Indian philosophy: The new school: …Gangesha Upadhyaya (13th century), whose Tattvachintamani (“The Jewel of Thought on the Nature of Things”) is the basic text for all later developments. The logicians of this school were primarily interested in defining their terms and concepts and for this purpose developed an elaborate technical vocabulary and logical apparatus that…

Jainism: Philosophical and other literature: …later philosophical commentary, is the Tattvartha-sutra of Umasvati, whose work is claimed by both the Digambara and Umasvamin communities. Composed early in the Common Era, the Tattvartha-sutra was the first Jain philosophical work in Sanskrit to address logic, epistemology, ontology, ethics, cosmography, and cosmogony.

Tattvasamgraha Tantra, tantra of Chen-yen Buddhism. During the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries the Vajrayāna forms of Esoteric Buddhism that were developing in India spread to Southeast Asia and to East Asia. In East Asia Esoteric Buddhism became established in the Chen-yen (“True Word”) school in

Tattycoram, fictional character, the Meagles family’s maid in the novel Little Dorrit (1855–57) by Charles

Limeira, city, east-central São Paulo estado (state), Brazil, on the headwaters of Tatu Stream, a tributary of the Piracicaba River. Known at various times as Tatuibi, Rancho de Limeira, and Nossa Senhora das Dores de Tatuibi, it was elevated to city status in 1863. Limeira processes local crops

Art Tatum was an American pianist, considered one of the greatest technical virtuosos in jazz. Tatum, who was visually impaired from childhood, displayed an early aptitude for music. At age 13, after starting on the violin, Tatum concentrated on the piano and was soon performing on local radio

Art Tatum was an American pianist, considered one of the greatest technical virtuosos in jazz. Tatum, who was visually impaired from childhood, displayed an early aptitude for music. At age 13, after starting on the violin, Tatum concentrated on the piano and was soon performing on local radio

Channing Tatum is an American actor and dancer who is best known for his portrayal of “Magic” Mike Lane, a young man navigating the world of exotic dancing, in three films (Magic Mike [2012], Magic Mike XXL [2015], and Magic Mike’s Last Dance [2023]). Noted for his versatility, Tatum also has had

Channing Tatum is an American actor and dancer who is best known for his portrayal of “Magic” Mike Lane, a young man navigating the world of exotic dancing, in three films (Magic Mike [2012], Magic Mike XXL [2015], and Magic Mike’s Last Dance [2023]). Noted for his versatility, Tatum also has had

Edward L. Tatum was an American biochemist who helped demonstrate that genes determine the structure of particular enzymes or otherwise act by regulating specific chemical processes in living things. His research helped create the field of molecular genetics and earned him (with George Beadle and

Edward L. Tatum was an American biochemist who helped demonstrate that genes determine the structure of particular enzymes or otherwise act by regulating specific chemical processes in living things. His research helped create the field of molecular genetics and earned him (with George Beadle and

Harlem Globetrotters: Some outstanding Globetrotters were Reece “Goose” Tatum, Marques Haynes, Clarence Wilson, “Meadowlark” Lemon, Wilt “the Stilt” Chamberlain, Herb “Geese” Ausbie, and Lynette Woodard, the first woman to play for the team.

Jayson Tatum is a standout forward for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Selected by the team as the third pick in the 2017 NBA draft, Tatum is a gifted all-around player but is especially known for his offense. In a 2021 game he scored 60 points. Three years later he

Jayson Tatum is a standout forward for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Selected by the team as the third pick in the 2017 NBA draft, Tatum is a gifted all-around player but is especially known for his offense. In a 2021 game he scored 60 points. Three years later he

Harlem Globetrotters: Some outstanding Globetrotters were Reece “Goose” Tatum, Marques Haynes, Clarence Wilson, “Meadowlark” Lemon, Wilt “the Stilt” Chamberlain, Herb “Geese” Ausbie, and Lynette Woodard, the first woman to play for the team.

Aldhelm: …such 8th-century Saxon writers as Tatwine, archbishop of Canterbury, and St. Boniface, apostle of Germany.

Tantia Tope was a leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also called Sepoy Mutiny). Although he had no formal military training, he was one of the most effective of the rebels’ generals. Tantia Tope was a Maratha Brahman in the service of the former peshwa (ruler) of the Maratha confederacy, Baji

Manua Islands: …group of three islands (Tau [Ta’u], Ofu, and Olosega), American Samoa, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Tau, the chief island, has an area of about 15 square miles (39 square km). It is conical in shape, rising to Lata Mountain (3,179 feet [969 metres]); the main village is Luma on the…

tau, elementary subatomic particle similar to the electron but 3,477 times heavier. Like the electron and the muon, the tau is an electrically charged member of the lepton family of subatomic particles; the tau is negatively charged, while its antiparticle is positively charged. Being so massive,

extraterrestrial life: Searching for technical civilizations: …nearby stars, Epsilon Eridani and Tau Ceti. On the basis of the Drake equation, it would be very unlikely that success would greet an effort aimed at two stars only 12 light-years away. Not surprisingly, Project Ozma was unsuccessful. Related programs organized on a larger scale were mounted with great…

cross: Types of crosses: …Greek letter tau, sometimes called St. Anthony’s cross; and the crux decussata, named from the Roman decussis, or symbol of the numeral 10, also known as St. Andrew’s cross for the supposed manner of the martyrdom of St. Andrew the Apostle. Tradition favors the crux immissa as that on which…

time perception: Perceived duration: The reverse is the tau effect, in which the distance is perceived as being wider when the interval between successive stimuli is longer.

neutrino: A tau-neutrino and tau-antineutrino are associated with this third charged lepton as well. In 2000 physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory reported the first experimental evidence for the existence of the tau-neutrino.

chronic traumatic encephalopathy: Neuropathology of CTE: …an abnormal protein known as tau. Tau-related abnormalities, which include aggregations and filaments known as neurofibrillary tangles, neuropil threads, and glial tangles, are most extensive around small cerebral vessels in the frontal and temporal lobes and are prominent in the basal ganglia, brainstem, and diencephalon. Similar microscopic neuropathologies are seen…

Tausug, one of the largest of the Muslim (sometimes called Moro) ethnic groups of the southwestern Philippines. They live primarily in the Sulu Archipelago, southwest of the island of Mindanao, mainly in the Jolo island cluster. There are, however, significant migrant (or immigrant) communities of

Poul Anderson: In Tau Zero (1970), considered by some to be his best work, Anderson turned from the broad canvas of future history to the confines of a spaceship, the speed of which is approaching the speed of light. Inside, the travelers experience time as they have always…

Oceanic music and dance: Polynesia: …most acculturated dance type, the tau’olunga, is a combination of Tongan and Samoan movements accompanied by Western-style singing in conjunction with stringed instruments.

Taubaté, city, southeastern São Paulo estado (state), southern Brazil, on the Paraíba do Sul River. Founded in the early 17th century by Jacques Félix on the site of a Guaianases Indian village, it was a starting point for many bandeiras (expeditions into the interior). Formed as the village of São

Henry Taube was a Canadian-born American chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1983 for his extensive research into the properties and reactions of dissolved inorganic substances, particularly oxidation-reduction processes involving the ions of metallic elements (see oxidation-reduction

Western dance: Technical codifications and dance scholarship: …dance scholarship, most notably by Leipzig Gottfried Tauber in Der rechtschaffene Tanzlehrer (“The Correctly Working Dance Teacher”; 1717). These books strongly emphasized the contributions of dance to general education and manners. In this period dance was considered the basis of all education, and well-to-do parents went to great pains to…

Richard Tauber was an Austrian-born British tenor celebrated for his work in opera and, especially, operetta. Tauber was studying voice at Freiberg, Ger., at the time of his highly successful operatic debut, as Tamino in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) at the Chemnitz

Johann Strauss I: …of the “Zwei Tauben” the Täuberl-walzer, the first of many sets of Viennese waltzes named for the places where they were first played.

2026 Milano Cortina Olympics: Athletes to Watch: Julia Taubitz: Julia Taubitz is one of the most successful modern lugers, having been named overall World Cup champion five times, including every year from 2022 to 2025. That victory count is second only to that of Natalie Geisenberger, widely considered the best female luger in history.…

history of publishing: The 19th century: The Tauchnitz Collection of British and American Authors (1841–1939) became known to thousands of travelers. Tauchnitz voluntarily paid royalties and forbade the sale of his editions in Britain. Even more successful was Reclams Universal-Bibliothek, begun in 1867. An important factor in this series, as in others…

Alps: Physiography: …Germany and western Austria, the Tauern Mountains in Austria, the Julian Alps in northeastern Italy and northern Slovenia, and the Dinaric Alps along the western edge of the Balkan Peninsula, generally have a northerly and southeasterly drainage pattern. The Inn, Lech, and Isar rivers in Germany and the Salzach and…

Haʿapai Group: …an eruption, the Tongan king George Tupou I ordered the island evacuated; few people live there today. Uninhabited, well-wooded Kao Island (5 square miles [13 square km]) is a volcanic cone rising to 3,389 feet (1,033 metres) to form the highest point in Tonga. Nomuka is the centre of a…

Taughannock Falls, waterfalls and the central feature of Taughannock Falls State Park, near the western shore of Cayuga Lake, in the Finger Lakes Region, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Ithaca in west-central New York, U.S. The name originates either from that of the Delaware Indian chief Taughannock

tawhid, (“making one,” “asserting oneness”), in Islam, the oneness of God, in the sense that he is one and there is no god but he, as stated in the shahādah (“witness”) formula: “There is no god but God and Muhammad is His prophet.” Tawhid further refers to the nature of that God—that he is a

Western architecture: Balearic Islands: …a ship, and the Minorcan taula, a monolithic column topped by a slab and recognized today as a support for a place of worship. This megalithic architecture, which was imposing in conception and skilled in execution, continued into the 1st millennium bce, the early Iron Age, and made the Balearic…

bank: The origins of central banking: In Barcelona the Taula de Canvi (Municipal Bank of Deposit) was established in 1401 for the safekeeping of city and private deposits, but it was also expected to help fund Barcelona’s government (particularly the financing of military expenses), which it did by receiving tax payments and issuing bonds—first…

Mississippi: Literature: Clifton Taulbert is known for his poignant memoirs of life in the racially charged atmosphere of mid-20th century Mississippi, and playwright Beth Henley has won acclaim for her works set in towns of the South.

Johann Tauler was a Dominican preacher, who, with Meister Eckhart and Heinrich Suso, was one of the chief Rhineland mystics. Educated at the Dominican convent at Strassburg and the studium generale at Cologne, Tauler later became a lector at Strassburg. During a period of exile, he preached and

Native American religions: Forms of religious authority: Among the Arecuna and Taulipang, Cariban groups of Venezuela and Brazil, the shamanic novitiate is reported to last from 10 to 20 years. In other traditions, by contrast, knowledge might be transmitted to the novice in relatively brief but intense periods of ecstasy. The knowledge imparted may include the…

Taum Sauk Mountain, mountain in Iron county, southeastern Missouri, U.S., highest point (1,772 feet [540 meters]) of the St. Francois Mountains and of the state. Centrepiece of Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, it is part of the main uplift of the forested Ozark Mountains and lies 90 miles (145 km)

Latin American art: State-sponsored art and Neoclassicism: …such imports were the brothers Auguste-Marie and Nicolas-Antoine Taunay, each of whom had a separate task: Auguste-Marie created Neoclassical busts of the emperor and generals—a format from the Roman tradition—while Nicolas made Neoclassical oil paintings of Rio, with an emphasis on realistic details and the New World’s great expanse of…

Nicolas-Antoine Taunay was a French painter and member of the French artistic mission to Brazil in 1816. The son of a painter for the porcelain factory at Sèvres, France, Taunay began studying painting at age 13. His teachers included Francesco Casanova, whose landscape and history paintings

Taung child, the first discovered fossil of Australopithecus africanus. Exhumed by miners in South Africa in 1924, the fossil was recognized as a primitive hominin (member of the human lineage) by paleoanthropologist Raymond Dart. The Taung specimen is a natural cast of the inside of the skull and

Taung child, the first discovered fossil of Australopithecus africanus. Exhumed by miners in South Africa in 1924, the fossil was recognized as a primitive hominin (member of the human lineage) by paleoanthropologist Raymond Dart. The Taung specimen is a natural cast of the inside of the skull and

Amarapura, town, central Myanmar (Burma). It lies on the left bank of the Irrawaddy River. A suburb of Mandalay, it is also known as Taung myo (Southern Town) or Myohaung (Old City). Founded by King Bodawpaya in 1783 as his new capital, it supplanted Ava, 6 miles (10 km) southwest. Its population

Taunggyi, city, east-central Myanmar (Burma). It lies on the Thazi-Keng Tung road at an elevation of 4,712 feet (1,436 metres), just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake. Its facilities include hospitals, a technical high school, an institute for training teachers, the private Kan-Kambawza College

Toungoo Dynasty, ruling house in Myanmar (Burma) from the 15th or 16th to the 18th century, whose reign is known as the Second Burmese Empire. King Minkyinyo (1486–1531) of Toungoo is usually considered the founder of the dynasty, but many authorities believe that the distinction of founder should

Indus River: Irrigation of the Indus River: Still farther the Taunsa Barrage, designed for the irrigation of land in the Dera Ghazi Khan and Muzaffargarh districts, also produces about 100,000 kilowatts of electricity. Within the Sindh there are three major barrages on the Indus—Guddu, Sukkur, and Kotri, or Ghulam Muhammad. The Guddu Barrage is just…

Taunton, town, Taunton Deane borough (district), administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies on the River Tone and is the administrative centre for the borough. An Anglo-Saxon king founded it about 710. Its castle was besieged during the English Civil Wars and

Taunton, city, Bristol county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S., on the Taunton River, 33 miles (53 km) south of Boston. Elizabeth Poole, an early proprietor, was said to have purchased the site from Native Americans in 1638. It was organized as a town in 1639 and later named for Taunton, England.

Taunton Deane, borough (district), administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies in the Vale of Taunton Deane, which is sheltered by the Quantock, Black Down, and Brendon hills. The town of Taunton is the administrative centre. The Anglo-Saxon king Ine founded

Narragansett Bay: receives the Blackstone, Pawtuxet, Taunton, and Woonasquatucket rivers. It includes Rhode (Aquidneck), Prudence, and Conanicut islands as well as Mount Hope Bay (a northeastern arm), the Providence River (a northwestern arm), and the Sakonnet River (a tidal strait that separates the island

Taunus, wooded highland of Germany, extending across parts of the Länder (states) of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The range is 50 miles (80 km) long and is bounded by the Rhine (west), Main (south), and Lahn (north) rivers. The range slopes steeply along the Rhine; it is noted for its

Who do you think wrote these words? Or these? Or these? If your answer is “Those are Elton John songs,” you’re right. But John wrote the music, not the words. The lyrics to some of the most iconic, ear-wormy, singalong songs of the second half of the 20th century are the work of Bernie Taupin,

Who do you think wrote these words? Or these? Or these? If your answer is “Those are Elton John songs,” you’re right. But John wrote the music, not the words. The lyrics to some of the most iconic, ear-wormy, singalong songs of the second half of the 20th century are the work of Bernie Taupin,

Lake Taupō, lake, the largest in New Zealand, on the volcanic plateau of central North Island. It has a total surface area of 234 square miles (606 square km), and its surface lies at an elevation of 1,172 feet (357 metres). The lake has a depth of about 525 feet (160 metres). It covers the remains

Lake Taupō, lake, the largest in New Zealand, on the volcanic plateau of central North Island. It has a total surface area of 234 square miles (606 square km), and its surface lies at an elevation of 1,172 feet (357 metres). The lake has a depth of about 525 feet (160 metres). It covers the remains

turaco: …green and iridescent turacos (Tauraco, Musophaga, and Corythaeola) are primarily residents of dense broad-leaved evergreen forest; the grayer forms (Crinifer), most of which are called go-away birds (because the calls of some are “g’way, g’way”), are found in more open woodland, including savanna.

Tauranga, city, district, and port, north-central North Island, New Zealand. It is situated on a 2-mile (3-km) neck projecting from the southeastern shore of Tauranga Harbour, a crescent-shaped inlet opening onto the Bay of Plenty. An Anglican mission was established there in 1834, and its Elms

Diana Taurasi is an American former professional basketball player who was one of the greatest players in the history of the women’s game. She helped lead the Phoenix Mercury to three Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) championships (2007, 2009, and 2014). The 6-foot- (1.83-meter-) tall

Diana Taurasi is an American former professional basketball player who was one of the greatest players in the history of the women’s game. She helped lead the Phoenix Mercury to three Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) championships (2007, 2009, and 2014). The 6-foot- (1.83-meter-) tall

Tauri, earliest known inhabitants of the mountainous south coast of what is now Crimea, which itself was known in ancient times as the Tauric Chersonese. The Tauri were famous in the ancient world for their virgin goddess who was identified by the Greeks with Artemis Tauropolos or with Iphigeneia.

Western architecture: Russia: …of Russian country houses, the Tauride Palace (1783–88), for Grigory Potemkin, Catherine’s lover. The Tauride Palace consisted of a central-domed and porticoed central block connected by narrow galleries to large wings.

Tabriz, fourth largest city of Iran and capital of the East Azerbaijan province. Situated along the frontier of historical Azerbaijan and Persia and at a central hub of the ancient Silk Road, ethnic Azerbaijanis make up the majority of the population, but the city has also held a momentous position

Turin, city, capital of Torino provincia and of Piemonte (Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy. It is located on the Po River near its junction with the Sangone, Dora Riparia, and Stura di Lanzo rivers. The original settlement of Taurisia, founded by the Taurini, was partly destroyed by the

Taurobolium, bull sacrifice practiced from about ad 160 in the Mediterranean cult of the Great Mother of the Gods. Celebrated primarily among the Romans, the ceremony enjoyed much popularity and may have been introduced by the Roman emperor. The nature and purpose of the ceremony seems to have

Norman Taurog was an American director of some 80 feature films, many of which were comedies, including a number with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and musicals, nine of which starred Elvis Presley. However, arguably his best-known movie was the drama Boys Town (1938). (Read Martin Scorsese’s

Norman Taurog was an American director of some 80 feature films, many of which were comedies, including a number with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and musicals, nine of which starred Elvis Presley. However, arguably his best-known movie was the drama Boys Town (1938). (Read Martin Scorsese’s

Johann Yorck, count von Wartenburg: …invasion of that country (Convention of Tauroggen, 1812) opened the way for Prussia to join the Allied powers against Napoleon.

Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. The occurrence of his name on a Linear B tablet (13th century bce) shows that he was already worshipped in the Mycenaean period, although it is not known where his cult

bullfighting, the national spectacle of Spain and many Spanish-speaking countries, in which a bull is ceremoniously fought in a sand arena by a matador and usually killed. Bullfighting is also popular in Portugal and southern France, though in the former, where the bull is engaged by a bullfighter

bullfighting, the national spectacle of Spain and many Spanish-speaking countries, in which a bull is ceremoniously fought in a sand arena by a matador and usually killed. Bullfighting is also popular in Portugal and southern France, though in the former, where the bull is engaged by a bullfighter

bullfighting: The rise of professional bullfighting: …of bullfighting scenes in his La tauromaquia series, designed a distinctive professional uniform for bullfighters (worn only on commemorative gala occasions in Goya-style corridas, or corridas goyescas). Performers also began using a net to hold back their shoulder-length hair, later tying it in a knot at the base of the…

Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. The occurrence of his name on a Linear B tablet (13th century bce) shows that he was already worshipped in the Mycenaean period, although it is not known where his cult

eland, either of two species of very large, oxlike African antelopes of the spiral-horned antelope tribe (Tragelaphini, family Bovidae), which also includes the bushbuck and the kudus. Formerly classified in the genus Taurotragus, several taxonomies place elands in the genus Tragelaphus, along with

eland: The giant eland (T. derbianus), which is also known as the greater eland, the Derby eland, or Lord Derby’s eland, is a woodland antelope that often feeds on the broad-leaved doka tree (Isoberlinia doka), whereas the common, or Cape, eland (T. oryx) frequents woodlands, plains, mountains,…

eland: Conservation status: …population of the highly endangered western giant eland (T. derbianus derbianus) has fallen to roughly 250. Without effective protection in its last refuges in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park and on private game reserve, the only hope for this subspecies’ survival is a captive breeding program.

eland: …tree (Isoberlinia doka), whereas the common, or Cape, eland (T. oryx) frequents woodlands, plains, mountains, and arid grasslands. The elands are the largest of all antelopes.

Taurt, goddess of ancient Egypt, the benevolent protectress of fertility and childbirth, associated also with the nursing of infants. She was depicted as having the head of a hippopotamus standing upright (sometimes with the breasts of a woman), the tail of a crocodile, and the claws of a lion. Her

Opet, ancient Egyptian festival of the second month of the lunar calendar. In the celebration of Opet, the god Amon, Mut, his consort, and Khons, their son, made a ritual journey from their shrines at Karnak to the temple of Luxor (called Ipet resyt in pharaonic Egyptian, hence the name of the

Taurus, in astronomy, zodiacal constellation lying in the northern sky between Aries and Gemini, at about 4 hours 20 minutes right ascension and 16° north declination. The constellation’s brightest star, Aldebaran (Arabic for “the follower”; also called Alpha Tauri), is the 14th brightest star in

Taurus Mountains, mountain range in southern Turkey, a great chain running parallel to the Mediterranean coast. The system extends along a curve from Lake Egridir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates River in the east. Aladağ (10,935 feet [3,333 metres]) in the Taurus proper and Mount

Hyades, cluster of several hundred stars in the zodiacal constellation Taurus. As seen from Earth, the bright star Aldebaran appears to be a member of the cluster, but in fact Aldebaran is much closer to the Earth than the Hyades’ distance of about 150 light-years. Five genuine members of the group

Hyades, cluster of several hundred stars in the zodiacal constellation Taurus. As seen from Earth, the bright star Aldebaran appears to be a member of the cluster, but in fact Aldebaran is much closer to the Earth than the Hyades’ distance of about 150 light-years. Five genuine members of the group

Taurus-Littrow Valley, region on the Moon where the Apollo 17 lunar mission landed. Located at 22° N 31° E, it is named for the surrounding Taurus Mountains, a part of the ramparts of the Serenitatis Basin (Mare Serenitatis) impact structure, and for the nearby 30-km- (19-mile-) diameter crater

Chodsko: …the Všerubsky Pass, southwest of Domažlice, where in 1040 the Bohemian prince Břetislav I defeated the army of the German king Henry III and where in 1431 Hussite troops frightened off a larger Roman Catholic army.

Hans Tausen was a religious Reformer known as “the Danish Luther” for his major role in bringing the Reformation to Denmark. Originally a Roman Catholic, Tausen became a monk in the order of Knights Hospitalers at Antvorskov, near Slagelse, and studied and taught (1516–21) at Rostock and at

Seti II: …succeeded by Seti II’s widow, Tausert, who counted her reigning years from the year of Seti II’s death (though she effectively reigned only from c. 1192 to c. 1191). Of the rulers or would-be rulers of this period, Seti II was the only one recognized by Ramses III (of the…

Karl Tausig was a Polish pianist and composer, probably Liszt’s greatest pupil. After four years of study with Liszt at Weimar, Tausig made his public debut in 1858 at a concert in Berlin. He toured Germany (1859–60) and then settled in Vienna in 1862. There he gave a series of concerts with

Karl Tausig was a Polish pianist and composer, probably Liszt’s greatest pupil. After four years of study with Liszt at Weimar, Tausig made his public debut in 1858 at a concert in Berlin. He toured Germany (1859–60) and then settled in Vienna in 1862. There he gave a series of concerts with

Tausug, one of the largest of the Muslim (sometimes called Moro) ethnic groups of the southwestern Philippines. They live primarily in the Sulu Archipelago, southwest of the island of Mindanao, mainly in the Jolo island cluster. There are, however, significant migrant (or immigrant) communities of

Frank William Taussig was an American economist whose contributions to trade theory have been of major importance in the 20th century. Taussig was the son of a successful doctor and businessman who had immigrated to the United States from Prague. Taussig graduated from Harvard in 1879 and obtained

Helen Brooke Taussig was an American physician recognized as the founder of pediatric cardiology, best known for her contributions to the development of the first successful treatment of “blue baby” syndrome. Helen Taussig was born into a distinguished family as the daughter of Frank and Edith

Tausug, one of the largest of the Muslim (sometimes called Moro) ethnic groups of the southwestern Philippines. They live primarily in the Sulu Archipelago, southwest of the island of Mindanao, mainly in the Jolo island cluster. There are, however, significant migrant (or immigrant) communities of

Arago: The human remains include two robust and well-preserved jaws that are quite different in size, probably because males were larger than females. The 1971 discovery of a partial skull with a complete face is one of the best-known European fossil hominins (members of the human lineage).…

tautog, fish of the western Atlantic, a large, commercially important species of wrasse