Cambridge Encyclopedia

Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 57

patas monkey

patchouli

patent - Legal effect, Economic rationale, Criticism, History of patents, Obtaining a patent

patent medicine - Patent medicines and advertising, Ingredients and their uses, The end of the patent medicine era

patent theatre

Paterson

pathology - Scope of pathology, Pathologists' work, Tools of pathology, Branches of pathology, Related sciences

Patiala - Education Center, Culture and traditions

Patmos - Skala, History

Patna

patriarch - Patriarchs in Oriental Orthodox Churches, Patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church

patriarch (bishop) - Patriarchs in Oriental Orthodox Churches, Patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox Church

Patrice (Hemery) Lumumba - Path to Prime Minister, Deposed and arrested, Death of Lumumba, Lumumba's political legacy

Patrice Leconte - Filmography

Patricia (Daniels) Cornwell - Biographical information, Her writing, Controversies, Fiction Series, Omnibus, Andy Brazil, At Risk, Non-Fiction, Awards

Patricia (Hope) Hewitt - NHS never had it so good, Publications

Patricia Highsmith - Early life, Personal life, Novels, Bibliography, Awards

Patrick (Arthur Sheldon) Hadley - Biography, Music

Patrick (Christopher) Steptoe - Education, Laparoscopic Pioneer, Work with Edwards

Patrick (John) Hillery - Early life, European Commissioner 1973-1976, President of Ireland

Patrick (Ronayne) Cleburne - Early life, Service in the Confederate Army, Death and legacy

Patrick (Sarsfield) Gilmore - Lyrics

Patrick (Victor Martindale) White - Childhood and adolescence, Travelling the world, The growth of White's writing career

Patrick F(rancis) Healy

Patrick Ferguson - Service in the American Revolution, Sources

Patrick Henry - Biography, Trivia, Monuments and memorials

Patrick Heron

Patrick Mboma - Honors and awards

Patrick Peyton - Biography

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor - Biography, Trivia

Patrick Stewart - Filmography, Theatrical performances, References and external links

Patrick Suppes - Books by Suppes

Patrick Tracy Jackson

Patroclus - Patroclus' genealogy, Life before the Trojan War, Trojan War activities, Relationship to Achilles

patron saint - Lists of patron saints

Patsy Cline - Rise to Fame, Near-Fatal Car Accident, Height of Her Career, Tragic Death

Pattadakal

Pattaya - History, Administration, Recreation, Nightlife, Climate, Crime

Patti (Lee) Smith - Beginnings, Early career, Retreat, Political engagement, Discography, Singles, Bibliography

Patty Berg

Patty Hearst - Biography, Documentaries about Hearst, Acting roles, Other Work

Pau - Main sights, Economy, Transportation, Pau Grand Prix, Births, Twin towns

Paul (-Charles Joseph) Bourget

Paul (Abraham) Dukas - Principal Works

Paul (Anthony) Samuelson - Academic accomplishments, Consultancy, Fields of interest, Publications, Miscellaneous, Impact, Books by Paul Samuelson

Paul (Auguste Marie) Adam

Paul (Beattie) MacCready - Awards and honors, Quotes

Paul (Belville) Taylor

Paul (Bustill) Robeson - Early life and family, Education, Family, Actor and singer, Quotes, Notes

Paul (Charles William) Davies

Paul (Charles) Morphy - Biography, Morphy's chess play, Notable chess games, Further reading

Paul (Chester Jerome) Brickhill

Paul (D) Warfield

Paul (Dudley) White

Paul (Dundes) Wolfowitz - Early life and education, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

Paul (E) Brown - High school and college coaching career, Professional leagues

Paul (Edward) Theroux - Biography, Literary work, Controversy, Film adaptations, List of novels, List of non-fiction books

Paul (Eliot) Green - Writings, Other artistic endeavours

Paul (Felix) Lazarsfeld - Bibliography

Paul (Frederick) Bowles - Childhood and youth, Later years, Selected works

Paul (Glee) Waner

Paul (Gray) Hoffman

Paul (Howard) Manship - Images

Paul (Johannes) Tillich - Biography, Bultmann's influence, Theology, Political Views, Critical views, Bibliography

Paul (John) Keating - Early life, Reforming Treasurer, Prime Minister, Defeat, Life after politics, Further reading

Paul (Leonard) Newman - Background, Film career, Life outside the cinema, Filmography (as actor), Trivia

Paul (Leopold) Rosenfeld

Paul (Louis Charles Marie) Claudel - Work, Reputation

Paul (Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und) von Hindenburg - German army, Aftermath of the war, Presidency

Paul (Marie) Verlaine - Analysis, Works, Film

Paul (Mark) Scott - Early life, Military service, Writing career, Sources

Paul (Pierre) Broca - Education and research, Speech research, Anthropology research, Anatomy research, Personal life, Broca's Legacy

Paul (Theodore) Winter - Career, Discography (partial)

Paul (Vernon) Hornung - College career, Professional career, Honors and awards, Off the field

Paul (Wayland) Bartlett

Paul Abadie

Paul Auster - Biography, Writing, Published works, Other media

Paul Berg

Paul Bernard

Paul Bert - Life, Works

Paul Bettany - Awards and nominations, Selected filmography

Paul Biegel - Bibliography, Awards

Paul Biya

Paul Butterfield

Paul Cadmus - Education, List of Works, Biographical Works, Exhibitions, Sources

Paul Carus

Paul Celan - Early life, Life after the war, Exodus, Germany and German guilt, Celan's poetry, Bibliography

Paul Cuffe - Early life, Political activity, Return to Africa movement

Paul de Man - Academic work, Wartime journalism and anti-Semitic writing, Influence and legacy

Paul Desmond - Media

Paul Dessau - Works, Awards

Paul Durand-Ruel - Life

Paul Ehrlich - Biography, Magic Bullet, References and further reading

Paul Elmer More

Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran

Paul Fort

Paul Gascoigne - Biography, After playing and management, Trivia

Paul Gerhardt

Paul Goodman

Paul Greengard - Research, Biography, Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, Trivia

Paul Harvey - Career, Awards, Family, Catchphrases and Quotes

Paul Hindemith - Biography, Hindemith's music, Partial list of works, Trivia

Paul (of Russia) I - Childhood, Early life, Ascension to the throne, Purported eccentricities, Foreign affairs, Assassination, Legacy

Paul Ince

Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse

Paul Kammerer

Paul Karrer - Biography

Paul Klee - Life and work

Paul Kruger - Youth, Leadership, Exile, Physical appearance, Legacy

Paul Laurence Dunbar - Dunbar in Standard English and Dunbar in dialect

Paul Martin - Early life, Candidacy for the Liberal Party leadership, Finance Minister, Becoming Prime Minister, Prime Minister

Paul Mellon - Childhood and Education, Marriage and Military Service, Establishment of Philanthropic Foundations, Philanthropy: Yale

Paul Moody

Paul Morand

Paul Muldoon - Works, Awards¹

Paul Muni - Early life and career, Broadway and Hollywood, Partial filmography, Academy Awards and nominations

Paul Philippe Cret

Paul Poiret

Paul Prudhomme

Paul Radin - Sources/Further Reading

Paul Revere - Early years, The midnight ride, War years, Later years

Paul Reynaud - Early life and politics, Return to government, Prime minister and arrest, Postwar life

Paul Ricoeur - Biography

Paul Rosenberg

Paul Sabatier - Reference

Paul Sandby

Paul Scarron

Paul Shorey

Paul Signac - Biography, Painter, Writer

Paul Simon

Paul Soldner

Paul Strand - Early modernist work, Film-making, France, Strand’s politics

Paul Tortelier

Paul van Ostaijen - Poetry, Other publications, External links (all in Dutch)

Paul Vidal de La Blache

Paul Whiteman

Paul Zech

Paula Gunn Allen - Anthropological writings and literary criticism, Creative writing, Awards, Bibliography

Paula Radcliffe - Later career, 2004 Olympics, Achievements, Personal bests, Bibliography

Paule Marshall - Works, Quote, External Links

Pauli exclusion principle - Connection to quantum state symmetry, Consequences

Pauline Collins

Pauline Cushman

Pauline Frederick - Career, Personal life

Pauline Hanson - Early life, Political background, One Nation, "Death" video, Declining popularity, Criminal action

Pauline Kael - Biography, Style and Influences, Nixon "quote", Trivia, Secondary sources

Paulinus

Paulo (Reglus Neves) Freire - Life, Awards, Theoretical Contributions

Paulus Buys

pavane - History, Dance, Modern use

Pavia - History

PAYE

Pazyryk - Discovery, Tattooed chieftain, The "Ice Maiden", Attribution, External links

Pazzi - The conspiracy, The Pazzi Chapel, Palazzo Pazzi (Palazzo Pazzi-Quaratesi), The Pazzi in fiction

pea

pea crab

Peace Corps - Purpose and function, Executive orders, Directors of the Peace Corps, Further reading

Peace River

peach - Nectarines, Cultivation, Peaches in Asian tradition, Trivia

Peadar O'Donnell - Early life: War of Independence and Civil War, Spanish Civil War, Writings

Peak District - Geography, Geology, Ecology, Economy, Transport, History, Activities, Visitor attractions, Conservation issues

peanut

pear

Pearl (Fay) White - Early life, Career Rise, Fame, Alcoholism, Selected filmography:

Pearl Bailey

Pearl Harbor - Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Films and books, Ships currently homeported at Pearl Harbor

Pearl Islands

Pearl Primus

pearlfish

pearlite - Reference

Peary Land

Peasants' Revolt - Events leading to the revolt, First protests, Storming the Tower of London, Smithfield, Literary mention

Peasants' War - Causes, Social classes in 16th century Holy Roman Empire, Class Struggle and Reformation, Final failure, Anabaptists

peat - Geographic distribution, Peat formation, Classification of peat material, Characteristics and uses, Environmental and ecological issues

pecan

peccary - Species, Gallery

Pecos River

P

pectin - Biosynthesis, Chemistry, Medical uses, Sources

Pedanius Dioscorides

pediment (architecture)

pediment (earth science)

Pedro Albizu Campos - Nationalist Campaign, Later Years and Death, Legacy

Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Valdivia - The expedition, Conquest of Chile, New initiatives, The uprising of 1553

Pee Wee Russell

Peebles - Location, Historic features and traditions, Facilities, Peebles Hydro

peerage - Divisions of the Peerage, Hereditary peers, Life peers, Styles and titles, Privilege of Peerage, Counterparts

Pegasus (astronomy)

Pegasus (mythology)

Peggy (Gale) Fleming - Competitive highlights, Navigation

Peggy Charren - Quotations

Peggy Glanville-Hicks - Biography, Music, External links and Resources

Peggy Lee - Life, Biographies, Albums, Filmography

pegmatite - Petrology, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Economic importance, Nomenclature, Occurrence

Peig Sayers - Life, Peig

Pelagius - Beginnings, Persecutions, Pelagius and the Doctrine of Free Will, Death and Later, Possible Influences on Pelagius

pelargonium - History and use, Image Gallery

Pelasgians - Classical Greek uses, Modern theories

Peleus

pelican - Systematics

pellagra - Symptoms, Epidemiology, History

Pellegrino Rossi - Biography, Selected works

Pelopidas

Peloponnese - Geography, Cities, Archaeological sites, Political organisation

Peloponnesian War - Sources, Prelude, The "Archidamian War", Peace of Nicias, Sicilian Expedition, The Second War

Pelops - Story of Pelops, Apocrypha, Pelops (son of Agamemnon), Spoken-word myths - audio files

pelvic inflammatory disease - Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Prognosis, Complications, Treatment, Prevention

pelvis (abdomen) - Sexual differences

pelvis (bone) - Sexual differences

pelycosaur

Pembrokeshire

PEN - The ballpoint pen

pen - The ballpoint pen

penance - Sacramental Penance, Symbol, Not Sacrament, Penance in non-Christian faith traditions, Eastern Catholic Churches

Penang - Climate, Demography, Character of Penang, History, State government, Economy, Food, Arts and Culture, Architecture, Tourism, Education

pencil - History, Manufacture, Colour of pencils, Pencils in space, Miscellaneous

pendulum - Basic principles

Penelope - Role in the Odyssey, Suitors

Penelope (Margaret) Lively - Bibliography

Penelope (Mary) Fitzgerald - Early life, Literary career, Bibliography

penetrance

penguin - Species and habitats, Evolution, Anatomy, Mating habits, Penguins in popular culture, Gallery

penicillin - History, Developments from penicillin, Mode of action, Variants in clinical use, Semi-synthetic penicillins

Peninsular War - Background, Progress of the war, The guerrilla war, Consequences in Portugal, Consequences in Spain, Personalities

penis - Structure, Linguistics, Puberty, Erection, Size, Normal variations, Disorders affecting the penis, Penis replacement

penitential psalms

Pennsylvania - History, Demographics, Economy, Sports, Food, State symbols

pennyroyal

Penrose tiling - Drawing the Penrose tiling

pension - Types of pensions, Financing, Pension systems in various countries, Peculiar pension systems for the public sector

pensionaris

Pentagon - Constructing a pentagon

Pentateuch - Contents

pentathlon

pentatonic scale - Types of pentatonic scales, Tuning, Further pentatonic musical traditions

Pentecost (Christianity) - The Baptism of the three-thousand, Traditions and holidays, When is Pentecost?, Etymology

Pentecostalism - Beliefs, Theology, History, Pentecostal denominations and adherents, Studies

Pentheus

penumbra - Related usages

Penzance - History, Twinning, Transport, Politics and government, Economy, Environment, Places of interest, Sport

peony

people's democracy

pepper (Capsicum) - Plants, Popular culture

pepper (Piper) - Plants, Popular culture

peppered moth

pepsin

peptic ulcer - Classification, Symptoms and signs, Stress and ulcers, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Epidemiology, History

peptide - Peptide classes, Peptides in Molecular Biology, Peptide families, Notes on terminology

Per Albin Hansson

Perak - History, Economy, Administration, Demography, Transport, Local Specialties

Sir Perceval - Composition, Early performances of Parsifal, Plot, Criticism and Influence, Listening to Parsifal

perch

perching duck

Percival Lowell - Biography, Astronomy career

Percivall Pott - Life, Reference

percussion cap - History

Percy (Aldridge) Grainger - Biography, Notable works

Percy (Harrison) Fawcett - Early life and career, Two more unconfirmed findings

Percy (Lavon) Julian

Percy (Wallace) MacKaye

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Life, Shelley in fiction, Advocacy of vegetarianism, Family history, Legacy, List of major works

Percy Lubbock - Works

Percy Shaw

Percy W(illiams) Bridgman - About Bridgman

Percy Williams

Perdiccas

peregrine falcon - Range, habitat and subspecies, Threats, Trivia, Peregrine Falcon webcams

Peregrine White

perestroika - The perestroika program, Unforeseen results of reform, Conspiracy theories involving perestroika, Further reading

perfect competition - Results, The shutdown point, Examples

Pergamum (Asia Minor)

Periander

Pericles - Early years, Political career until 431 BC, Peloponnesian War, Personal life, Assessments

periodic function - General definition, Translational symmetry

periodic table - Methods for displaying the periodic table

peripheral nervous system (PNS) - Naming of specific nerves, Cervical spinal nerves (C1-C4)

periscope - Early examples, Naval use

peritoneum - Development

peritonitis - Diagnosis and investigations, Causes, Treatment, Prognosis

periwinkle (botany)

periwinkle (zoology)

perjury - Famous persons convicted of perjury

Perkin Warbeck

Perlis - History

Perm - History, Sports

permafrost - Continuous and discontinuous permafrost, Permafrost extent, Time to form deep permafrost, Construction on permafrost

permalloy

permeability

permittivity - Explanation, Vacuum permittivity, Permittivity in media, Measurement, Suggested readings

Peronism - Peronist policies, Peronism as fascism, Legacy

peroxide - Colloquial meaning, Organic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry

perpetual motion - Basic principles, Techniques, Invention history, Apparent "perpetual motion" machines, Perpetual motion in pop culture

Perpignan

Perqu - Geography, Economy, History

Perry - Real Perry, Commercial Light Perries

perry - Real Perry, Commercial Light Perries

Perry (Gilbert Eddy) Miller - Books by Perry Miller

Perry Como - Early years, Professional singer, Television, A farewell concert from Ireland, Death, Trivia, Long Play Albums

Perseids