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Math Flashcards Addition Subtraction Multiplication Division Addition & Subtraction Terms Used in Addition Terms Used in Subtraction Terms Used in Multiplication Terms…

Eccles, Sir John Carew

(Encyclopedia) Eccles, Sir John CarewEccles, Sir John Carewkârˈē, ĕkˈəlz [key], 1903–97, Australian neurophysiologist. He was educated at the Univ. of Melbourne and at Magdalene College, Oxford. He…

Milne, A. A.

(Encyclopedia) Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander Milne)Milne, A. A.mĭln, mĭl [key], 1882–1956, English author. Milne began his literary career as a journalist and later became a regular contributor to…

Kantrowitz, Adrian

(Encyclopedia) Kantrowitz, AdrianKantrowitz, Adriankănˈtrəwĭtsˌ [key], 1918–2008, American surgeon, b. New York City, grad. New York Univ. (1940). The son of a physician, Kantrowitz received his M.D…

Turing machine

(Encyclopedia) Turing machine, a mathematical model of a device that computes via a series of discrete steps and is not limited in use by a fixed maximum amount of data storage. Introduced by the…

Banking in the United States

Here are key moments in the history of U.S. banking 1781 The first U.S. commerical bank is incorporated in Philadelphia, the Bank of North America. 1791 The First Bank of the…

Terms Used in Equations

Here are the terms used in equations for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. These terms include augend, addend, sum, subtrahend, minuend, difference, multiplicand, multiplier,…

The Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition

Editor Paul Lagassé Senior Editors Lora Goldman Archie Hobson Susan R. Norton Associate Editors Barry J. Katzen Alan D. Levy Theodore Zinn Contributors Curt Bertschi Helen Chumbley Jonathan…

Hagler, Marvelous Marvin

(Encyclopedia) Hagler, Marvelous Marvin (Marvin Nathaniel Hagler), 1954-2021, African American champion middle-weight boxer, b. Newark, N.J. Raised…

Bob Goodenow

Born: Oct. 29, 1952Hockey succeeded Alan Eagleson as executive director of NHL Players Assn. in 1990; led players out on 10-day strike (Apr. 1-10) in 1992, during 103-day owners’ lockout in 1994-95…