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Chemistry: Who Invented Chemistry?

Who Invented Chemistry?ChemistryWhy Study Chemistry?Why Do We Need Chemistry?What Have I Gotten Myself Into?This Stuff Is Really Fun!Who Invented Chemistry?Succeeding Where Others Have Failed If…

atomism

(Encyclopedia) atomism, philosophic concept of the nature of the universe, holding that the universe is composed of invisible, indestructible material particles. The theory was first advanced in the…

Marlo Thomas

actressBorn: 11/21/1937Birthplace: Deerfield, Mich. Emmy Award-winning actress who is best known for her role as one of television's first independent women, Ann Marie, on That Girl (1966–71). She…

Phil Donahue

TV talk show hostBorn: 12/21/1935Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Host of the popular, Emmy Award-winning TV talk show, Donahue, Phil Donahue was one of the originators of the daytime talk show format…

Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount

(Encyclopedia) Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British air marshal. He entered the army in 1893 and served in the South African War. During World War I he commanded the…

Chemistry: Avogadro's Law and the Ideal Gas Law

Avogadro's Law and the Ideal Gas LawChemistryGas LawsBoyle's Law: Why Compressed Gas Is SmallCharles's Law: The Incredible Imploding CanGay-Lussac's Law: Spray Paint + Campfire = Bad NewsThe Combined…

Chemistry: Gas Laws

Gas LawsChemistryGas LawsBoyle's Law: Why Compressed Gas Is SmallCharles's Law: The Incredible Imploding CanGay-Lussac's Law: Spray Paint + Campfire = Bad NewsThe Combined Gas LawAvogadro's Law and…

2008 Academy Awards

2008 Academy Awards | Oscar winners and nomineesThe 2008 Academy Awards were presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners…

2008 Academy Awards

The 2008 Academy Awards will be presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre. Best Picture The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk…

Mariotte, Edme

(Encyclopedia) Mariotte, EdmeMariotte, Edmeĕdˈmə märyôtˈ [key], 1620?–1684, French physicist. His De la nature de l'air (1676) includes a statement of Boyle's law (see gas laws), which he discovered…