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  • Part of the foundation of mathematics, Russell's paradox (also known as Russell's antinomy), discovered by Bertrand Russell in 1901, showed that the ...
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  • In physics, Compton scattering or the Compton effect is the decrease in energy (increase in wavelength) of an X-ray or gamma ray photon when it interacts with ...
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  • In chemistry, a mixture is a material made by combining two or more different chemical substances (such as chemical elements and chemical compounds) in such ...
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  • Vapor pressure (or vapour pressure) is the pressure of a vapor in equilibrium with its non-vapor phases. Under appropriate conditions of temperature and pressure ...
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  • A chemical equation is a symbolic representation of a chemical reaction, wherein one set of substances, called the reactants, is converted into another set of ...
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  • The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent that is covered by relatively shallow seas and gulfs during interglacial periods (such as the ...
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  • Transportation in South Korea refers to all modes of transportation that have been developed in South Korea from before the Japanese colonization of Korea in ...
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  • The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each of which has two methyl functional groups attached to the benzene ring. The three members ...
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  • Category:Psychologists Janet, Pierre Pierre Marie Félix Janet (May 30, 1859 – February 24, 1947) was a French psychiatrist, a student of Jean-Martin Charcot ...
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  • The exponential function is one of the most important functions in mathematics. For a variable x, this function is written as exp(x) or ex, where e is a mathematical ...
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  • In thermodynamics and molecular chemistry, the enthalpy or heat content (denoted as H, h, or rarely as χ) is a quotient or description of thermodynamic potential ...
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  • A modal logic was originally designed to describe the logical relations of modal notions. The list of the notions includes metaphysical modalities (necessities ...
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  • During the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea, the royal courts conducted gwageo (or kwago), the national civil service examinations. Typically quite demanding ...
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  • In linguistics, logic, and mathematics etc., quantification is the kind of linguistic construction that specifies the quantity of individuals in the domain of ...
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  • Syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός, meaning "conclusion" or "inference"), more correctly categorical syllogism, is a kind of logical ...
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  • In mathematics, curvature refers to any of a number of loosely related concepts in different areas of geometry. Intuitively, curvature is the amount by which ...
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  • The Kama Sutra (properly called Kamasutram meaning "threads of pleasure"), is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on love ...
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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 surface and ...
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  • Category:Educators and Educational theorists Hill, Patty Smith Patty Smith Hill (March 27, 1868 – May 25, 1946) was a American nursery school, and kindergarten ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Ames room.svg|right|350px]] An Ames room is a distorted room used to create ...
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