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Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 62

Raymond Burr - Life and acting career, Showing charity, Relationships, Fiji, The Raymond Burr Performing Arts Centre

Raymond Carver - Life, Writing, Works

Raymond Duchamp-Villon

Raymond Queneau - Biography, Queneau and Surrealists, Bibliography

Raymond Radiguet

Raymond Williams - Life, Publications, Biographical and critical studies

rayon - History, Major fiber properties, Gallery of textures, Physical structure of rayon, Production method, Producers

razorbill

reactance

reaction time (RT) - Factors

reactive armour - Explosive reactive armour, Non-explosive and non-energetic reactive armour, Electric reactive armour

Reading (UK)

Reading (USA)

Real Madrid - Notable Former Players, Selected former managers, Presidents, Formula One Sponsorship

real presence - Different understandings, Consecration, presidency and distribution

real tennis - History, Manner of play, Tennis in literature, Tennis in film

real-time computing - Hard and Soft real time systems, Real time and high performance, Design methods, Key people

Realism (art and literature)

realism (philosophy of science)

realism (philosophy)

reasoning - Areas of reasoning, Types of logical reasoning

Rebecca (Diane) Wright - Idol Performances

Rebecca Gratz

Rebecca Harding Davis - Life and Work, Works, Online Texts

Rebecca Nurse

Rebecca Riots - The Rebecca Riots in fiction

Rebellions of (1837)

rebus - Rebuses and Heraldry, Examples, Rebuses and game shows

recession - Causes of recessions, The Great Depression

Recife - History, Photos, Geography, Tourism and recreation, Local Music, Main Neighborhoods, Sports, Crime, Shark Attacks

Reciprocity

recitative

recombinant DNA - Uses, Plasmids and recombinant DNA technology

Reconstruction - Wartime proposals and legislation, Johnson's presidential reconstruction: 1865–66, Radical Reconstruction: 1866–77

reconstruction (linguistics) - Wartime proposals and legislation, Johnson's presidential reconstruction: 1865–66, Radical Reconstruction: 1866–77

recorder (law) - How the instrument is played, History, Types of Recorder, Makers, Recorder Ensembles, Bibliography

recorder (music) - How the instrument is played, History, Types of Recorder, Makers, Recorder Ensembles, Bibliography

rectifier - Half-wave rectification, Full-wave rectification, Peak loss, Rectifier output smoothing, Applications

rector - Academic rectors, Ecclesiastical rectors, Rectorates in politics and administration, Compound titles, Sources and references

rectum - Medical procedures, The rectum in human defecation, Sexual stimuli

recycling - History, Benefits, Drawbacks, Recycling techniques, Criticism, Recycling by region

Red Adair - Fire at the Wellhead

red admiral

red algae - Fossil record, Taxonomy, Species, Red Algae as food

Red Allen

Red Army (China) - Origins, Personnel, Weapons and Equipment, From the Civil War to the 1930s, World War II

Red Army (USSR) - Origins, Personnel, Weapons and Equipment, From the Civil War to the 1930s, World War II

Red Auerbach - Early years, Coaching, Executive, Executive, Personal life

Red Barber - Early years, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, Later life, Honors

Red Buttons - Filmography, Awards

Red Cloud - Early life, Red Cloud's War, The end of peace, His last days

red deer - Appearance, Behavior, Breeding, gestation and lifespan, DNA studies on Red Deer subspecies, Protection from predators

red dwarf

red fox - Distribution, Physical description, Habitat and diet, Behaviour, Reproduction, Foxes and humans

red giant - Earth's Sun, Red giants in fiction

Red Grange - NFL career, Famous Comments about Grange, Trivia

Red Grooms

Red Guards

Red Norvo

Red River (China) - Rivers and their namesakes, Other Red Rivers

Red River (USA) - Rivers and their namesakes, Other Red Rivers

Red River Colony

Red River Rebellion - Background, Riel emerges as a leader, Provisional government, Canadian resistance and the execution of Scott

Red Rum

Red Sea - History, Oceanography, Geology, Living Resources, Mineral resources, Desalination Plants, Facts and Figures at a Glance

Red Skelton - Early life, Films, Radio, Television, Off the air, Aftermath, Listen to

Red Square - Origin and name, Recent history, Sights

red squirrel - Physical description, Ecology and behaviour, Conservation, Taxonomy and distribution

Red Terror

Redd Foxx - Biography, TV Work, Filmography

Redding - People, Places

redpoll

redshift - Measurement, characterization, and interpretation, Mechanisms, Observations in astronomy

redstart

reduced instruction set computer (RISC) - Pre-RISC design philosophy, RISC design philosophy, Early RISC, Later RISC, Alternative term

reducing agent - Common reducing agents, Common reducing agents and their products, Sources

reduction

reductionism - Varieties of reductionism, History

redundancy

redwing

Redwood

reed - People, Other

reed organ - Stops

reed warbler

reefer

reel - Uses, Motion Picture Terminology

referendum - Terminology, Procedure and status, Criticism, Multiple-choice referendums, Referendums by country

reflection - In music

reflexology - History, Theory, Reported reactions, Alleged long-term effects, Current practice, Scientific view

Reform Judaism - 19th-century Reform Judaism in Germany, Confirmation ceremonies, Development of American Reform Judaism

Reform Party

Reformed Church in America - History, Ecumenical relations, RCA colleges and seminaries, Sources

Reformed Churches - History, Form of governance, Reformed Churches worldwide

reformism - Reformism in the United Kingdom's Labour Party

refraction

refractive index - Dispersion and absorption, Anisotropy, Nonlinearity, Inhomogeneity, Applications

refrigerator - History of development, The impact of the refrigerator on the home, How a refrigerator works, Features

refuse-derived fuel (commercial)

refuse-derived fuel (domestic)

regal

Regensburg - History, Main sights, Economy, Transportation, Notable Residents

regent

regent

reggae - Origins, Roots reggae, Rockers, Newer styles and spin-offs, Lyrical themes, Reggae music festivals

Reggie Jackson - Youth and early career, Oakland championships, A hard-won title in The Bronx

Regina

Regina Resnik

Reginald Aldworth Daly

Reginald John Campbell

Reginald Maudling - Youth, Early political career, Ministerial office in the 1950s, Board of Trade, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Reginald Pecock

Regiomontanus - Biography, Regiomontanus and Astrology

regionalism (politics)

register

regolith - On the Earth, On the Moon, On asteroids

regression

regulator

rehabilitation

Reich - Reich, German, Etymology and cognates

Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - Reichsdeputationshauptschluss, Secularisation, Mediatisation

Reichskammergericht

Reichskommissar

Reichskonkordat - History, Terms, and violations, Meaning of the Concordat, After World War II

Reichstag fire - Van der Lubbe's execution

Reichswehr - Reference

Reign of Terror - Background, The Terror, The End, Treatment in fiction, Treatment in film, Treatment in television

reincarnation - Overview, Reincarnation in various religions, traditions and philosophies, Research and debate

reindeer

Reinhard Bendix

Reinhard Gehlen - Military service, Post World War II, Gehlen Org, Bundesnachrichtendienst

Reinhard Heydrich - Early life, Family, Possible Jewish ancestry, His younger brother's anti-nazism, Trivia

Reinhard Scheer - Table showing rank and date of promotion, Reference and further reading

Reinhard Selten - Books by Reinhard Selten

Reinhold Niebuhr - Personal history, Political efforts, Philosophical writings, Influence and honors

relapsing fever

relational database - Definitions, Contents, Relational operations, Normalization

relative density - Specific Gravity of water, Specific gravity of Biogas, Methane properties, The kidneys and specific gravity

relativism - Advocates of relativism, Postmodern relativism, Relativism: pro and con, The Catholic Church and relativism

relay - Operation, Types of relay, Applications, Relay application considerations, Protection relay, Overcurrent relay

releasing hormone

religion - Definition of religion, Religious belief, Related forms of thought, Etymology

rem

REM

Rembrandt (Harmenszoon van Rijn) - Works, Life, Periods, themes, and styles, Museum collections, A selection of famous works

Rembrandt Peale - Major works

Remco Campert - Primary bibliography, Literary prices received

Remembrance Sunday

Remonstrants

remora - The fishing fish, Mythology, Trivia

remote sensing - Data acquisition techniques, Data processing, History

R

R - Life, Works, Selected works, Quotation

R - Life, Works, Selected works, Quotation

Renaissance - Historiography, Early Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, The Renaissance Spreads

Renaissance architecture - Origins of Renaissance Architecture in Italy, Spread of Renaissance Architecture, Legacy of Renaissance architecture

Renata Tebaldi - Early years, International career

Renate Dorrestein

Renate Rubinstein - Biography, Prizes, Bibliography

Renato Dulbecco

Renato Guttuso - Biography

Renfrew

renin - Function, Secretion

Rennes - Administration, Geography, Sights, History, Economy, Culture, Miscellaneous

rennet - Sources, Uses, Production of natural calf rennet, Alternative coagulants

Reno

renormalization - Prehistory: Self-interactions in classical mechanics, Divergences in quantum electrodynamics, Renormalized and bare quantities

Rensis Likert - Biography, Central aspects of his theories, Books

repertory grid - Introduction, Using the Repertory Grid

repetitive strain injury (RSI) - Specific conditions, Warning signs, Treatment

reptile - Classification of reptiles, Evolution of the reptiles, Systems

Repubblica Sociale Italiana (RSI)

republic - Characteristics of republics, Examples of republics, Republics in political theory

Republican Party

requiem - The Roman Catholic Liturgy, Musical compositions, Non-Catholic requiems, 20th century developments, Famous Requiems

resale price maintenance (RPM) - United Kingdom law

research and development (R&D)

reserpine - History, Uses today, Side effects

reserve currency

Resia Pass

resin - Formation, Chemistry, Derivatives, Synthetic resins, Uses, Resin Sculpture

resistance

Resistance (Netherlands)

resistivity

resistor - Nonideal characteristics, Types of resistor, Identifying resistors, Four-band axial resistors, Calculations, Foil resistor

resonance - Examples, Theory, Quantum mechanics, 'Old Tacoma Narrows' bridge failure

respiration

respirator - Modern respirator technology

restitution - (1) Restitution for wrongs, (2) Restitution to reverse unjust enrichment

Restoration

restriction fragment length polymorphism - Method, Result

restrictive covenant - Racism in the United States

resurrection - Islam, Modern India, Modern Finland, Bodily disappearances, Additional reading, Citations

Reticulum

retina - Anatomy of vertebrate retina, Physical structure of human retina, Diseases and disorders, Diagnosis and treatment, Research

retinol - Nutrition, Closely related chemicals, Genetically engineered vitamin A enriched rice

retriever

retrovirus - Description of virus, Reproduction

returns to scale - Returns to scale, Economies of scale, Network effect, Formal definitions

Reuben Nakian

Reubin (O'Donovan) Askew

R

Reus

revelation - Verbal, Non-verbal propositional, Through historical development of faith, Divine Revelation in Islam

reverberatory furnace - Applications and comparison with blast furnace, History

Reverdy Johnson - References and external links

revisionism - Revisionism in the Socialist movement, Marxist definition of revisionism, Historical revisionism, Territorial revisionism, Fictional revisionism

revolution - Etymology, Study of revolutions, Political and socioeconomic revolutions, Cultural, intellectual and philosophical revolutions, Technological revolutions

Revolutions of (1848) - Before 1848, Legacy

revolver - Loading and unloading, Action, Use with silencers, Automatic revolvers, Invention and early patents

Rewi Alley - After Liberation, Works

rex - People, Animals, Machines/Objects

Rex (Ernest) Warner - Works, Translations

Rex (John) Whistler - Works

Rex (Todhunter) Stout - Biography, Works, Movie Adaptations, Television

Rexford (Guy) Tugwell

Reye's syndrome

Reynaldo Hahn - Child Prodigy, Si mes vers avaient des ailes, Maestro Hahn, Paris Opéra

rhapsody

Rhea (astronomy)

rhea (ornithology)

Rheims - Administration, Geography, History, Sights, Wine, Sport, Notable residents, Affiliations

Rheinische Zeitung

rheology - Scope, Dimensionless numbers in rheology

rhetoric - History, Eastern Rhetoric

rheumatic fever - General information, Pathophysiology, Treatment, Prevention

rheumatism

Rhijnvis Feith

rhinitis - Types

rhinoceros - Rhinoceros horns

rhizoid

rhizome

Rhode Island - Geography, History, Law and government, Economy, Demographics, Culture, Food, Cities and towns, Education, Professional sports teams

Rhodes - Geography, History, Important historical monuments, Trivia

Rhodesian ridgeback - Appearance, Temperament, History, Health, Miscellaneous

rhododendron - Diversity, Toxicology, Rhododendron Societies

Rhodope Mountains - Geography and climate, People, Mythology

rhubarb

Rhyl - Tourist attractions, Famous people, Infamous people

rhyme - History, Types of rhyme, Rhyme in English, Rhyme in French, Rhyme in Hebrew, Rhyme in Greek

rhyolite

rhythm - Types

rhythm and blues - Original rhythm and blues, Contemporary R&B, Samples, See also

Rialto Bridge

rib

ribbonfish - Species

Ribe - History of Ribe, Ecclesiastical history, Attractions, Education in Ribe, Friendship towns, Trivia

riboflavin - Nutrition, Clinical Uses

ribose - Isomerism

ribosome - Overview, Ribosome locations

Ricarda Huch - Texts, Elocution

Riccardo Bacchelli

Riccardo Giacconi - References and further reading

rice - Cultivation, Preparation as food, World production and trade, Rice Pests, Cultivars

Richard (Adolf) Zsigmondy - Life and work

Richard (Alan) Meier - Works

Richard (Arthur Warren) Hughes

Richard (Carl) Jeffrey - Selected bibliography

Richard (David) Briers - Personal life, Television career, Theatre, Other work

Richard (David) Ellmann

Richard (Douglas James) Baker

Richard (Erskine Frere) Leakey - Paleontology, Conservation, Politics, Bibliography

Richard (Evelyn) Byrd - Attempt to fly over the North Pole, 1926, Trans-Atlantic flight, 1927

Richard (Frederick) Dimbleby - Early life, Career in television, Family, Richard Dimbleby lecture

Richard (Gary) Brautigan - Life, Legacy, Books

Richard (George) Adams

Richard (Ghormley) Eberhart - Early career 1904 to 1945, Later career 1945 to 2005, Written works, Further reading

Richard (Harris) Barham

Richard (Howard Stafford) Crossman - Quotation, Works

Richard (Ira) Bong - Full list of victory credits

Richard (Joseph) Howard - Works

Richard (Joseph) Hughes

Richard (Leo) Simon

Richard (Marvin) DeVos

Richard (McClure) Scarry - Busytown breakthrough, Personal life and family

Richard (McGarrah) Helms

Richard (McKay) Rorty - Career

Richard (Milhous) Nixon - Early years, House and Senate: 1946-1952, Vice presidency, 1968 election

Richard (Phillips) Feynman - Biography, Further reading

Richard (Purdy) Wilbur - Life, Career, Bibliography

Richard (Reid) Ingrams

Richard (St John) Harris - Biography, Academy Award Nominations, Grammy Nominations & Wins, Trivia, Filmography, Discography

Richard (Thomas) Dunwoody - Synopsis

Richard (Walker) Bolling

Richard Addinsell

Richard Adler - Selected works, Awards and nominations

Richard Aldington - Early life, World War I, Later life, Works, The Religion of Beauty

Richard Allen

Richard Avedon - Photography Career, Famous photographs, Books by Richard Avedon

Richard Axel - Key Papers

Richard Bache

Richard Bancroft

Richard Baxter - Early life and education, Early ministry, 1638-1660

Richard Beer-Hofmann - Works

Richard Ben-Veniste - Works

Richard Bentley - Early life, Academic work, Relationships and personal life, Legacy

Richard Bohringer - Filmography includes

Richard Brinsley (Butler) Sheridan - Early life, Career, Politics

Richard Brome - Note, External Links

Richard Brothers

Richard Burbage

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