history, US Department of Agriculture, World War I
Lyman Abbott
Lyman Beecher - Reference
Lyman Trumbull
Lyme disease - Symptoms, Transmission, Microbiology, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Treatment, The Lyme controversy, Prevention, Ecology, Epidemiology, History
lymphocyte - Types of Lymphocytes, Lymphocyte development, Lymphocytes and disease, Additional images
lymphogranuloma venereum - Signs and symptoms, Long term complications, Diagnosis, Further recommendations, Treatment, References and external links
lymphoma (non-Hodgkin's) - For Diagnosis, Etiology, Staging, Prognosis, and Treatment
Lynn (Alexander) Margulis - Research, Publications and bibliography
Lynn Davies
Lynn Fontanne - Acting career, Personal life
Lynn Thorndike
Lynne (Reid) Banks - Selected bibliography
Lynne Truss - Bibliography
lynx - Species, Appearance, Gallery, Trivia
Lynx - Species, Appearance, Gallery, Trivia
Lyon
Lyonel (Charles Adrian) Feininger - Selected works
Lyra - Stars with planets
lyre - Construction, Number of strings, Modern Greece
lyrebird - Mimicry, Lifestyle and classification, Lyrebirds as emblems, Painting by John Gould
Lysander - Lysander establishes himself, Triumph, Decline and death
Lysias - Life, Style, Works
Lysimachus
lysosome - Acidic Environment, Enzymes, Functions, Clinical relevance
lysozyme - Physiology, Role in disease, Diagnostic use, History
M(atthew) G(regory) Lewis - Biography
Maarten 't Hart
Maarten (Harpertszoon) Tromp
Maarten Schmidt
Maarten van Rossum
Maastricht - History, Politics
Maastricht Treaty
Mabel Dodge Luhan - Early life, Florence, New York, Taos
Mabel Normand - Early career with Mack Sennett, Career Destroyed, Humorous Quote, Further reading
MAC (Multiplex Analogue Components)
macaque
macaw - Species in taxonomic order, Status, Hybrids, Gallery
Macbeth - Date and revision, The "Scottish Play", Text of the play
MacBride principles - Campaign, Endorsement
Maccabees - Start of the revolt, Mention in Deuterocanon, Origin of name
MacDonnell Ranges - Tourist attractions
mace - History of the mace, Heraldic use, Sources and External links
Macedon - History, Institutions
Macedonia (republic) - Other places, Other meanings
Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Macgregor Laird
Mach number - Overview, High-speed flow around objects, High-speed flow in a channel, Instrumentation
Mach's principle - Mach's principle, Mach's principle in modern General Relativity
machine - Simple machines or mechanical components, Clock, Compressors and Pumps, External combustion engine, Linkages, Turbine, Airfoil, Rocket
machine code - Machine code instructions, Programs, Assembly languages, Example, Are machine languages special?, Relationship to microcode
Machu Picchu - History, Location, The Machu Picchu sanctuary, Three sectors, Architecture, Inca road system, The Rediscovery
Macintosh - Current product line, History, Hardware, Software, Advertising, Effects on the technology industry, Market share and demographics
Mack Sennett - Early life, Keystone Studios, Move to Pathé, Experiments, awards and bankruptcy, Death, Legacy
Mackenzie River - Lakes and tributaries
mackerel - Species whose common name includes "mackerel", Use as an adjective, Other mackerel, Trivia
M
Macon
Macquarie Island - Geography, History, Demographics, Fauna
macroeconomics - Origins, Analytical approaches
Madagascar - History, Politics, Administrative Divisions, Geography, Ecology, Economy, Foreign relations, Demographics, Culture, Miscellaneous topics
Madalyn Murray O'Hair - Biography, The founding of American Atheists and later, Disappearance and death, Criticism, Urban legend, Bibliography
Madame Vestris
Madara Rider - Monument, Inscriptions
madder
Madeira (Islands) - Geography and Climate, Municipalities, Culture and people, Biodiversity, Levadas, Postage stamps, Transportation, Famous people
Madeleine Kunin - Trivia, Other names
Madeleine L'Engle - Biography, Bibliographic overview, Partial list of works, Important L'Engle characters
Madhya Pradesh - Economy, Government and politics, Divisions, Transport, Demographics, Culture, Flora and fauna
Madison - History, Geography, Demographics, Politics, Religion, Economy, Education, Transportation, Media, Culture, Sports, Famous Madisonians, Points of interest
Madoc - Madoc's story and background, The Welsh Indians, The legend's sources
Madonna
Madras - Name, History, Geography, Administration, Economy, Demographics, Culture, Transport, Media, Education, Sports
Madrid - Names of the city and origin of the current name, History, Economy and demographics, Administrative divisions
madrigal
Madurai - History, Administration, Geography, Demographics, People and culture, City architecture and planning, Education, Economy, Industrial development
Madurese
Mae West
Maeve Binchy - Bibliography
Mafia - Origin of the term 'mafia', Rituals of Sicilian Cosa Nostra, History of Sicilian Cosa Nostra
Magdalena Abakanowicz
River Magdalena - People, Music, Business, Technology, Politics, Fiction
Magdalenian
Magdeburg - History, Cathedral of Magdeburg, Trivia, Sister Cities
Magellanic Clouds - History, Characteristics
Maggie Kuhn - YWCA, The Presbyterian Church of the USA, Gray Panthers, Sources
Maggie Smith - Awards and Nominations, Selected filmography
maggot - Description, Life Cycle, Uses, Problems
Maghreb - Etymology, Culture and roots, History, Maghribi traders in Jewish history, Modern territories of the Maghreb
Magi (antiquity) - Etymology, History in the Persian Empire, The Magi in India
Magi (scripture) - Etymology, History in the Persian Empire, The Magi in India
magic
Magic Circle - Setup, Purpose, Maintaining the circle, Closing the circle
Magic Johnson - 1979-80: First NBA season, 1980s: Controversy, championships, and the rivalry
Maginot Line - German invasion, End of the war, The Line after WWII, The Legacy of the Line
magma - Melting of solid rock, Partial melting, Composition and melt structure and properties
Magna Carta - Popular perceptions, Usage and spelling, Copies, Participant list
Magna Graecia - History
magnesia - Municipalities and communities, Archaeological sites, Transportation
magnesite
magnesium - Food sources
magnet - Physical origin of magnetism, Characteristics of magnets, Common uses for magnets and electromagnets, Magnetization of materials
magnetic declination - Using the declination, Navigation
magnetic field
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