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nounTennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
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- bryan United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
- spectroscopy the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
- microscopy research with the use of microscopes
- spectrometry the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
- microsurgery surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
- spectroscopic analysis the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
- abbe condenser a condenser having 2 or 3 lenses with wide aperture for use in microscopes
- horoscopy the drawing up and interpretation of horoscopes
- scopes trial a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
- spectrum analysis the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra