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  • *Pu-239 + neutron -> fission fragments + 2.95 neutrons + 200 MeV. This excludes 10 MeV for unusable and hardly detectable neutrinos. ...
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  • The Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時代, Chūnqiū Shídài) was a period in Chinese history, which roughly corresponds to the first half ...
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  • Uranium (chemical symbol U, atomic number 92) is a silvery metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table. The heaviest ...
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  • Molds (American English) or moulds (British English) are microscopic, multicellular fungi. They are generally composed of hyphae (filamentous ...
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  • Astronomy in China has a very long history. Oracle bones from the Shang Dynasty (second millennium B.C.E.) record eclipses and novae. Detailed ...
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  • Li Houzhu ( c=李後主|p=Lǐ Hòuzhǔ|l=The Latter Lord Li , 936–978), also known as Houzhu of Southern Tang (南唐後主, literally "the ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics [[File:A print from 1845 shows cowry shells being used as money by an Arab trader.jpg ...
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  • Legalism (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: Fǎjiā; Wade-Giles: Fa-chia; literally "School of law") was one of the four main schools of thought ...
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  • Samarium (chemical symbol Sm, atomic number 62) is a bright silvery metal that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical elements. It ...
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  • The Eight Banners (In Manchu: [[Image:jakūn gūsa.png|jakūn gūsa|20px]] jakūn gūsa, In Chinese: 八旗 baqí) were administrative military ...
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  • Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" in "Jizi" comes from Shang's tradition of calling royal family ...
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  • Mineralogy is an Earth science focused around the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. Specific ...
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  • Zhou Dunyi (Chinese: 周敦颐/周敦頤; Pinyin: Zhōu Dūnyí; Wade-Giles: Chou Tun-yi; 1017-1073 C.E.), or Zhou Lianxi (周濂溪; Chou Lien ...
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  • Gu Kaizhi ( t=顧愷之|s=顾恺之|p=Gù Kǎizhī|w=Ku K'ai-chih ) (c. 344 - 406), a celebrated painter of ancient China, is regarded as ...
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  • Huang Taiji (November 8, 1592 – September 21, 1643; reigned 1626 – 1643) ( c=皇太極|p=Huáng Tàijí ; transliteration from Manchu: Hong ...
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  • Oolong ( c=烏龍 → wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea somewhere between green (no oxidation) and black (fully oxidized) teas in oxidation ...
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  • Electronegativity is one of the fundamental concepts for an understanding of chemical bonding. The first modern definition was suggested by Linus ...
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  • In ancient times as well as today, Feng Shui, (風水) pronounced in English as [ fʊŋ'ʃweɪ ] ("fung shway"), was known as ...
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  • A modem (from modulate and demodulate) is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates ...
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  • A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from deep ...
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