ALTMAN, SIDNEY

1939–, Canadian-American molecular biologist, b. Montreal, Ph.D., Univ. of Colorado, 1967. A professor at Yale Univ. since 1971, he discovered that RNA could function as enzymes; it was previously thought that enzymatic activity was only possible in protein molecules. His discovery has a potential use in fighting viral infections. For this work, Altman shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics with Thomas Cech, who independently made the same discovery.

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books on: Altman Sidney  - 1051 results

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Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon
Book by Aram Goudsouzian; University of North Carolina Press, 2004
Subjects: Actors--United States--Biography, African American Actors--Biography, Poitier, Sidney
SIDNEY POITIER Sidney ARAM GOUDSOUZIAN MAN, ACTOR, ICON Poitier The University of North...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goudsouzian, Aram. Sidney Poitier : man, actor, icon / by Aram Goudsouzian. p. cm. Includes...
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Sons and Authors in Elizabethan England
Book by Derek B. Alwes; University of Delaware Press, 2004
Subjects: English Fiction--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Fiction--Authorship--History--16th Century, Greene, Robert--1558?-1592--Criticism And Interpretation, Lyly, John--1554?-1606--Fictional Works, Sidney, Philip--Sir--1554-1586--Fictional Works
...John, 1554? 1606 Fictional works. 3. Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554 1586 Fictional works...I call it praise to suffer tyrannie : Sidneys (Anti) Courtly Works 65...English Renaissance in general and Philip Sidney in particular, at a time when the riches...
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The Text of Sidney's Arcadian World
Book by Michael A. McCanles; Duke University Press, 1989
Subjects: Arcadia In Literature, Country Life In Literature, Pastoral Literature, English--Criticism, Textual, Sidney, Philip--Sir--1554-1586--Arcadia--Criticism, Textual
The Text of Sidneys Arcadian World Michael McCanles...Data McCanles, Michael. The text of Sidneys arcadian world / Michael McCanles...Includes index. ISBN 0-8223-0797-9 1. Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia. 2...
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Social Penetration: The Development of Interpersonal Relationships
Book by Irwin Altman, Dalmas A. Taylor; Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1973
Subjects: Interpersonal Relations
...Interpersonal Relationships IRWIN ALTMAN University of Utah DALMAS...manuscript -- Carl Wagner, Sidney Jourard, Robert Kleck, Kenneth...experimental study, Taylor, Altman, and Sorrentino 1969...scaling study Taylor Altman, 1966a, 1966b . A pool of...
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The Comic Image of the Jew: Explorations of a Pop Culture Phenomenon
Book by Sig Altman; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1971
Subjects: Jewish Wit And Humor--History And Criticism, Jews--Humor--History And Criticism, Mass Media--United States
...TIBBS! Underneath this, a picture of Sidney Poitier, Negro actor, looking with obvious...Only five of these plays ( Sign in Sidney Brusteins Win- dow 1964-65, The Other...experiment to test the cause of yellow fever (Sidney Howard Yellow Jack, 1934); the idealistic...
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journal articles on: Altman Sidney  - 46 results

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"A Pleasant and Terrible Reverence": Maintenance of Majesty in Sidney's 'New Arcadia
Journal article by James Biester; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 72, 1993
Subjects: Kings and rulers--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Sidney, Philip--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Distance and Astonishment in the Old Arcadia: A Study of Sidneys Pysychology," TSLL 20 (1978): 303-29. (6) On fictional debate...One Mind (Princeton U. Press, 1983), pp. 285-305 and Joel B. Altman, The Tudor Play of Mind (U. of California Press, 1978). (7...
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Jibs Twenty-Five-Year Index
Journal article by Andrew C. Inkpen, Adva Dinur; Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 25, 1994
Subjects: Indexes--Research, Journal of International Business Studies (Periodical)--History, Periodical publishing--History
...87:3) 79-89, F, F1, F4, C5. Gray, Sidney J., Managerial Forecasts and European...21-32, C, C1, C2, C4, E3, F1. Gray, Sidney J., Lee H. Radebaugh Clare B. Roberts...4) 597-622, C, C1, C2, E3, F1. Gray, Sidney J., Jack C. Shaw Brendan McSweeney...
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Neither Washington nor Moscow? the Rise and Fall of the Rassemblement Democratique Revolutionnaire
Journal article by Ian H. Birchall; Journal of European Studies, Vol. 29, 1999
Subjects: Acronyms--Analysis, Communism--Analysis, Historical research--Analysis, Socialism--Analysis
...of a series of pro-American articles, Altman reported to his readers: Jamais je nai...Sorbonne meeting the American former Marxist Sidney Hook openly expressed his support for...orateurs et reclama la parole. Georges Altman, qui presidait, la leur refusa en declarant...
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Looking at Britomart Looking at Pictures
Journal article by Adam Mckeown; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 45, 2005
Subjects: English poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Spenser, Edmund--Criticism and interpretation, The Faerie Queene (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...Authors" (in Appendix 1 to FQ, pp. 737-8) that Spenser shares Sidneys interest in enargeia and its effect on the reader. Spenser...20) Spenser, "Februarie," SC, lines 239-46. (21) See Joel B. Altman. The Tudor Play of Mind: Rhetorical Inquiry and the Development...
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Institutions and Culture: Neo-Weberian Economic Anthropology
Journal article by Michael S. Billig; Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Economists--Philosophy, Social economics--Philosophy, Sociologists--Philosophy, Weber, Max (Sociologist)--Philosophy
...methodology (Gudeman 1986; Gregory and Altman 1989; Gudeman and Rivera 1990...work of Eric Wolf (1982) and Sidney Mintz (1985). Whether practitioners...Gregory, C. A., and J. C. Altman. Observing the Economy. London...Routledge Press, 1995. Mintz, Sidney. Sweetness and Power: The Place...
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magazine articles on: Altman Sidney  - 12 results

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Over the Rapids
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 46, August 29, 1994
Subjects: Altman, Robert (Lawyer)--Testimony, Clinton, Bill--Investigations, Foster, Vincent W., Jr.--Investigations, Political corruption--Investigations, Starr, Kenneth W.--Investigations, United States. Congress--Investigations, Whitewater Development Corp.--Investigations
...the progress of the Whitewater affair was not limited to Mr. Altmans role in covering it up. At the last Renaissance Weekend, Bill...currency, for advice on how he might handle the matter. (How come Sidney Blumenthal never overhead any good stuff at those insider gabfests...
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Strong Medicine
Magazine article by Peter Wehrwein; American Journalism Review, Vol. 20, April 1998
Subjects: Medical publishing--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The New England Journal of Medicine (Periodical)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...by critics Peter Lurie and Sidney Wolfe last September for the...editorial beforehand. Lawrence Altmans front page story in the New...important in medicine?" Lawrence Altman, one of the most influential...Journal. "I always accuse Larry Altman of creating this mess because...
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Harry Belafonte: The Legend Roars Back with New Movie and Old Fire
Magazine article by Lynn Norment; Ebony, Vol. 51, September 1996
Subjects: African American actors--Interviews, Belafonte, Harry--Interviews
...about how the public would perceive him in such a role. But Altman countered with: "Belafonte, I want to ask you something. Who...her beauty and talent" did not exist. "If she didnt work with Sidney Poitier or myself, she hardly had anybody to play opposite her...
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Belafonte the Lionhearted
Magazine article by Sharon Fitzgerald; American Visions, Vol. 11, August 1996
Subjects: African American actors--Interviews, African American singers--Interviews, Belafonte, Harry--Interviews
...caused him to turn down the role when Altman first offered it. "It is so out of my...look-but-dont-touch technique would later propel Sidney Poitier and Denzel Washington through...written by Langston Hughes and staffing Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Sammy Davis...
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Roger Ebert
Magazine article by Matthew Rothschild; The Progressive, Vol. 67, August 2003
Subjects: Ebert, Roger--Interviews, Film critics--Interviews
...movie, the movie was about this character being black: Oh, heres Sidney Poitier, hes going to help the nuns change their tire. Now...Among current directors I think Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman are the two best active directors right now. Im amazed by Neil...
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newspaper articles on: Altman Sidney  - 17 results

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THE FINAL CUT... after Almost 50 Years in Film, Sidney Lumet Finally Receives an Academy Award
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 27, 2005
Subjects: Lumet, Sidney
...age of 80, veteran director Sidney Lumet is still working fast...Hitchcock won one, while Robert Altman and Martin Scorsese are still...Running on Empty. A child actor, Sidney Lumet was born in Philadelphia...between himself and his actors. Sidney is a great director, one of...
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On This Day
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), February 20, 2008
Subjects: Actors, Actresses
...British dancer and founder of the Ballet Rambert. 1925: Robert Altman (deceased). American film director, whose films ndude Short Cuts, Gosford Park and Pret a Porter. 1927: Sidney Poitier. American film actor, whose films include In the Heat of...
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Emphasis Is on the Positive at Official White House Fete: Clinton, Obuchi Duck Trade Flap, Play Up Mutual Goals
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, May 4, 1999
Subjects: Japan
...Technology Ltd., and Lynda Carter Altman, actress Daniel Amos, president...En{M-} dowment Fund, and Dr. Sidney L. Werkman, profes{M-} sor...president, and Gabe Podesta Sidney Poitier, ambassador to Japan...Friendship Commission, and Brad E. Altman, executive director, Hosato...
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Filming under the Influence
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, November 4, 2000
...additions to the Hollywood cavalcade as Sidney Poitier, Eddie Murphy, Morgan Freeman...Levy in the case of "Show" and Robert Altman and Anne Rapp in the case of "Dr. T...associated on "Waiting For Guffman," and Mr. Altman also directed Miss Rapps first screenplay...
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Cezanne's Environs on Screen; Provencal Film Festival
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 4, 2006
Subjects: Film festivals, Motion pictures, Movies
...Norman Jewison, a year younger than Mr. Altman, got the career honor a bit earlier. Perhaps...the Heat of the Night," which matched Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger as urban and redneck...his "In the Heat of the Night," starring Sidney Poitier (left) and Rod Steiger, at the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Altman Sidney  - 4 results

 
 
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Altman, Sidney
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALTMAN, SIDNEY 1939 , Canadian-American molecular biologist, b. Montreal, Ph.D., Univ...discovery has a potential use in fighting viral infections. For this work, Altman shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics with Thomas Cech , who independently...
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Cech, Thomas Robert
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...has a potential use in fighting viral infections. For this work, Cech shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sidney Altman , who independently made the same discovery. In 2000 he became president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a...
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Motion Pictures
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...George C. Scott , Audrey Hepburn, and Sidney Poitier. Eventually, c.1956 many studios...Polanski , Francis Ford Coppola , Robert Altman , and Martin Scorsese . A change came...American-born Joseph Losey , Tony Richardson, Sidney Furie, and John Schlesinger. Among the...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Steinberger Gertrude B. Elion George H. Hitchings Sir James Black Naguib Mahfouz 1989 Dalai Lama Thomas R. Cech Sidney Altman Norman F. Ramsey Hans G. Dehmelt Wolfgang Paul J. Michael Bishop Harold E. Varmus Camilo Jose Cela 1990 Mikhail...


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