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aitken
Robert Grant. 1864–1951, US astronomer who discovered over three thousand double stars -
maxwell demon
a hypothetical agent or device of arbitrarily small mass that is considered to admit or block selectively the passage of individual molecules from one compartment to another according to their speed, constituting a violation of the second law of thermodynamics. -
anderson
a river in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories, rising in lakes north of Great Bear Lake and flowing west and north to the Beaufort Sea. Length: about 580 km (360 miles) -
andrews
Thomas. 1813–85, Irish physical chemist, noted for his work on the liquefaction of gases -
beaverbrook
1st Baron, title of William Maxwell Aitken. 1879–1964, British newspaper proprietor and Conservative politician, born in Canada, whose newspapers included the Daily Express; minister of information (1918); minister of aircraft production (1940–41) -
bodenheim
Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.