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Loeb

[ lohb; German lœb ]

noun

  1. Jacques [zhahk], 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.


Loeb

/ lɜːb; løːp /

noun

  1. LoebJacques18591924MUSGermanSCIENCE: physiologist Jacques (ʒɑːk). 1859–1924, US physiologist, born in Germany, noted esp for his pioneering work on artificial parthenogenesis


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Nonetheless, perhaps it was appropriate for Loeb to publish his data and his hypothesis.

Loeb probably doesn’t seriously believe that alien tech careened through our solar system.

It’s not easy to estimate the sizes of the fragments that a comet that size would produce after it disrupts, but Siraj and Loeb calculate that they will be about 7 kilometers in diameter—the right size for the dinosaur killer.

Siraj and Loeb’s alternative comet-breakup model requires an incoming comet that has a diameter of at least 40 to 60 kilometers.

However, after taking disruption into account, Siraj and Loeb find that the rate of such impacts is about the same as for asteroids.

The real power lies in a handful of men like Dan Loeb, who personally put up a million dollars to take over the Senate.

Loeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht.

Tancharoen: And then [Marvel Television head] Jeph Loeb comes in and reprimands us for it.

“Your Holiness, Mr. Loeb covered a lot of territory,” Brooks said, turning to the Dalai Lama for his response.

Like Dan Loeb, the activist investor who has been disrupting corporate boards—Yahoo!

Mr. Loeb gave me much information about various improper practices in the insurance business.

Parr had been a former school fellow of Loeb in Albany, and Loeb believed him to be loyal, honest, and efficient.

Leo Loeb had found that these tumor cells are simply modified somatic cells.

Loeb and Wasteneys found that the hypertonic solution does not increase the rate of oxidations in a fertilized egg.

Loeb, Untersuchungen zur physiologischen Morphologie der Thiere.

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