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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 50
Maurice
Maurice (Bernard) Sendak - Partial bibliography, Partial bibliography of illustrations for other authors
Maurice (Brazil) Prendergast - Maurice Prendergast gallery
Maurice (Hugh Frederick) Wilkins - DNA
Maurice (Polydore Marie Bernard) Maeterlinck - Biography, Maeterlinck in Music, Partial bibliography
Maurice Abravanel - Sources
Maurice Allais - Notable quotes
Maurice Barrymore
Maurice Chevalier - Early life, World War I, Hollywood, World War II, After the war, Final years, Famous songs
Maurice de Vlaminck
Maurice Denis
Maurice Druon - Bibliography
Maurice Emmanuel - Reference
Maurice Garin - Major Wins
Maurice Goldhaber
Maurice Herzog - Ascent of Annapurna, Controversy over his account of the ascent, Other achievements
Maurice Leblanc - Selected bibliography
Maurice Merleau-Ponty - Life, Work, Thematic overview of his works, Contemporary influence, Bibliography
Maurice Ohana
Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Maurice Ravel - Biography, Musical style, Musical Influence, Notable compositions, Media
Maurice Utrillo
Maurists
Mauritania - History, Politics, Administrative Divisions, Geography, Economy, Demographics, Culture, Trivia, Miscellaneous topics
Mauritius - History, Politics, Administrative divisions, Geography, Economy, Culture, Images of Mauritius, Notes and references, Further reading
Mauritz Stiller
Mavis Gallant - Biography, Critical assessment, Major works, Current life, Selected bibliography
Max (Ferdinand) Perutz - Books
Max (Forrester) Eastman - Selected works by Max Eastman
Max (Johann Sigismund) Schultze
Max (Karl Ernst Ludwig) Planck
Max (Machgielis) Euwe - Biography, Notable chess games, Quotes
Max (Rudolf) Frisch - Life, List of works, Further reading
Max (Theordor Felix) von Laue
Max (Wall George Lorimer) Wall
Max (Walter) Bygraves - Life, Trivia, Catch phrases, UK chart singles, Film parts, Autobiography
Max Beckmann - Life, Themes and techniques, Beckmann's legacy, Books
Max Bill
Max Born - Early life and education, Career, Published works, Awards and Honors, Bibliography
Max Brod - Works, Further reading
Max Bruch
Max Fleischer
Max Horkheimer - Biography, Philosophy and writings
Max Immelmann
Max Jacob
Max Klinger
Max Liebermann
Max Pechstein
Max Reger - Life, Works
Max Rudolf
Max Scheler - Philosophical contributions, Biographical Data, Primary references (English translations)
Max Theiler
Max Tishler - Honors
Max Uhle
Max van der Stoel
Max von Sydow - Early life, Awards, Filmography
Max Weber - Life and career, Achievements
Max Weber - Life and career, Achievements
Max Wertheimer
Maxim (Maximovich) Litvinov
Maxim Gorky - Life, Selected works, Works about Gorky
Maxime Bossis
Maxime du Camp
Maxime Weygand - Early years, Weygand during World War I, Inter-war period, Weygand in World War II
Maximilien S
Maxine (Ting Ting) Hong Kingston - Selected works
Maxine Kumin - Life, Career, Trivia, Bibliography
Maxwell (Evarts) Perkins - External links
Maxwell Bodenheim - Selected works
May Fourth Movement - Background, Outbreak and course of the May Fourth Movement, Historical significance and the New Cultural Movement
May Hill Arbuthnot - The Arbuthnot Prize, The Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Maya (Mikhaylovna) Plisetskaya - Early life, Career
Maya (Ying) Lin - Quotes
Maya Angelou - Background, Works, Film and television, Poetry works, XM Radio
Mayfair - Streets and squares, Nearest places
mayfly - Trivia
Maynooth - History, Bond Bridge Redevelopment
Mayo - Places, People's names
mayor - Municipal Mayoral types and titles, Multi-tier local government
Mayotte
maypole - Regional traditions, Symbolism, Modern popular culture
Mazo de la Roche - Biography
mazurka - Media
Mbabane - Sister cities, Source
MCC - Non-Profit Organizations, Sports
McCoy (Alfred) Tyner - Discography (title - year issued - label), See Also, Multimedia
McDonald Observatory - History
McGeorge Bundy - See also, Further reading
mead - History of mead, Varieties of mead, Mead in Contemporary Religious Worship
Meade (Anderson) Lewis
meadowlark
mealworm
mealybug
mean - Examples of means, Properties
mean free path - Derivation, Examples
means test
measles - Symptoms, Complications, Public health, MMR Eradication
meat - Methods of preparation, Abstention from meat, In vitro and imitation meat, Notes and references
Mecca - Etymology, History, Current status, Importance, Non-Muslims and Mecca, Spelling
mechanical advantage - Mechanical advantage, Type of mechanical advantage, Example, graphically shown
mechanical engineering - Development of mechanical engineering, Education, Process of Mechanical Engineering, Tools and Work, Subdisciplines
mechanics - Significance, Types of Mechanical Bodies, Sub-disciplines in mechanics, Professional Organizations
mechanism
mechanization - Military usage
Mecklenburg - History, Coat of arms of the duchies of Mecklenburg, People from Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence - The Declaration
medal - Orders, Decorations and Medals, Table medals, Competition Medals, Artist's Medals
MOH) Medal of Honor (MH - Awarding the medal, Authority and privileges, Similar decorations
Medea - Medea and Jason, Music, Cinema and television, Medea in popular culture
Medes - The six Mede tribes in Herodotus, Early historical references to Medes, Mede Empire
Medford
media
median - Popular explanation, Non-uniqueness, Measures of statistical dispersion, Medians of probability distributions
medical ethics - Death and dying, Reproductive medicine, Medical research, Distribution and utilization of research and care
Medici - Notable members, Medici family tree (1360 – 1675)
medicine - Overview, History of medicine, Practice of medicine, Branches of medicine, Midlevel Practitioner, Veterinary Medicine, Medical education
Medina - History, Skirmish in Rabigh — 623
Medina del Campo - Highlights, Medina in the Middle Ages, Medina, city of Fairs
meditation - Overview, Types of meditation, Meditation in context, Physical postures, Purposes and effects of meditation
Mediterranean Sea - History, Geography and Climate, Oceanography, Bordering countries, Subdivisions, Geology, Ecology
medium (art)
medium (parapsychology)
medlar
medulla oblongata - Blood supply, Additional images
medusa - Medusa in art and legend, Medusa as a sexual image, Medusa in popular culture
Medusa - Medusa in art and legend, Medusa as a sexual image, Medusa in popular culture
Meech Lake Accord - The agreement, Opposition, Compromise and agreement, Aftermath
meerkat - Anatomy, Reproduction, Behavior, Habitat, Media, Meerkats in popular culture
meerschaum
Meg Ryan - Biography, Parkinson appearance, Filmography
megalith - Distribution of megaliths, Types of megalithic structures, Examples of megaliths
megalomania - In fiction, Links
Megasthenes
megavitamin therapy - Background, Usage of therapy, Criticism, Side effects, Historical References
Meghnad Saha
Megiddo
Meiji Restoration (1868)) - Effects, Related links, Reference and further reading
Meiji Shrine
Meindert Hobbema - Reference
meiosis - History, Occurrence of meiosis in eukaryotic life cycles, Process, Significance of meiosis, Nondisjunction, Meiosis in humans
Meir Kahane - Early life, Ideology, Israel, Assassination, Political legacy, Son murdered
Meissen porcelain - Beginnings, Early Work, Famous trademark, Artistic development, Tableware patterns, Ownership, Personalities
Meissner effect
Mekn
Mel Allen - Early life and career, Return to baseball, This Week in Baseball, Computer games
Mel Blanc - List of characters and the year he first voiced them, Trivia
Mel Brooks - Biography, Works, Selected quotes, External links and references
Mel Gibson
Mel Ott
Melanesia - People, Location
Melanie Griffith - Filmography, External links
Melanie Klein - Literature
melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) - Structure of MSH
melanoma - History, Epidemiology and causes, Genetics, Diagnosis
melatonin - Role in the biological clock, Role as an antioxidant, Role in immune system, Medical applications
Melbourne - History, Geography, Government, Economy, Demographics, Education, Society and culture, Infrastructure, Sister cities, Notes and references
Melbourne Cricket Ground - Sporting events, Parade of Champions
Melbourne Cup - Attendance, History, Recent Years, Trophy, Handicap, Past winners
Meleager
Meleager
Melilla - Political status, History, Architecture, Immigration
melilot
Melina Mercouri - Early Life, Actress, Singer, Politician, Death
melodrama - Victorian Stage Melodrama, Melodrama in opera and song, Melodrama in 1950s cinema, Current use
melody - What melody does, Elements, Examples
melon
Melos - Geography, Natural resources, Villages, towns and notable landmarks, History, Historical population
Melpomene
Melrose - Places:
melting point
Melun - External links and references
Melvil (Louis Kossuth) Dewey
Melvin Calvin
Melvin Schwartz
membrane potential - Graded membrane potential, The Ionic Basis of the resting potential, Equilibrium potentials
membranophone
Memnon
Memorial Day - History, In literature and music
memory - Classification by duration, Classification by information type, Classification by temporal direction, Physiology, Disorders, Memorization
men's health - See Also
Menachem (Wolfovitch) Begin - In the British Mandate of Palestine, Enters Israeli politics, Prime Minister of Israel
Menaechmus
Menai Strait - Tidal effects, Ecology, Places on the Strait
Menander - Works
menarche - Physiologic aspects, Changes over time in the average age of menarche, Cultural aspects of menarche
Mencius - Life and philosophy
Mendicant Orders - Christian mendicant orders, Non-Christian mendicant orders
Mendip Hills - Etymology, Government and politics, Geology, Ecology, Climate, History, Sport and leisure
Mendoza (province) - History, Geography and climate, Economy, Political division
menhir - Prominent menhirs, Menhirs in modern thought, Partial list of menhirs
meningitis - Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccination, History
Menno Simons - Birth to priesthood, Theological efforts, Quotes
Menno ter Braak - Early career, Forum movement, Political involvement, Later writing, Bibliography
Menno van Coehoorn
menopause - Overview, Perimenopause, Symptoms, Treatment of symptoms
menorah - Ancient use, Hanukkah, Origin, Fate, Modern use
Mensa International - Background information, Mensa's goals, Organizational structure, Gatherings, Members of Mensa
Menstrie
menthol
menu (computing)
Mercalli intensity scale - Bibliography
mercantilism - Theory, Criticisms, Legacy
Merce Cunningham - Biography
merchant bank - History, Modern practices
Merchant Navy
Mercia
Mercosur - Membership, Role and potential, FTA with third parties
Mercury (astronomy) - Science, Culture, Technology, Places, Business
mercury (chemistry) - Science, Culture, Technology, Places, Business
Mercury (mythology) - Worship, Syncretism, Mercury and modern occultism, Names and epithets
Mercy Otis Warren - Links
Meredith Monk - Life and work, Works, Discography
Meredith Willson
M
Meridel Le Sueur
meridian - American geography, Business, Earth science, Fiction, Literature, Music, Television, Transportation, Other
meridian circle - History, Structure
merino - Wool, Regions of merino husbandry, History, Animal welfare developments, Etymology
meristem - Meristematic Zones, Indeterminate Growth of Meristems, Cloning
Meriwether Lewis - Life, Legacy
Merlene (Joyce) Ottey - Biography and sprinting career, Slovenia, Records and achievements
merlin - Merlin Ambrosius, Myrddin Emrys, Fiction about Merlin
Merlin - Merlin Ambrosius, Myrddin Emrys, Fiction about Merlin
Merneptah
Merritt L(yndon) Fernald
Merseyside - Identity, History, Towns and villages, Places of interest
Merthyr Tydfil - Pre-history, The Roman invasion, The coming of Christianity, Local legends, The Normans arrive
Mervyn (Laurence) Peake - Biography, Dramatic adaptations of Peake's work, Bibliography, Quotes about Peake
Mervyn (Thomas) Wood - Biography, Rowing Record
Meryl (Louise) Streep
mesa
mescaline - Usage and history, Effects and side effects, Famous users
mesh - Uses of meshes
Mesoamerican ballgame - Origins, Significance, Versions of the game, Ball game in art
Mesolithic - Mesolithic sites, Note
meson
Mesopotamia - History, Language and writing, Science and technology, Religion, Culture, Agriculture, Government, Architecture, Economy, More recent history
mesosphere
Mesozoa
Messenia - Population, Communications, Municipalities and communities, Islands
Messiah - In the Hebrew Bible, Traditional and contemporary Judaism, Christian view
messianism - Christianity, Polish, Judaism, Zionism, Islam, Adventism, Other forms
metabolism - Other "abolisms", History
Metabolism - Other "abolisms", History
metahistory
metal - Occurrence, Chemical properties, Physical properties, Alloys, Base metal, Precious metal, Astronomy
metal fatigue - Characteristics of fatigue failures, Timeline of early fatigue history, High-cycle fatigue
metallography - Preparing Metallographic Samples, Analysis, Quantitative Metallograpy
metallurgy - Extractive metallurgy, Metallurgy in production engineering, Production engineering of metals, Electrical and electronic engineering, Metallurgical techniques
metamorphic rock - Metamorphic minerals, Foliation, Types of metamorphism, Metamorphic rock textures
metamorphosis - Stages, Insect metamorphosis
metaphor - Aspects of metaphor, Metaphors in literature and language
metaphysics - History of metaphysics, Central questions of metaphysics, Criticism, Metaphysical subdisciplines, Metaphysical topics and problems, Metaphysicians
metastasis - Factors involved, Metastasis and primary cancer, Common sites of origin, Diagnosis of primary and secondary tumors
meteor - Definitions, Ionization trails
Meteora
meteorite - Meteorite types, Meteorite recovery, Meteorites in history, Notable meteorites
meteorology - History of meteorology, Weather forecasting, Meteorology and climatology, Meteorological topics and phenomena
methane - Properties, Uses, Sources of methane, Methane in Earth's atmosphere, Extraterrestrial methane
methanol - History, Uses
Methodism - The Wesleyan revival, Missions to America, Theology and liturgy, Methodism in Britain
Methuselah - Biblical mentions, Lifespan
methyl orange - Indicator Colours, Other Indicators
Metis
M
metonymy - Metonymy as a rhetorical strategy, Metonymy and Synecdoche
metric
metronome
metropolitan area network (MAN)
Metropolitan Museum of Art - History, Departments, Acquisitions and Deaccessioning at the Met, Trivia, Gallery of some works on display
Metz - History, Sights, Miscellaneous, External links and reference
Mexicali - Economy, Housing, Silicon Border, Natural Resources, Sports, People from Mexicali, Sister Cities
Mexico - History, Administrative divisions, Economy, Demographics
Mexico City - History, Colonias (neighborhoods), Attractions, Sports, Transportation, Demographics, Economy, Urban Problems, Education, Politics, Nickname
Meyer Guggenheim
Meyer London
Meyer Schapiro - Marxist Art History, Works
Mezzogiorno - Geography, History, Culture
mezzotint - Mezzotint Engravers
Mia Farrow - Biography, Selected filmography
Micah
Michael (angel) - Short form and other versions, Notable European royalty named Michael, Popular culture
Michael (astronaut) Collins
Michael (Charles) Colgrass
Michael (de Courcy Fraser) Holroyd
Michael (Denzil Xavier) Portillo - In government, In opposition, Media Personality, References and further reading, Offices Held
Michael (Duncan) Buerk
Michael (Edward) Palin - Early life and career, Monty Python, Other performances, Travel documentaries, Bibliography, Selected filmography, Television
Michael (Fitzhardinge) Berkeley
Michael (George Francis) Ventris - Linear B
Michael (Hugh) Meacher - Beginnings, In Parliament, Outside Parliament
Michael (Ivanovitch) Rostovtzeff
Michael (James) Owen - Career, Personal Life, Statistics, Career honours, Individual honours
Michael (Jeffrey) Jordan - Early years, NBA career, After retiring as a player, The Olympics, Jordan's legacy
Michael (John) Dibdin - Bibliography
Michael (John) Novak - The Tiber Was Silver, Harvard Years, The Second Vatican Council, Stanford years, SUNY Old Westbury
Michael (Kirk) Douglas - Professional, Personal
Michael (Mackintosh) Foot - Early life, Star polemicist, Leader of the left, In government, Labour leader, After 1983
Michael (Norman) Manley - Reforms, Diplomacy, Violence, Opposition, Re-election, Retirement and death, Sources
Michael (of Romania) - Short form and other versions, Notable European royalty named Michael, Popular culture
