Michael Phelps: Eight-Gold-Medal Man (with a Little Help from His Friends): …anchor of the French team, Alain Bernard, who had vowed to “smash” the Americans, took a commanding lead into the final leg. In that final leg Bernard bettered the blistering 100-metre split that Phelps had recorded only moments before during his leg of the relay. However, riding in the Frenchman’s…

Claude Bernard was a French physiologist known chiefly for his discoveries concerning the role of the pancreas in digestion, the glycogenic function of the liver, and the regulation of the blood supply by the vasomotor nerves. On a broader stage, Bernard played a role in establishing the principles

Émile Bernard was a French painter who is sometimes credited with founding Cloisonnism (see also Pont-Aven school; Synthetism). He was noted for his friendships with such artists as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Odilon Redon, and Paul Cézanne. In 1886 Bernard went to Pont-Aven, where he theorized

Sarah Bernhardt was the greatest French actress of the later 19th century and one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage. Bernhardt was the illegitimate daughter of Julie Bernard, a Dutch courtesan who had established herself in Paris (the identity of her father is uncertain). As the

Jean-Jacques Bernard was a French playwright and chief representative of what became known as l’école du silence (the “school of silence”) or, as some critics called it, the “art of the unexpressed,” in which the dialogue does not express the characters’ real attitudes. As in Martine(1922), perhaps

Madame de Récamier was a French hostess of great charm and wit whose salon attracted most of the important political and literary figures of early 19th-century Paris. She was the daughter of a prosperous banker and was convent educated. In 1792 she joined her father in Paris and within the year

Jessie Bernard was an American sociologist who provided insights into women, sex, marriage, and the interaction of the family and community. Bernard attended the University of Minnesota (B.A., 1923; M.A., 1924) and married the sociologist Luther Lee Bernard in 1925. After obtaining her Ph.D. at

Tristan Bernard was a French playwright, novelist, journalist, and lawyer who wrote for the théâtre de boulevard, a genre meant to entertain middle-class Parisian audiences on Sunday afternoons. Bernard’s merit consisted in limiting his literary ambitions to his capabilities. His works were

Samuel Bernard, count de Coubert was a French financier who became a symbol of Protestant banking. He had the same name as his father, a well-known painter. Bernard started off in business selling gold brocade and jewelry, but he soon went into banking, assisted by refugee Protestants in other

Tristan Bernard was a French playwright, novelist, journalist, and lawyer who wrote for the théâtre de boulevard, a genre meant to entertain middle-class Parisian audiences on Sunday afternoons. Bernard’s merit consisted in limiting his literary ambitions to his capabilities. His works were

blood disease: Disorders of platelet function: Bernard-Soulier syndrome, an inherited disorder associated with a pronounced bleeding tendency, is due to a deficiency of glycoprotein Ib, also necessary for normal platelet function, on the platelet membrane. The platelets in this disease are unusually large. Many other platelet defects exist, but they have…

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a French writer who is best remembered for Paul et Virginie, a short novel about innocent love. Bernardin’s army service as an engineer on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean provided him with material for Voyage à l’Île de France (1773), with

Mother Bernardina Matthews was an American religious leader, the founder of the first monastery of a Roman Catholic order in the United States. Matthews grew up in a deeply religious home in a time when Roman Catholics laboured under legal disabilities and other discriminations in Maryland. In 1754

Saint Bernardine of Siena ; canonized 1450; feast day May 20) was a Franciscan theologian and preacher of great eloquence who, with Saints John of Capistrano and James of the March, led the growth of the Observants, a strict branch of the Franciscan order that subsequently spread throughout Europe.

Cistercian, member of a Roman Catholic monastic order that was founded in 1098 and named after the original establishment at Cîteaux (Latin: Cistercium), a locality in Burgundy, near Dijon, France. The order’s founders, led by St. Robert of Molesme, were a group of Benedictine monks from the abbey

Saint Bernard de Menthon ; feast day May 28) was the vicar general of Aosta diocese (now in Italy) who reestablished and was patron of hospices at the summits of two Alpine passes, renamed after him the Great and Little St. Bernard passes. Also named for him in time were the hospices’ St. Bernard

Saint Bernardine of Siena ; canonized 1450; feast day May 20) was a Franciscan theologian and preacher of great eloquence who, with Saints John of Capistrano and James of the March, led the growth of the Observants, a strict branch of the Franciscan order that subsequently spread throughout Europe.

Saint Bernard de Menthon ; feast day May 28) was the vicar general of Aosta diocese (now in Italy) who reestablished and was patron of hospices at the summits of two Alpine passes, renamed after him the Great and Little St. Bernard passes. Also named for him in time were the hospices’ St. Bernard

São Paulo FC: …played for São Paulo, including Serginho Chulapa (also known as Sérgio Bernardino)—the club’s leading goal scorer with more than 240 goals—and Rogerio Ceni, the long-serving goalkeeper who played in more than 800 matches with the club.

Blessed Eugenius III ; beatified 1872) ; feast day July 8) was the pope from 1145 to 1153. Possibly a member of the family Paganelli di Montemagno, he was a disciple of St. Bernard of Clairvaux and a Cistercian abbot of the monastery of SS. Vincent and Anastasius when he was elected on February 15.

St. Francis of Assisi ; canonized July 16, 1228; feast day October 4) was the founder of the Franciscan orders of the Friars Minor (Ordo Fratrum Minorum), the women’s Order of St. Clare (the Poor Clares), and the lay Third Order. He was also a leader of the movement of evangelical poverty in the

Italian literature: The return to order: … [1930; Revolt in Aspromonte]), and Carlo Bernari had to use circumspection in stating their views but were not completely silenced. The controversial Ignazio Silone, having chosen exile, could speak openly in Fontamara (1930). Antonio Gramsci, an unwilling “guest” of the regime, gave testimony to the triumph of spirit over oppression…

Bernard de Ventadour was a Provençal troubadour whose poetry is considered the finest in the Provençal language. Bernard is known to have traveled in England in 1152–55. He lived at the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine and then at Toulouse, in later life retiring to the abbey of Dalon. His short love

Edward Bernays was a pioneer American publicist who is generally considered to have been the first to develop the idea of the professional public relations counselor—i.e., one who draws on the social sciences in order to motivate and shape the response of a general or particular audience. Bernays

Edward Bernays was a pioneer American publicist who is generally considered to have been the first to develop the idea of the professional public relations counselor—i.e., one who draws on the social sciences in order to motivate and shape the response of a general or particular audience. Bernays

Paul Isaak Bernays was a Swiss mathematician whose work in proof theory and axiomatic set theory helped create the new discipline of mathematical logic. After obtaining his doctorate from the University of Göttingen in Germany under Edmund Landau in 1912, Bernays taught for five years at the

William Bernbach was an American advertising executive and copywriter, a pioneer of the subtle, low-pressure advertising that became a hallmark of the agency he helped found, Doyle Dane Bernbach, Inc. The firm quickly became one of the most influential in the business, and Bernbach’s approach to

Bernburg, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany, on the Saale River at the mouth of the Wipper River, south of Magdeburg. First mentioned in 961, it was important in the Middle Ages for its position on an old trade route. Its castle, probably dating from the 10th century and later

Bern, canton, west-central Switzerland. It is the second most populous and second largest of the Swiss cantons; about 100 square miles (260 square km) are occupied by glaciers. Bordering Jura canton (until 1979 part of Bern canton) and Solothurn canton to the north, it is bounded on the west by the

Bern, city, capital of Switzerland and of Bern canton, in the west-central part of the country. It lies along a narrow loop of the Aare River. The existence of the ancient castle of Nydegg, guarding a crossing over the Aare, probably led Berthold V, duke of Zähringen, to found Bern in 1191 as a

Berne Convention, international copyright agreement adopted by an international conference in Bern (Berne) in 1886 and subsequently modified several times (Berlin, 1908; Rome, 1928; Brussels, 1948; Stockholm, 1967; and Paris, 1971). Signatories of the Convention constitute the Berne Copyright

Berne Convention: …of the Convention constitute the Berne Copyright Union.

carriage of goods: Mixed-carrier transportation: Under the Berne Railroad Conventions for the carriage of goods, carriage by rail and sea may be subject to the rules governing railroad carriage at the option of the contracting states, unless reservation has been made by them for application of certain rules of maritime law to…

Berne Convention: …of the Convention constitute the Berne Copyright Union.

humanistic psychology: …as transactional analysis, developed by Eric Berne. Its goal is to build a strong state of maturity by learning to recognize the “child” and “parent” aspects of personality in oneself and others.

Bernese Alps, segment of the Central Alps lying north of the Upper Rhône River and south of the Brienzer and Thunersee (lakes) in Bern and Valais cantons of southwestern Switzerland. The mountains extend east-northeastward from the bend of the Rhône near Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and Haslital

Bernese Alps, segment of the Central Alps lying north of the Upper Rhône River and south of the Brienzer and Thunersee (lakes) in Bern and Valais cantons of southwestern Switzerland. The mountains extend east-northeastward from the bend of the Rhône near Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and Haslital

Bernese Alps, segment of the Central Alps lying north of the Upper Rhône River and south of the Brienzer and Thunersee (lakes) in Bern and Valais cantons of southwestern Switzerland. The mountains extend east-northeastward from the bend of the Rhône near Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and Haslital

sauerkraut: …such as choucroute garnie and Berner Platte.

Wolfgang Fabricius Capito: …work is considered to be Berner Synodus (after the synod held at Bern, Switzerland, in 1532), which deals essentially with church discipline and pastoral instruction. An active participant in several important church synods, he died of plague while returning from the colloquy of Regensburg.

Jakob Stämpfli: …of a local newspaper (Berner Zeitung), Stämpfli participated in the abortive armed attack on the clericalist government of Luzern (1845) and between 1846 and 1850 played an important role in the cantonal politics of Bern. After conservative gains in the elections of 1850, he used the Berner Zeitung to…

Dame Juliana Berners was an English prioress and author of A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle (1496), the earliest known volume on sport fishing. Berners’s work predates Englishman Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler (1653), the best-known example of early angling literature, by approximately 150

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners was an English writer and statesman, best known for his simple, fresh, and energetic translation (vol. 1, 1523; vol. 2, 1525) from the French of Jean Froissart’s Chroniques. Berners’ active political and military career started early when at the age of 15 he was

Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist, generally credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web. In 2004, he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the inaugural Millennium Technology Prize (€1 million) by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation.

Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist, generally credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web. In 2004, he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the inaugural Millennium Technology Prize (€1 million) by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation.

Francesco Berni: …Italian burlesque, which was called bernesco and imitated by many poets.

Swiss literature: …are vigorous novels in the Bernese dialect by the 20th-century writers Rudolf von Tavel and Simon Gfeller. Schaffhausen is represented in the novels of Albert Bächtold, and Joseph Reinhart wrote in the dialect of Solothurn.

Bernese Alps, segment of the Central Alps lying north of the Upper Rhône River and south of the Brienzer and Thunersee (lakes) in Bern and Valais cantons of southwestern Switzerland. The mountains extend east-northeastward from the bend of the Rhône near Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and Haslital

Bernese Mountain Dog, breed of Swiss working dog taken to Switzerland more than 2,000 years ago by invading Romans. The breed was widely used to pull carts and to drive cattle to and from their pastures and to protect farms from predators. Bernese Mountain Dogs, also called Berners, are noted for

Bernese Alps, segment of the Central Alps lying north of the Upper Rhône River and south of the Brienzer and Thunersee (lakes) in Bern and Valais cantons of southwestern Switzerland. The mountains extend east-northeastward from the bend of the Rhône near Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and Haslital

Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld was a prince of the Netherlands who, during World War II, served as liaison between the Dutch government-in-exile and the British armed forces and commanded the Netherlands Forces of the Interior (1944–45). Bernhard was the son of

Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar was the duke of Saxe-Weimar (Sachsen-Weimar), a politically ambitious Protestant general during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). One of the most successful field commanders of his age, he won a number of important victories over the forces of the Austrian Habsburgs. Having

graphic design: Early developments: Initiated by Lucian Bernhard with his first poster in 1905, Plakatstil was characterized by a simple visual language of sign and shape. Designers reduced images of products to elemental, symbolic shapes that were placed over a flat background colour, and they lettered the product name in bold…

Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld was a prince of the Netherlands who, during World War II, served as liaison between the Dutch government-in-exile and the British armed forces and commanded the Netherlands Forces of the Interior (1944–45). Bernhard was the son of

Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian writer who explored death, social injustice, and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilization in general and Austrian culture in particular. Bernhard was born in a Holland convent; his mother, unwed at the time, had

Friedrich von Bernhardi was a German soldier and military writer. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War and became commander of the Seventh Army corps in 1909. In 1911 he published Germany and the Next War, arguing that Germany had a right and responsibility to wage war to gain the power it

Curtis Bernhardt was a German-born film director who specialized in movies that were geared toward a female audience. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Bernhardt, who was Jewish, had already directed a dozen films in his native Germany when an arrest by the Gestapo in

Curtis Bernhardt was a German-born film director who specialized in movies that were geared toward a female audience. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Bernhardt, who was Jewish, had already directed a dozen films in his native Germany when an arrest by the Gestapo in

Sarah Bernhardt was the greatest French actress of the later 19th century and one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage. Bernhardt was the illegitimate daughter of Julie Bernard, a Dutch courtesan who had established herself in Paris (the identity of her father is uncertain). As the

hypnosis: History and early research: …techniques, drew the support of Hippolyte Bernheim, a professor of medicine at Strasbourg. Independently they had written that hypnosis involved no physical forces and no physiological processes but was a combination of psychologically mediated responses to suggestions. During a visit to France at about the same time, Austrian physician Sigmund…

Antonio Berni was an Argentine artist known for his socially committed art. Berni had his first exhibition when still a teenager and received a scholarship to study painting in Europe in 1925. After visiting Madrid he settled in Paris, where he studied with the painters André Lhote and Othon

Francesco Berni was a poet and translator important for his Tuscan version of Matteo Boiardo’s epic poem Orlando innamorato (1483) and for the distinctive style of his Italian burlesque, which was called bernesco and imitated by many poets. Berni spent his early years in Florence. In 1517 he

Bishop Museum, research centre and museum for the study of Hawaiian and Polynesian archaeology, natural history, and culture in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. The largest museum in the state of Hawaii, it exhibits Hawaiian and Polynesian arts, crafts, artifacts, and flora and fauna. Among items on display

Bernicia, in British history, a northern Anglo-Saxon kingdom that by the last quarter of the 7th century had become permanently united with its neighbour Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria. Bernicia stretched northward from perhaps as far south as the River Tees, ultimately reaching the Firth

Martinez: …and the opening of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge (1962) across the strait (with construction of a new bridge begun in 1999) boosted the city’s port and industrial development (petroleum, chemicals, steel, and copper). Local attractions include the Martinez Museum and the Don Vicente Martinez Adobe (built 1849). Martinez is the birthplace…

Richard Linklater: Before Sunset, Before Midnight, and Boyhood: …to his Texas roots with Bernie (2011), a black comedy based on the real-life murder of a wealthy widow (played by Shirley MacLaine) by her business manager, a former mortician (Black), in a small East Texas town. (In 2014, after a defense attorney who was inspired by the film secured…

African Americans: Television and film: The Bernie Mac Show, a sitcom starring comedian Bernie Mac, won a Peabody Award in 2001.

Canadian Federal Election of 2011: First term: …at the Defense Ministry, and Maxime Bernier took over as foreign minister.

Hilaire Bernigaud, count de Chardonnet was a French chemist and industrialist who first developed and manufactured rayon. Trained as a civil engineer after completing scientific studies under Louis Pasteur, Chardonnet began to develop an artificial fibre in 1878. Obtaining a patent in 1884 on a

Bernina Alps, part of the Rhaetian Alps in eastern Switzerland along the Italian border, lying southeast of the Engadin (valley of the Upper Inn River). The scenic range rises to Bernina Peak (13,284 feet [4,049 m]), which was first ascended in 1850 by the Swiss climber Johann Coaz. Bernina Pass

Valtellina: … (9,042 feet [2,756 m]), the Bernina (7,621 feet [2,323 m]), the Aprica (3,858 feet [1,176 m]), and the Umbrail (9,944 feet [3,031 m]).

Rhaetian Alps: Bernina Peak (13,284 feet [4,049 m]), on the Italian border, is the highest point. Included within the Rhaetian Alps are the subranges of Silvretta, Rhätikon, and the Albula and Bernina Alps (qq.v.). The Engadin (valley of the Upper Inn River) cuts northeast to southwest among…

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who was perhaps the greatest sculptor of the 17th century and an outstanding architect as well. Bernini created the Baroque style of sculpture and developed it to such an extent that other artists are of only minor importance in a discussion of that style.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who was perhaps the greatest sculptor of the 17th century and an outstanding architect as well. Bernini created the Baroque style of sculpture and developed it to such an extent that other artists are of only minor importance in a discussion of that style.

Pietro Bernini was an Italian late Mannerist sculptor who was invited to Rome in 1605/06 to work for Pope Paul V (1605–21) on the decorations of the Paolina (Borghese) Chapel in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where he carved the coronation of Clement VIII (1612–13), as well as the marble

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis was a French statesman and cardinal who played an important part in the diplomatic revolution of 1756–57, in the suppression of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) by the papacy in 1773, and in the unsuccessful negotiations in 1790–91 between the French Revolutionary

Hendrik Marsman was one of the outstanding Dutch poets and critics active between World War I and World War II. Marsman studied law and practiced in Utrecht, but after 1933 he travelled in Europe and devoted himself to literature. Under the influence of the German Expressionists, Marsman made his

Bernese Alps, segment of the Central Alps lying north of the Upper Rhône River and south of the Brienzer and Thunersee (lakes) in Bern and Valais cantons of southwestern Switzerland. The mountains extend east-northeastward from the bend of the Rhône near Martigny-Ville to Grimsel Pass and Haslital

Slovakia: Literature and drama: …recently codified by another priest, Anton Bernolák, who had based his codification on the Western Slovak dialect. Yet Bernolák’s Slovak failed to catch on, owing to a lack of followers and strong opposition by educated Slovak Lutherans, who used Czech as their literary language. Even Ján Kollár’s Slávy dcera (1824;…

canon law: Development of canon law in the West: …written between 1070 and 1091, Bernold of Constance listed several criteria for the reconciliation of conflicting texts, including authenticity of the text; identity of the author; difference between law, counsel, and dispensation; difference between universal and local law; difference of time and place; and different meanings of a word. A…

binomial distribution, in statistics, a common distribution function for discrete processes in which a fixed probability prevails for each independently generated value. First studied in connection with games of pure chance, the binomial distribution is now widely used to analyze data in virtually

Bernoulli family, Two generations of distinguished Swiss mathematicians. Jakob (1655–1705) and Johann (1667–1748) were the sons of a pharmacist who wanted one boy to study theology and the other medicine. Over his objections, both pursued careers in mathematics, making important discoveries in

Bernoulli’s theorem, in fluid dynamics, relation among the pressure, velocity, and elevation in a moving fluid (liquid or gas), the compressibility and viscosity (internal friction) of which are negligible and the flow of which is steady, or laminar. First derived (1738) by the Swiss mathematician

Bernoulli’s theorem, in fluid dynamics, relation among the pressure, velocity, and elevation in a moving fluid (liquid or gas), the compressibility and viscosity (internal friction) of which are negligible and the flow of which is steady, or laminar. First derived (1738) by the Swiss mathematician

Bernoulli’s theorem, in fluid dynamics, relation among the pressure, velocity, and elevation in a moving fluid (liquid or gas), the compressibility and viscosity (internal friction) of which are negligible and the flow of which is steady, or laminar. First derived (1738) by the Swiss mathematician

Daniel Bernoulli was the most distinguished of the second generation of the Bernoulli family of Swiss mathematicians. He investigated not only mathematics but also such fields as medicine, biology, physiology, mechanics, physics, astronomy, and oceanography. Bernoulli’s theorem (q.v.), which he

Jakob Bernoulli was the first of the Bernoulli family of Swiss mathematicians. He introduced the first principles of the calculus of variation. Bernoulli numbers, a concept that he developed, were named for him. The scion of a family of drug merchants, Jakob Bernoulli was compelled to study

Johann Bernoulli was a major member of the Bernoulli family of Swiss mathematicians. He investigated the then new mathematical calculus, which he applied to the measurement of curves, to differential equations, and to mechanical problems. The son of a pharmacist, Johann studied medicine and

mathematics: History of analysis: …of the rectification of the lemniscate, a ribbon-shaped curve discovered by Jakob Bernoulli in 1694, Giulio Carlo Fagnano (1682–1766) introduced ingenious analytic transformations that laid the foundation for the theory of elliptic integrals. Nikolaus I Bernoulli (1687–1759), the nephew of Johann and Jakob, proved the equality of mixed second-order partial…

mathematics: History of analysis: Nikolaus I Bernoulli (1687–1759), the nephew of Johann and Jakob, proved the equality of mixed second-order partial derivatives and made important contributions to differential equations by the construction of orthogonal trajectories to families of curves. Pierre Varignon (1654–1722), Johann Bernoulli, and Jakob Hermann (1678–1733) continued…

Machu Picchu: …visited by the German adventurer Augusto Berns in 1867. However, Machu Picchu’s existence was not widely known in the West until it was “discovered” in 1911 by the Yale University professor Hiram Bingham, who was led to the site by Melchor Arteaga, a local Quechua-speaking resident. Bingham had been seeking…

censorship: Character and freedom: Laurence Berns has reformulated the ancient dilemma posed by the trial of Socrates, “the greatest hero of freedom of thought”—a dilemma that exposes one of the roots of the perennial censorship controversy:

Marxism: The work of Kautsky and Bernstein: …were made by Kautsky in Bernstein und das Sozialdemokratische Programm: Eine Antikritik (1899; “Bernstein and the Social Democratic Program”) and the Polish-born Marxist Rosa Luxemburg in Sozialreform oder Revolution (Reform or Revolution), both in 1899. Bernstein focused first of all upon the labour theory of value. Along

Marxism: The work of Kautsky and Bernstein: …were made by Kautsky in Bernstein und das Sozialdemokratische Programm: Eine Antikritik (1899; “Bernstein and the Social Democratic Program”) and the Polish-born Marxist Rosa Luxemburg in Sozialreform oder Revolution (Reform or Revolution), both in 1899. Bernstein focused first of all upon the labour theory of value. Along

Bernstein v. the U.S. Department of State, landmark legal decision (1996) that set two important precedents in the field of digital technology. First, it ruled that U.S. government regulations that barred the export of encryption software were unconstitutionally restrictive; second, it declared

Aline Frankau Bernstein was a theatrical designer and writer, the first major woman designer for the American stage. Aline Frankau attended Hunter College and the New York School for Applied Design before her marriage to Theodore Bernstein in 1902. She developed her artistic talent studying under

All the President’s Men: …by The Washington Post journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward and published in 1974. The book recounts their experiences as journalists covering the break-in on June 17, 1972, at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., and the subsequent Watergate scandal that they brought to…

Bernstein v. the U.S. Department of State: government and Daniel Bernstein, a mathematics professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to determine if he had the right to distribute encryption software of his own creation over the Internet. Bernstein had devised his encryption program, called Snuffle, in 1990 while he was a Ph.D.…

Eduard Bernstein was a Social Democratic propagandist, political theorist, and historian, one of the first Socialists to attempt a revision of Karl Marx’s tenets, such as abandoning the ideas of the imminent collapse of the capitalist economy and the seizure of power by the proletariat. Although he

Elmer Bernstein was an American film composer who created the scores for more than 200 motion pictures during a career that spanned half a century and produced some of Hollywood’s most memorable film music. Bernstein fashioned the style of his music to reflect the mood and action of its film, and