"a star hidden in a cocoon of dust" (Freeman Dyson). "Actors live in a cocoon of praise. They never meet people who don't like them" (Robert Morley). Chrysalis The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a)...
In Indian society, especially in rural areas, women are generally considered inferior to men (Dyson and Moore 1983; Agarwal 1992, 2000). Men are considered the undisputed leaders of the family (Niaz 2003). Despite their engagement in income-earning activities, women have little or no control ...
In the framework of the Standard Model, the fact that proton and neutron have nearly the same mass is explained as consequence of an approximate symmetry: isospin [1]. The symmetry is broken explicitly because the two lightest quarks neither have the same charge nor the same mass. The violat...