Zonguldak: The Zonguldak Technical School of Mining is in the city. There are also chemical plants and coke ovens. Zonguldak is connected by rail with Ankara and by sea with Istanbul.

Zunheboto, town, south-central Nagaland state, northeastern India. It is situated in the Naga Hills, 41 miles (66 km) northeast of Kohima, the state capital. Zunheboto’s surrounding region is crisscrossed by several faults and is subject to earthquakes. It is hilly and rugged, with an average

zoning, the legislative method of controlling land use by regulating such considerations as the type of buildings (e.g., commercial or residential) that may be erected and the population density. Applied primarily to urban areas, it is accomplished by dividing land area into zoning districts, each

playa: Saline minerals: …of a salt pan are zoned like bathtub rings, with less-soluble sulfates and carbonates at the outer margin and highly soluble sodium chloride (table salt) at the centre. The crystallization of these salts can be compared with the evaporation of brine in a dish. The first precipitates from the evaporating…

property law: Zoning and planning: …set of requirements is the zoning code, in a more restricted sense. The zoning code lays out a series of requirements for construction and land use within particular areas (zones) of the jurisdiction. Zones may be either inclusive or exclusive. If the zones are inclusive, a hierarchy of land uses…

sparrow: …sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) and the white-throated sparrow (Z. albicollis), larger species with black-and-white crown stripes. The rufous-collared sparrow (Z. capensis) has an exceptionally wide breeding distribution: from Mexico and Caribbean islands to Tierra del Fuego. A great many emberizid sparrows are native to Central and South America. See also accentor.

sparrow: The rufous-collared sparrow (Z. capensis) has an exceptionally wide breeding distribution: from Mexico and Caribbean islands to Tierra del Fuego. A great many emberizid sparrows are native to Central and South America. See also accentor.

sparrow: …skulkers in woodlands; and the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) and the white-throated sparrow (Z. albicollis), larger species with black-and-white crown stripes. The rufous-collared sparrow (Z. capensis) has an exceptionally wide breeding distribution: from Mexico and Caribbean islands to Tierra del Fuego. A great many emberizid sparrows are native to Central…

human eye: General description: …transparent fibres—the suspensory ligament or zonule of Zinn—from the ciliary body; the aqueous humour, a clear fluid filling the spaces between the cornea and the lens and iris; and the vitreous body, a clear jelly filling the much larger cavity enclosed by the sclera, the ciliary body, and the lens.…

André Baillon: …a [Girl Named] Marie”) and Zonzon Pépette, fille de Londres (1923; “Zonzon Pépette, Girl of London”) are realistic studies of prostitution, while En Sabots (1922; “In Wooden Shoes”), the novel that first drew the attention of the French critics, is based on Baillon’s stay in the Flemish village of Westmalle.…

zoo, place where wild animals and, in some instances, domesticated animals are exhibited in captivity. In such an establishment, animals can generally be given more intensive care than is possible in nature reserves or sanctuaries. Most long-established zoos exhibit general collections of animals,

Antwerp Zoo, zoological garden in Antwerp, Belgium, that has one of the largest and most diversified animal collections in Europe. It houses more than 6,000 specimens, including about 300 reptiles and 1,700 fish, which represent more than 1,160 different species. Among the most notable specimens of

Prague Zoological Garden, zoological garden 4 km (2.5 miles) from downtown Prague, noted for breeding the rare Przewalski’s horse. This municipal zoo, opened in 1931, occupies 45 hectares (111 acres) and houses more than 2,300 specimens of about 465 species. Besides serving as a conservation centre

David Attenborough: At the BBC: …he originated the television series Zoo Quest, in which live animals were filmed in the wild and in zoos. Appearing on-screen, Attenborough developed the engaging and personable style that would become his hallmark, marked by evident curiosity, gentle humor, and delight in discovery. This show proved enormously popular, and its…

The Zoo Story, one-act play by Edward Albee, produced and published in 1959, about an isolated young man desperate to interact with other people. As the play opens, Peter, a publishing executive who is reading in New York City’s Central Park, is approached by a stranger named Jerry. Announcing

moss animal: Size range and diversity of structure: …circumference; a warm-water gymnolaemate genus, Zoobotryon, which hangs from harbour pilings, and the freshwater phylactolaemate Pectinatella each produce masses that may be one-half metre across. Colonies that form crusts generally cover only a few square centimetres; erect colonies may rise only two to five centimetres (0.8–2 inches).

zoochlorella, small green alga (often Chlorella) or, sometimes, flagellate protozoan (e.g., Tetraselmis, Carteria) that lives within the bodies of various freshwater protozoans and invertebrates. Zoochlorellae often colour their hosts green (e.g., green hydra and green Paramecium bursaria). As

zoochlorella, small green alga (often Chlorella) or, sometimes, flagellate protozoan (e.g., Tetraselmis, Carteria) that lives within the bodies of various freshwater protozoans and invertebrates. Zoochlorellae often colour their hosts green (e.g., green hydra and green Paramecium bursaria). As

seed: Agents of dispersal: …terms as anemochory, hydrochory, and zoochory, which mean dispersal by wind, water, and animals, respectively. Within the zoochorous group, further differentiation according to the carriers can be made: saurochory, dispersal by reptiles; ornithochory, by birds; myrmecochory, by ants. Or the manner in which the seeds or diaspores are carried can…

steroid: Ecdysones: The molting hormones (zooecdysones) of insects and crustaceans are generally derivatives of cholestane. All possess a ketone group at position 6, a double bond between positions 7 and 8, and 2β-, 3β-, and 14α-hydroxyl groups. The side chain is hydroxylated at C22 and variously at C20, C25, and…

zooflagellate, any flagellate protozoan that is traditionally of the protozoan class Zoomastigophorea (sometimes called Zooflagellata), although recent classifications of this group have questioned the taxonomic usefulness of the term because some zooflagellates have been found to have

zooflagellate, any flagellate protozoan that is traditionally of the protozoan class Zoomastigophorea (sometimes called Zooflagellata), although recent classifications of this group have questioned the taxonomic usefulness of the term because some zooflagellates have been found to have

faunal region, any of six or seven areas of the world defined by animal geographers on the basis of their distinctive animal life. These regions differ only slightly from the floristic regions (q.v.) of botanists. Each region more or less coincides with a major continental land mass, separated from

zoogeography, the branch of the science of biogeography (q.v.) that is concerned with the geographic distribution of animal species. In addition to mapping the present distribution of species, zoogeographers formulate theories to explain the distribution, based on information about geography,

bacteria: Capsules and slime layers: Bacteria of the genus Zoogloea secrete fibers of cellulose that enmesh the bacteria into a floc that floats on the surface of liquid and keeps the bacteria exposed to air, a requirement for the metabolism of this genus. A few rod-shaped bacteria, such as Sphaerotilus, secrete long chemically complex…

cnidarian: Reproduction and life cycles: Each zooid within the colony has a specific function and varies somewhat in form. For example, gastrozooids bear tentacles and are specialized for feeding. Some colonies possess dactylozooids, tentacleless polyps heavily armed with nematocysts that seem primarily concerned with defense. Gonozooids develop reproductive structures called gonophores.

Kevin James: Film roles: Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Grown Ups, and Becky: …and was the lead in Zookeeper (2011), Here Comes the Boom (2012), and True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016).

Diane Ackerman: The Zookeeper’s Wife (2007; film 2017) relates the true story of how the proprietors of a zoo in Nazi-occupied Warsaw managed to conceal several hundred Jews. In 2003 her husband, writer Paul West, suffered a debilitating stroke, and that event—as well as his difficult recovery—were…

Jessica Chastain: Film debut, breakthrough, and rise to prominence: …her next two movies—Niki Caro’s The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017), in which a Warsaw couple uses a zoo to help Jews escape Nazis during World War II, and Woman Walks Ahead (2017), Susanna White’s biopic about a white woman who became involved in the Lakota struggle for land rights in the…

Ben Stiller: …fashion model in the madcap Zoolander (2001), which he also cowrote and directed, before joining the ensemble of Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).

Penélope Cruz: …in Ben Stiller’s fashion-industry satire Zoolander 2 (2016).

zoo, place where wild animals and, in some instances, domesticated animals are exhibited in captivity. In such an establishment, animals can generally be given more intensive care than is possible in nature reserves or sanctuaries. Most long-established zoos exhibit general collections of animals,

Bristol Zoo, zoological park opened in 1836 in the Clifton section of Bristol, England. Though occupying only 5 hectares (12 acres), the zoo maintains a wide variety of floral plantings and exhibits more than 900 animals representing about 200 species. Noted especially for its monkey exhibit and

London Zoo, zoo in the northern part of Regent’s Park, in the City of Westminster, London. It has one of the most comprehensive animal collections in the world and the largest zoological library of any zoo. The London Zoo is administered by the Zoological Society of London. The zoo opened in 1828,

ad-Damīrī: Jayakar, A Zoological Lexicon, 2 vol.), is extant in three Arabic versions of different lengths and in Persian, Turkish, and Latin translations. It treats in alphabetical order the 931 animals mentioned in the Qurʾān, in the Ḥadīth, and in Arab poetry and proverbs. The use of…

zoo, place where wild animals and, in some instances, domesticated animals are exhibited in captivity. In such an establishment, animals can generally be given more intensive care than is possible in nature reserves or sanctuaries. Most long-established zoos exhibit general collections of animals,

Paris Zoo: …Jardin des Plantes) and the Zoological Park of Paris (Parc Zoologique de Paris), both services of the French National Museum of Natural History.

zoo: The Zoological Society of London established its collection in Regent’s Park in 1828, two years after the society itself was founded.

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens: …to be operated by the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, founded in 1859. In 1868, three years after the end of the American Civil War, a 42-acre (17-hectare) site was selected in Fairmount Park, an architect was sent to study the London Zoo, and the collection was begun. The Philadelphia Zoo…

Prague Zoological Garden, zoological garden 4 km (2.5 miles) from downtown Prague, noted for breeding the rare Przewalski’s horse. This municipal zoo, opened in 1931, occupies 45 hectares (111 acres) and houses more than 2,300 specimens of about 465 species. Besides serving as a conservation centre

Berlin Zoo: …Zoo publishes the scientific journals Der zoologische Garten (“The Zoological Garden”) and Beiträge zur Vogelkunde (“Contributions to Ornithology”), as well as the lay-oriented Milu.

Basel Zoological Garden, privately owned zoological garden in Basel, Switzerland, noted for its outstanding work in the breeding of the Indian rhinoceros and the pygmy hippopotamus. The zoo was founded in 1874 for the purpose of exhibiting local wildlife. (It opened with about 100 mammals and

Frankfurt am Main City Zoological Garden, municipal zoological garden in Frankfurt am Main, Ger. It was founded in 1858 by the Frankfurt Zoological Society. Because the original site of the zoo was not large enough to allow for the expansion of the collection, in 1874 the zoo was relocated to its

AG Cologne Zoological Garden, one of the major zoological gardens in Germany. Opened in 1860, the zoo occupies 20 hectares (49 acres) along the Rhine River in Cologne. About 6,000 specimens of 650 species are exhibited on its attractively kept grounds. The zoo specializes in primates and has an

Leipzig Zoological Garden, zoological garden in Leipzig, Germany, noted for its carnivore collection. The zoo was opened in 1878 and taken over by the city in 1920. Occupying a 22-hectare (54-acre) site, the zoo maintains about 5,000 specimens of approximately 600 species. With big cats as its main

Berlin Zoological Garden and Aquarium, zoo and aquarium in Berlin, containing one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive animal collections. It is generally considered the oldest zoo in Germany, having been founded in 1841, when the Prussian King Frederick William IV presented his pheasantry

Zürich Zoological Garden, privately owned zoological park partially funded by the city and canton of Zürich. Opened in 1929, the 10-hectare (25-acre) zoo exhibits nearly 2,100 specimens of more than 380 species. It is home to many ungulates and a breeding group of Humboldt penguins. Its specialties

zoology, branch of biology that studies the members of the animal kingdom and animal life in general. It includes both the inquiry into individual animals and their constituent parts, even to the molecular level, and the inquiry into animal populations, entire faunas, and the relationships of

Sir John Graham Kerr: …the Exception of Mammalia (1914–19), Zoology for Medical Students (1921), and Evolution (1926).

Zoom, software for video communication over the Internet. The program, developed and sold by the American corporation Zoom Video Communications, Inc., is one of the most popular services of its kind. Zoom is distributed with a “freemium” license, meaning that its use is limited without a paid

pirate radio: From piracy to microbroadcasting: Dunn’s Zoom Black Magic Radio was the only station in the listening area to cater to Fresno’s African American community, and it served as the model for a burgeoning movement whose practitioners eschewed the “pirate” label, embracing instead the term “microbroadcaster.”

motion-picture technology: Principal parts: …need for a variety of focal lengths (ranging from ultrawide angle to telephoto) to photograph scenes under the best conditions. To make changing focal lengths more convenient, the lenses have sometimes been mounted on a turret, so that one out of a set of three lenses may be quickly selected.…

Zoom, software for video communication over the Internet. The program, developed and sold by the American corporation Zoom Video Communications, Inc., is one of the most popular services of its kind. Zoom is distributed with a “freemium” license, meaning that its use is limited without a paid

X: …25, 1953, Decatur, Illinois), guitarist Billy Zoom (original name Ty Kindell; b. February 20, 1948, Savanna, Illinois), and drummer D.J. Bonebrake (b. December 8, 1955, North Hollywood, California). Later members included Dave Alvin (b. November 11, 1955, Los Angeles, California) and Tony Gilkyson.

Charles Fuller: In Zooman and the Sign (1980) Fuller presented a father’s search for the killer of his daughter. A Soldier’s Play follows the investigation by a Black army captain of the murder of a Black soldier at a base in Louisiana. Fuller also wrote the screenplay of…

zooflagellate, any flagellate protozoan that is traditionally of the protozoan class Zoomastigophorea (sometimes called Zooflagellata), although recent classifications of this group have questioned the taxonomic usefulness of the term because some zooflagellates have been found to have

Generation Z, term used to describe Americans born during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Some sources give the specific year range of 1997–2012, although the years spanned are sometimes contested or debated because generations and their zeitgeists are difficult to delineate. Generation Z follows

religious symbolism and iconography: Theriomorphic, or zoomorphic, motifs: …representation of the divine (theriomorphism, or zoomorphism) is characteristic of polytheism. It has been maintained in Hinduism, to some extent in Buddhism, and occasionally in Christianity. Besides the theriomorphic (animal-form) representations of the holy (e.g., the ancient Egyptian gods and animals that are symbols of the divine or the…

Erasmus Darwin: Influence and later works: …historians celebrate Darwin for his Zoonomia (or The Laws of Organic Life; 1794–96), an ambitious two-volume work aiming to classify facts about animals, to set out laws describing organic life, and to catalog diseases with their treatments. Unlike some contemporary physicians, Darwin endorsed active intervention with drugs and mechanical apparatus;…

zoonotic disease, any of a group of diseases that can be transmitted to humans by nonhuman vertebrate animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. A large number of domestic and wild animals are sources of zoonotic disease, and there are numerous means of transmission. Public

zoonotic disease, any of a group of diseases that can be transmitted to humans by nonhuman vertebrate animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. A large number of domestic and wild animals are sources of zoonotic disease, and there are numerous means of transmission. Public

zoonotic disease, any of a group of diseases that can be transmitted to humans by nonhuman vertebrate animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. A large number of domestic and wild animals are sources of zoonotic disease, and there are numerous means of transmission. Public

fungus: Annotated classification: Order Zoopagales Parasitic on amoebas, rotifers, nematodes, and other protozoa; asexual reproduction by conidia borne singly or in chains, not forcibly discharged; example genera include Cochlonema, Rhopalomyces, Piptocephalis, Sigmoideomyces, Syncephalis, and Zoopage. Subphylum

fungus: Annotated classification: Subphylum Zoopagomycotina (incertae sedis) Endoparasitic (lives in the body) or ectoparasitic (lives on the body) on nematodes, protozoa, and fungi; thallus branched or unbranched; asexual and sexual reproduction; contains 1 order. Order Zoopagales Parasitic on amoebas, rotifers,

zoophilia, sexual attraction of a human toward a nonhuman animal, which may involve the experience of sexual fantasies about the animal or the pursuit of real sexual contact with it (i.e., bestiality). Sex between humans and animals is illegal in many countries. (See also human sexual behaviour:

zooplankton, small floating or weakly swimming organisms that drift with water currents and, with phytoplankton, make up the planktonic food supply upon which almost all oceanic organisms are ultimately dependent. Many animals, from single-celled Radiolaria to the eggs or larvae of herrings, crabs,

Eadweard Muybridge: …lectures were illustrated with a zoopraxiscope, a lantern he developed that projected images in rapid succession onto a screen from photographs printed on a rotating glass disc, producing the illusion of moving pictures. The zoopraxiscope display, an important predecessor of the modern cinema, was a sensation at the World’s Columbian…

Zoos have existed in some form since at least 2500 bce in Egypt and Mesopotamia, where records indicate that giraffes, bears, dolphins, and other animals were kept by aristocrats. These private collections of wild and exotic animals for exhibition, called menageries, were precursors to modern zoos;

spore: …aplanospores, whereas others produce motile zoospores, which lack true cell walls and bear one or more flagella. The flagella allow zoospores to swim to a favourable environment in which to develop, whereas monospores and aplanospores must rely on passive transport by water currents.

zoot suit, a flamboyantly styled men’s suit consisting of a thigh-length jacket with wide padded shoulders and sprawling lapels, along with high-waisted balloon-leg pants with narrow cuffs, often accessorized with a wide-brimmed fedora-like hat. The suit gained popularity initially among young

Zoot Suit Riots, a series of conflicts that occurred in June 1943 in Los Angeles between U.S. servicemen and Mexican American youths, the latter of whom wore outfits called zoot suits. The zoot suit consisted of a broad-shouldered drape jacket, balloon-leg trousers, and, sometimes, a flamboyant

Zoot Suit Riots: …individuals referred to themselves as pachucos, a name linked to the Mexican American generation’s rebellion against both the Mexican and American cultures.

reptile: North temperate zone: The viviparous lizard (L. vivipara, or Z. vivipara) and the European viper (V. berus) are the most northerly distributed reptiles. A portion of each reptile’s geographic range occurs just north of the Arctic Circle, at least in Scandinavia. Other reptiles—the slowworm (Anguis fragilis), the sand lizard…

Idris Elba: The Suicide Squad and Hijack: …water buffalo) Chief Bogo in Zootopia, as the villainous tiger Shere Khan in The Jungle Book, and as the sea lion Fluke in Finding Dory. His film credits from 2017 included the action-fantasy The Dark Tower, an adaptation of Stephen King’s popular book series; The Mountain Between Us, an adventure…

Idris Elba: The Suicide Squad and Hijack: …Chief Bogo in the animated Zootopia 2.

poison: Animal poisons (zootoxins): Poisonous animals are widely distributed throughout the animal kingdom; the only major group that seems to be exempt is the birds.

zooxanthella, flagellate protozoan (or alga) with yellow or brown pigments contained in chromatophores that lives in other protozoa (foraminiferans and radiolarians) and in some invertebrates. In illuminated conditions, zooxanthellae use the carbon dioxide and waste materials of the host, supplying

zooxanthella, flagellate protozoan (or alga) with yellow or brown pigments contained in chromatophores that lives in other protozoa (foraminiferans and radiolarians) and in some invertebrates. In illuminated conditions, zooxanthellae use the carbon dioxide and waste materials of the host, supplying

Zophar, in the Book of Job (2:11, 11:1, 20:1, 42:9), one of the three comforters of Job, a biblical archetype of the good man whose misfortunes are undeserved. Like the other two comforters, Bildad and Eliphaz, Zophar emphasizes an old Hebrew concept—suffering is the inevitable lot of the evil man;

Coleoptera: Annotated classification: Family Zopheridae Few species, mostly in America. There are many different opinions among coleopterists concerning the relationships of the various groups of beetles, the groups that should be given family status, and the placement of families in superfamilies and suborders. Little information is available…

Maria Gowen Brooks: …work on a verse romance, Zóphiël; or, The Bride of Seven, based on a tale in the apocryphal Book of Tobit. She published the first canto of the poem in Boston in 1825 under the name Mrs. Brooks and completed the work in 1829. In 1826 she began a correspondence…

Sopot, city and port, Pomorskie województwo (province), northern Poland. It lies on the Gulf of Gdańsk between Gdańsk (Danzig) and Gdynia. One of Poland’s largest and most popular seaside and health resorts, a role it has filled since the 16th century, Sopot is situated in an area of wooded hills.

Mixe-Zoquean: …living in northeastern Oaxaca; the Zoque, primarily inhabiting northwestern Chiapas; and the Popoluca (not to be confused with the Popoloca), who live in eastern Veracruz and Oaxaca, about midway between the Mixe and Zoque. The languages of these people are closely related, and their cultures share a common origin.

Mixe-Zoquean languages: …into two branches, or divisions—Zoquean and Mixean.

Tyre, town on the Mediterranean coast of southern Lebanon, located 12 miles (19 km) north of the modern border with Israel and 25 miles (40 km) south of Sidon (modern Ṣaydā). It was a major Phoenician seaport from about 2000 bce through the Roman period. Tyre, built on an island and on the

William Zorach was a traditionalist sculptor of simple, figurative subjects who was a leading figure in the early 20th-century revival of direct carving, whereby the sculptor seeks an image directly from the material to be carved, relying on neither the inspiration of models nor the aid of

zorapteran, (order Zoraptera), any of a small group of about 30 species of insects found on every continent except Europe. These minute insects are less than 3 mm (18 inch) long and have chewing mouthparts and nine-segmented antennae. Most species are wingless and blind, although a few have two

zorapteran, (order Zoraptera), any of a small group of about 30 species of insects found on every continent except Europe. These minute insects are less than 3 mm (18 inch) long and have chewing mouthparts and nine-segmented antennae. Most species are wingless and blind, although a few have two

Zorba the Greek, novel by Nikos Kazantzákis, published in Greek in 1946 as Víos kai politía tou Aléxi Zormpá. The unnamed narrator is a scholarly, introspective writer who opens a coal mine on the fertile island of Crete. He is gradually drawn out of his ascetic shell by an ebullient villager named

Anthony Quinn: …earthy, full-of-life title character in Zorba the Greek (1964), whom he inhabited so completely and comfortably that many of his later parts seemed also to be infused with that character’s spirit. He embraced his offscreen life with the same gusto, evidenced in part by the fact that his 13th child…

zorille, (Ictonyx [sometimes Zorilla] striatus), African carnivore of the weasel family (Mustelidae), frequenting diverse habitats. It has a slender body, 29–39 centimetres (12–16 inches) long, and a bushy white tail, 21–31 cm long. Its fur is long and black, white striped on the back and white

zorille, (Ictonyx [sometimes Zorilla] striatus), African carnivore of the weasel family (Mustelidae), frequenting diverse habitats. It has a slender body, 29–39 centimetres (12–16 inches) long, and a bushy white tail, 21–31 cm long. Its fur is long and black, white striped on the back and white

zorille, (Ictonyx [sometimes Zorilla] striatus), African carnivore of the weasel family (Mustelidae), frequenting diverse habitats. It has a slender body, 29–39 centimetres (12–16 inches) long, and a bushy white tail, 21–31 cm long. Its fur is long and black, white striped on the back and white

Andrew Charlton and Arne Borg: The Boy and the Sturgeon: …failed to notice that Argentina’s Alberto Zorilla had taken the lead with 50 metres to go. Zorilla, swimming in an outside lane, won the race in an Olympic record time of 5:01.6. Charlton took the silver, edging out Borg, who received the bronze.

zorille, (Ictonyx [sometimes Zorilla] striatus), African carnivore of the weasel family (Mustelidae), frequenting diverse habitats. It has a slender body, 29–39 centimetres (12–16 inches) long, and a bushy white tail, 21–31 cm long. Its fur is long and black, white striped on the back and white

Zork: Will Crowther’s Adventure (c. 1975) was the prototype for text-based computer games organized as interactive stories, but in 1977 several students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) decided that they could write more sophisticated interactive fiction by abandoning FORTRAN, the programming language used for…

Will Crowther’s Adventure (c. 1975) was the prototype for text-based computer games organized as interactive stories, but in 1977 several students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) decided that they could write more sophisticated interactive fiction by abandoning FORTRAN, the

Zorn’s lemma, statement in the language of set theory, equivalent to the axiom of choice, that is often used to prove the existence of a mathematical object when it cannot be explicitly produced. In 1935 the German-born American mathematician Max Zorn proposed adding the maximum principle to the

Anders Zorn was a Swedish painter and etcher, internationally famed as one of the best genre and portrait painters in Europe at the end of the 19th century. Zorn studied at the Stockholm academy and then travelled extensively throughout Europe. After working in England, France, and the United

Anders Zorn was a Swedish painter and etcher, internationally famed as one of the best genre and portrait painters in Europe at the end of the 19th century. Zorn studied at the Stockholm academy and then travelled extensively throughout Europe. After working in England, France, and the United