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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 ...14 KB (2,342 words) - 18:15, 22 December 2022
- 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 ...11 KB (1,638 words) - 00:23, 8 January 2024
- 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 ...5 KB (683 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- 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 ...8 KB (1,238 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,989 words) - 14:40, 5 December 2023
- 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 ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 02:48, 8 January 2024
- 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 ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- Category:Psychologists Janet, Pierre Pierre Marie Félix Janet (May 30, 1859 – February 24, 1947) was a French psychiatrist, a student of Jean-Martin Charcot ...12 KB (1,594 words) - 05:23, 24 November 2022
- 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 ...8 KB (1,160 words) - 23:57, 24 March 2024
- 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 ...22 KB (2,978 words) - 16:03, 31 October 2023
- 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 ...18 KB (2,941 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- A modal logic was originally designed to describe the logical relations of modal notions. The list of the notions includes metaphysical modalities (necessities ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 19:24, 9 November 2022
- During the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea, the royal courts conducted gwageo (or kwago), the national civil service examinations. Typically quite demanding ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 06:03, 27 July 2023
- In linguistics, logic, and mathematics etc., quantification is the kind of linguistic construction that specifies the quantity of individuals in the domain of ...14 KB (2,119 words) - 04:04, 7 December 2022
- Syllogism (Greek: συλλογισμός, meaning "conclusion" or "inference"), more correctly categorical syllogism, is a kind of logical ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 01:55, 27 February 2023
- 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 ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- The Kama Sutra (properly called Kamasutram meaning "threads of pleasure"), is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on love ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek word παραβολή) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical surface and ...17 KB (2,651 words) - 11:24, 11 March 2023
- Category:Educators and Educational theorists Hill, Patty Smith Patty Smith Hill (March 27, 1868 – May 25, 1946) was a American nursery school, and kindergarten ...9 KB (1,385 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- 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 ...7 KB (1,155 words) - 06:51, 25 July 2023
- In physics, there are two kinds of dipoles (from the Greek terms di(s)-, meaning "two," and polos, meaning "pivot" or "hinge"): ...20 KB (3,037 words) - 15:26, 29 January 2024
- category:image wanted John Smyth (1570 – c. August 28, 1612) was co-founder, with Thomas Helwys of the modern Baptist denomination, Ordained as an Anglican ...8 KB (1,224 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Barber-pole-01.gif|thumb|150px|A Classic Barbershop Pole]] The barberpole ...4 KB (677 words) - 02:22, 1 January 2022
- Spruce is the common name for any of the various coniferous evergreen trees comprising the genus Picea of the pine family (Pinaceae), characterized by single ...11 KB (1,545 words) - 16:15, 8 February 2023
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the DPRK), is an East Asian country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, with ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- In population genetics, genetic drift is the phenomenon of change in the frequency of alleles (variants of a gene) in a population of organisms due to chance ...10 KB (1,609 words) - 11:31, 3 August 2021
- Panthera is a genus of large, wild cats in the mammalian family, Felidae, and includes the four, well-known living species of the lion (Panthera leo), the tiger ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. (May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was a long-time president and chairman of General Motors. New York Times "Alfred P. Sloan ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- Eugene Paul Wigner (usually E. P. Wigner among physicists) (November 17, 1902 – January 1, 1995) was a Hungarian physicist and mathematician. He received the ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 04:15, 23 March 2024
- Lev Davidovich Landau (January 22, 1908 – April 1, 1968) was a prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics ...7 KB (1,038 words) - 22:05, 25 October 2022
- Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became ...11 KB (1,731 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- Category:Economists Category:Biography Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper [[Image:Enfantin.gif|thumb| Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin]] Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 10:59, 20 September 2023
- The Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament attributed to Saint Peter, the Apostle, although scholars doubt this attribution. The main emphasis ...14 KB (2,173 words) - 17:41, 25 January 2023
- Category:Public Category:Psychologists Bleuler, Eugen [[Image:Eugen Bleuler.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of Eugen Bleuler.]] Paul Eugen Bleuler (April 30, 1857 ...8 KB (1,200 words) - 04:41, 22 March 2024
- Transfer RNA (tRNA) is a class of short-chain, non-coding ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules in which each variety attaches to and transfers a specific amino acid ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 01:34, 2 May 2023
- In chemistry, a carbene is a highly reactive organic compound with the general molecular formula "R1R2C:." This formula indicates that each molecule ...12 KB (1,686 words) - 07:11, 24 April 2023
- Ribozyme (from ribonucleic acid enzyme) is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule that can catalyze biochemical reactions, just as as certain protein enzymes act ...13 KB (1,885 words) - 20:53, 16 April 2023
- In logic, two sentences (either in a formal language or a natural language) may be joined by means of a logical connective to form a compound sentence. The truth ...27 KB (3,934 words) - 20:59, 3 November 2022
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, a meson is a composite subatomic particle comprising one quark and one antiquark. Mesons are part of the hadron particle ...20 KB (3,017 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- A photoresistor is an electronic component whose electrical resistance changes as the intensity of light shining on it varies. Usually, when it is exposed to ...5 KB (694 words) - 05:04, 24 November 2022
- Vaisheshika, also Vaisesika (Sanskrit: वैशॆषिक, IAST Vaiśeṣika), is one of the six Hindu schools of philosophy (orthodox Vedic systems) of India ...19 KB (2,996 words) - 14:10, 3 May 2023
- Determinism is the philosophical view that past events and the laws of nature fix or set future events. The interest of determinism in analytic philosophy primarily ...14 KB (2,077 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- Marin Mersenne, Marin Mersennus, or le Père Mersenne (September 8, 1588 – September 1, 1648) was a French theologian, philosopher, mathematician, and music ...8 KB (1,231 words) - 15:57, 6 November 2022
- Mayfly is the common name for any of the insects that belong to the Order Ephemeroptera, characterized by a short-lived adult stage and fragile wings. The longer ...14 KB (2,120 words) - 09:21, 10 March 2023
- The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Marching from ...15 KB (2,213 words) - 01:43, 26 September 2023
- Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (November 23, 1919 – February 13, 2006) was an English philosopher, and a leading member of the group of twentieth century Anglo ...11 KB (1,580 words) - 01:34, 24 November 2022
- In physics, wavelength is the distance between repeating units of a propagating wave at a given frequency. It is commonly designated by the Greek letter lambda ...6 KB (857 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- Situational ethics, or situation ethics, is a teleological and consequential theory of ethics concerned with the outcome of an action as opposed to an action ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 22:41, 29 January 2023
- A metalloid is a chemical element with properties that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. The following elements are generally classified ...7 KB (910 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- Category:Economists Cournot, Antoine Augustin [[Image:Antoine Augustin Cournot.jpg|thumb|Antoine Augustin Cournot]] Antoine Augustin Cournot (August 28, 1801 ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 12:00, 30 October 2021
