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  • Category:Image wanted Georges Poulet (1902 - 1991) was a Belgian literary critic associated with the Geneva School. Growing out of Russian Formalism ...
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  • Tellurium (chemical symbol Te, atomic number 52) is a relatively rare chemical element that belongs to the group of metalloids—its chemical ...
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  • Osmium (chemical symbol Os, atomic number 76) is a hard, brittle, blue-gray or blue-black transition metal in the platinum family and is found ...
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  • Tritium (chemical symbol Tritium or Hydrogen|3 ) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium (sometimes called a triton) contains ...
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  • Germanium (chemical symbol Ge, atomic number 32) is a lustrous, hard, grayish-white chemical element. It is classified as a metalloid—that ...
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  • Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. It is a branch of atmospheric science and ...
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  • Category:Psychologists Tinbergen, Nikolaas {{Infobox_Scientist | name = Niko Tinbergen | image = Nikolass_Tinbergen.gif | caption = Nikolaas ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Orbison illusion.svg|thumb|right|225px|Orbison illusion]] ...
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  • Oleander is the common and species name for a poisonous evergreen shrub or small tree, Nerium oleander, in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, characterized ...
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  • Albert Hoyt Taylor, Ph.D. (January 1, 1879 - December 11, 1961) was an American electrical engineer who made important early contributions to ...
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  • Acetaldehyde, sometimes known as ethanal, is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH3CHO (or MeCHO). It is a flammable liquid with a ...
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  • Nobelium (chemical symbol No, atomic number 102), also known as unnilbium (symbol Unb), is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A radioactive ...
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  • Berkelium (chemical symbol Bk, atomic number 97) is a synthetic, radioactive chemical element, classified as an actinide. It was first synthesized ...
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  • A dye can generally be described as a colored substance that has a chemical affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. The dye is ...
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  • Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς ) (c. 214 - c. 298 C.E.) was a Hellenistic mathematician. He is ...
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  • Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery metal that is found in most rare-earth minerals. It is relatively stable ...
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  • Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ( Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов , December 10|1821|November 28 – January 8|1878|December ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Nisse_d_apres_nature_ill_jnl_fal.png|thumb|right ...
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  • Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane, is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners, redolent ...
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  • Changdeokgung (Changdeok Palace or Palace of Prospering Virtue) is a palace set within a large park in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the ...
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  • Terpene is any of a large and varied class of hydrocarbons, with the molecular formula (C5H8)n, that are produced by a wide variety of plants ...
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  • In traditional Aristotelian logic, deduction or deductive reasoning is inference in which the premises, if true, purport to guarantee the truth ...
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  • In Euclidean geometry, a circle is the set of all points in a plane at a fixed distance, called the radius, from a given point, the center. The ...
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  • John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002) was a professional American football player in the 1950s-70s ...
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  • In chemistry, a carbene is a highly reactive organic compound with the general molecular formula "R1R2C:." This formula indicates that ...
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  • Zirconium (chemical symbol Zr, atomic number 40) is a strong, lustrous, gray-white metal that resembles titanium. It is obtained chiefly from ...
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  • Boyle's law (sometimes called the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one of several gas laws and a special case of the ideal gas law. Boyle's law ...
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  • Glycine is one of the 20 most common, natural, "proteinogenic" (literally, protein building) standard amino acids. It is the simplest ...
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  • Category:Public number=78 | symbol=Pt | name=platinum | left=iridium | right=gold | above=Pd | below=Ds | color1=#ffc0c0 | color2=black ...
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  • The South Korean government awarded Namdaemun, officially called Sungnyemun (숭례문, "Gate of Exalted Ceremony"), the honor of ...
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  • Ethyl acetate is an organic compound that is an ester derived from the combination of ethanol and acetic acid. Its chemical formula may be written ...
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  • Niobium or columbium (chemical symbol Nb, atomic number 41) is a rare, soft, gray metal. It was discovered in a variety of columbite (now called ...
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  • Strontium (chemical symbol Sr, atomic number 38) is a soft, silvery white metallic element that occurs naturally in the minerals celestite and ...
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  • A centrifuge is a piece of equipment, generally driven by a motor, that puts objects in rotation around a central, fixed axis, applying a force ...
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  • In mathematics and computing, an algorithm is a finite sequence of well-defined instructions for accomplishing some task that, given an initial ...
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  • Fermium (chemical symbol Fm, atomic number 100) is a synthetic element in the periodic table. A highly radioactive metallic transuranic element ...
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  • Rodrigo José Ramón Francisco de Jesús Carazo Odio (December 27, 1926 – December 9, 2009) served as President of Costa Rica from May 8, 1978 ...
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  • In philosophy and logic, the liar paradox encompasses paradoxical statements such as: *"I am lying now." *"This statement is false ...
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  • Urea is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its chemical formula may be written as CO(NH2)2, CON2H4, or CN2H4O. It ...
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  • Horace Newton Allen (1858 - 1932), a Protestant, medical missionary from the United States, who later also served as a diplomat, made a remarkable ...
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  • Gazelle is the common name for any of the various small, swift antelopes of Africa and Asia comprising the genus Gazella and the related genera ...
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  • Neptunium (chemical symbol Np, atomic number 93) is a silvery radioactive metallic element, belonging to the actinide series. It is the first ...
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  • Argon (chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18) is a member of the noble gas family of elements. It is present in the Earth's atmosphere at ...
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  • The nucleus of an atom is the very dense region at the center of the atom, consisting of particles known as protons and neutrons (collectively ...
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  • Dendrite is a highly branched, generally tapering extension of a neuron (nerve cell) that typically receives signals from other neurons and transmits ...
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  • A savanna or savannah is a tropical or subtropical woodland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so ...
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  • Federalist No. 5, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence", is a political essay by ...
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  • The Apostolic Fathers were a group of early Christian leaders believed to know the Apostles personally. The term also refers to the collection ...
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  • The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the shooting of seven people (six of them gangsters) as part of a Prohibition Era ...
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  • Valine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential in the human diet. It is similar to leucine and isoleucine in being ...
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  • The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving ...
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  • Gastrotricha is a phylum of microscopic, free-living, aquatic worms, characterized by bilateral symmetry and an acoelomate body plan. These animals ...
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  • Dolomite is the name for a mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate (CaMg(CO3)2) and for a sedimentary rock that has this mineral as its ...
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  • Nitroglycerin (NG)—also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate—is a heavy, colorless, oily liquid obtained by ...
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  • In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek word παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical ...
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  • Vyasatirtha (Kannada:ವ್ಯಾಸತೀರ್ಥ) (1460 – 1539), also called Vyasaraja or Vyasaraayaru, is considered one of the three founders ...
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  • Category:Psychologists Eysenck, Hans Hans Jürgen Eysenck (March 4, 1916 - September 4, 1997) was an eminent psychologist, most remembered for ...
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  • Hard rock is a variation of rock and roll music, which has its earliest roots in early-1960s garage and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a ...
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  • Cadmium (chemical symbol Cd, atomic number 48) is a relatively rare, soft, bluish-white metal. Its chemical properties are similar to those of ...
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  • Nikolai Onufriyevich Lossky (Russian: Николай Онуфриевич Лосский) ( December 6|1870|November 24 – January 24, 1965) ...
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  • In chemistry, isomers are molecules that share the same chemical formula but differ in the arrangement of atoms. (Isomers in chemistry should ...
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  • Fatty acids are a class of compounds containing a long hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxylate group (-COOH). They have the general structure ...
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  • A number is an abstract mathematical object represented by a symbol that is used in counting and measuring. A symbol that represents a number ...
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  • The idea of a Geographical zone was first hypothesized by the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle in an attempt to classify the world's climatic ...
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  • Federalist No. 4, titled "The Same Subject Continued: Concerning Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence", is a political essay by ...
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  • Thallium (chemical symbol Tl, atomic number 81) is a soft, malleable metal. When freshly cut, it looks like tin, but it discolors to gray when ...
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  • An acid-base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base. Several concepts exist which provide alternative definitions ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Barber-pole-01.gif|thumb|150px|A Classic Barbershop Pole]] ...
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  • Category:Psychologists category:Psychology McClelland, David [[Image:David McClelland.jpg|right|frame|David McClelland]] David Clarence McClelland ...
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  • In chemistry, anthracene is a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of three benzene rings derived from coal-tar. Anthracene is used ...
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  • Geb (also spelled Seb, and Keb) was an important member of the Ennead, the pantheon of deities revered in ancient Lower Egypt. Geb represented ...
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  • A semiconductor is a solid whose electrical conductivity can be controlled over a wide range, either permanently or dynamically. Semiconductors ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Impossible_cube_illusion_angle.svg|200px|thumb|right|An impossible ...
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  • Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (June 14, 1736 – August 23, 1806), a French engineer and physicist, discovered the relationship between the force ...
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  • Glossolalia (from Greek glossa γλώσσα "tongue, language" and lalô λαλώ "speak, speaking") refers to ecstatic utterances ...
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  • Marty Robbins (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982) was one of the most popular American country and western singers of his era. His signature ...
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  • Scandium (chemical symbol Sc, atomic number 21) is a soft, silvery-white metal. Scandium ore occurs in rare minerals from Scandinavia and elsewhere ...
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  • The Azores are a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 950 miles from Lisbon and about 2,400 miles from the east coast of North ...
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  • The Doppler effect, named after Christian Doppler, is the apparent change in frequency and wavelength of a wave that is perceived by an observer ...
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  • Ethylene oxide (chemical formula C2H4O) is an important industrial chemical. It is also known as epoxyethane (IUPAC name), oxirane, and dimethylene ...
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  • Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a toxic, colorless crystalline solid with a distinctive sweet tarry odor. Its chemical ...
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  • Silicones (more accurately called polymerized siloxanes or polysiloxanes) are mixed inorganic-organic polymers. Their general chemical formula ...
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  • Category:Image wanted Walter Charles Hagen, (December 21, 1892 – October 6, 1969) was the first superstar in golf due to his tremendous skill ...
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  • Cerium (chemical symbol Ce, atomic number 58) is a silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical elements. It ...
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  • Chromium (chemical symbol Cr, atomic number 24) is a hard, shiny, steel-gray metal that takes a high polish and does not tarnish. It is therefore ...
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  • Thulium (chemical symbol Tm, atomic number 69) is the least abundant of the rare earth metals. The term "rare earth metals" (or "rare ...
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  • The speed of an object is the rate of motion of the object, or the rate at which the object changes its position. It is usually expressed as ...
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  • Marlin is the common name for several, large marine billfish in the family Istiophoridae of the bony fish order Perciformes. As with the other ...
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  • Cytochrome c, or cyt c is a small, water soluble heme protein associated with the inner membrane of the mitochondrion. It is an essential link ...
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  • Omar Nelson Bradley KCB (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during ...
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  • Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic acids. Eighth-century alchemists called it aqua fortis (strong water ...
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  • Thomas Heyward, Jr. (July 28, 1746 – March 6, 1809), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a Revolutionary War officer ...
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  • Category:Media Organizations Christian Science Monitor, The The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is an international newspaper published daily ...
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  • James Joseph "Gene" Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-28 who defeated Jack Dempsey ...
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  • Edwin Smith Papyrus, or Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, is a preserved medical document from ancient Egypt that traces to about the sixteenth to ...
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  • Epinephrine or adrenaline (sometimes spelled "epinephrin" or "adrenalin" respectively) is a hormone that is secreted principally ...
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  • Chief Joseph (March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Native Americans during ...
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  • Category:Public [[Image:plasma fountain.gif|thumb|300px|right|The Earth's "plasma fountain," showing oxygen, helium, and hydrogen ...
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