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...Quercus palustris'') complete development of their abscission layer in the spring. The base of the petiole remains alive over the winter. Many other trees ma Marcescent leaves may be retained indefinitely and do not break off until mechanical forces (wind for instance) cause the dry and brittle p

...ank Rowlett (nonfiction)|Frank Rowlett]] in the invention of the [[Sigaba (nonfiction)|Sigaba]], a cipher machine not known to be broken by any country during Wo ...at paid off in the spring of 1942, when Rochefort's team, though unable to break JN-25, the main Japanese naval operational code, was able to deduce importa

...Georges Painvin]]. This gave the Allies advance warning of the German 1918 Spring Offensive. ...l [[Henry Oliver (nonfiction)|Henry Oliver]] appointed Sir [[Alfred Ewing (nonfiction)|Alfred Ewing]] to establish an interception and decryption service at the

...irst and second atomic bombs during World War II (the [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]]), gave a detailed description of the "Fat Man" plutoni ...was replaced by [[Lona Cohen (nonfiction)|Lona Cohen]]. [[Igor Kurchatov (nonfiction)|Igor Kurchatov]], a brilliant scientist and the head of the Soviet atomic

The first announcement of the potential disaster was made by [[Don Craggs (nonfiction)|Don Craggs]], Union Oil's regional superintendent to Lieutenant George Bro ...n Los Angeles. The story was out. Union Oil Vice President, [[John Fraser (nonfiction)|John Fraser]], assured reporters and local officials that the spill was sm

...o about 85% of capacity at normal barometric pressure. Each gas cell had a spring-loaded relief valve and manual valves operated from the control car. ...helium cell and puncturing the second. Zeppelin test pilot [[Anton Heinen (nonfiction)|Anton Heinen]] rode out the storm for several hours and landed safely whil

...to understand the foundations of mathematics pioneered by [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]]. ...ay have set Gödel's life course. In 1928, Hilbert and [[Wilhelm Ackermann (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Ackermann]] published ''Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik'' ("Pri

..., stating it was likely a basement of a D.C. Senate office building in the spring of 1993.[36] ...work' from Biden" but that "he only heard her account of the assault this spring".[12] Later that day, Moulton texted ABC News to "clarify" that Reade had t

...the last one hundred years. To be clear, heart break and heart attack, or spring fever and typhoid fever belong to two completely different logical categori Szasz, Thomas (Spring 1998). "The healing word: its past, present, and future". Journal of Humani

...engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of [[Information theory (nonfiction)|information theory]]". Shannon is noted for having founded [[Information theory (nonfiction)|information theory]] with a landmark paper that he published in 1948.

On 23 June, he took a break and went "geologising" in Scotland. He visited Glen Roy in glorious weather ...Niles (2006). "Confessions of a Darwinist". The Virginia Quarterly Review (Spring 2006): 32–53. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 4