Literary notes about beta (AI summary)
The term “beta” exhibits a remarkable diversity in literary usage, being employed in contexts ranging from academic honor societies to scientific phenomena and even serving as a designation for locations and stars. In scholarly writings, it appears in the names of prestigious societies like Phi Beta Kappa [1, 2, 3] and manifests in orations and discourses [4, 5, 6]. Scientifically, “beta” refers to subatomic particles and radiative emissions, as seen in discussions of beta emitters and rays [7, 8, 9, 10, 11], as well as in descriptions of chemical compounds such as beta-naphthol and beta-naphthylamine [12, 13, 14, 15, 16]. In astronomical contexts, it functions as an identifier for stars and constellations [17, 18, 19, 20, 21], while in narrative settings, particularly in the works of Jesse F. Bone, “Beta” designates places like cities, ships, or even procedural steps in futuristic or interworldly societies [22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38]. This multifaceted employment underscores the term’s versatility and adaptability across genres and disciplines.
- He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif, and was executive editor of the Yale Law Journal.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission - He had been honored with the Phi Beta Kappa oration, annually delivered on the eve of the Yale Commencement, then in September.
— from The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by M. Louise (Maria Louise) Greene - This caused him to be elected to the Phi Beta Kappa, the society of scholars.
— from Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Lester Pearson - I heard a second Phi Beta discourse from Dr. Hedge some time in the sixties.
— from Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Julia Ward Howe - The next year (1837) was the year of the delivery of the Man Thinking, or the American Scholar address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Phi Beta Kappa dinners at Harvard, 40 , 117 , 203 .
— from James Russell Lowell and His Friends by Edward Everett Hale - Cesium-137 (Cs-137) is a beta emitter and has a half-live of 30 years, but is eliminated relatively quickly from the body.
— from Health Service Support in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures by United States. Department of the Army - The initial burst is characterized by neutrons and gamma rays while the residual radiation is primarily alpha, beta, and gamma rays.
— from Health Service Support in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures by United States. Department of the Army - When a positive beta particle, a positron, was emitted, the reverse happened—a proton was converted to a neutron.
— from Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 3 (of 3)Nuclear Fission; Nuclear Fusion; Beyond Fusion by Isaac Asimov - This energy or radioactivity is made up of what are called alpha particles, beta particles, and gamma rays.
— from Texas Rocks and Minerals: An Amateur's Guide by Roselle M. Girard - Beta rays or particles can be either positive or negative.
— from Radioisotopes and Life Processes (Revised) by Walter E. Kisieleski - —Amidoazotoluol produces with beta-naphthol a fine garnet red in the usual way.
— from The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech - Glauber's salt, then diazotise and develop with beta-naphthol.
— from The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech - Schaeffer's acid is a sulpho acid of beta-naphthol, and is dissolved by taking 10 lb. of the acid and 7½ lb. soda, boiling with 50 gallons of water.
— from The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech - Practically the only phenol that is used is the beta-naphthol; alpha-naphthol is occasionally used, but not often.
— from The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech - —This is a group of closely related substances—acetone, diacetic acid, and beta-oxybutyric [p. 83] acid.
— from A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by James Campbell Todd - According to my calculation, it must be Beta in the constellation of the Little Bear.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - He called the star now known as Beta Tauri only, Gamma Auriga also , so that now Auriga has stars Alpha, Beta, Delta, and so forth, but no Gamma.
— from Flowers of the Sky by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor - The stars are known by Greek letters and sometimes by numbers, &c. Alpha (α) denotes a star of the first magnitude; Beta (β), the second, and so on.
— from The Witness of the Stars by E. W. (Ethelbert William) Bullinger - There is a very faint pair of stars close below and to the right of Beta (β).
— from Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Garrett Putman Serviss - The star Alpha (α) marks his right shoulder, and Beta (β) his left, and Gamma (γ), Zeta (ζ), Eta (η), and Pi (π) indicate his right hand and the urn.
— from Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Garrett Putman Serviss - If he could get the evidence to Beta, it would be easy to enlist the aid of the entire Medico-Technological Civilization.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - He hadn’t thought this way since he had given the Varl to his girl friend of the moment, and had blasted off for Beta.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - “The rapid-reading technique originated on Beta.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - But there is a legal doubt that will prevent him from exercising his claim as long as you stay on Beta.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - “I want the phone number of Skyline Tower 1024, Beta City, Mr. Alexander.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - Beta had done a good job separating from the rest of the Brotherhood.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - “Beta has one of the highest civilizations in the Brotherhood!”
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - If everything went right and he made every connection he would be in Kardon four months after he left Beta.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - “There’s been mutation on Beta,” he said.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - He should have stayed on Beta or at least on a human world where he would never have met Copper.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - On Beta it was poor policy to interfere with the doings of doctors and engineers—or even doctors of philosophy.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - Beta floated above them, the blue shield of her atmosphere shining softly in the light of Beta’s sun.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - The situation of the Lani was so close to Beta’s own that its obvious merit as a test case simply could not be ignored.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - Complaint—Mr. Alexander X. M. Alexander, Skyline Tower 1024, Beta City!
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - “You’ll have to know them if you expect to get along on Beta.”
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - But on Beta, where a variant-G sun had already caused genetic divergence, the brotherhood of man was a term that was merely given lip service.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - And see if you can get me a couple of tickets on the next flight to Beta City.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
