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Chemistry: This Stuff Is Really Fun!

This Stuff Is Really Fun!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…

wig

(Encyclopedia) wig, arrangement of artificial or human hair worn to conceal baldness, as a disguise, or as part of a costume, either theatrical, ceremonial, or fashionable. In ancient Egypt the wig…

People in the World

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do” is a famous saying about customs. But what exactly do the Romans and other people do that is so different? Where do women wear rings in their noses to show they…

DK Science: Lakes

FIND OUT MORELakes form where water fills hollows in the landscape. Some of these hollows are formed by glaciers gouging into the ground, and some are created when river valleys are blocked…

The Wizard of Oz | Chapter 1

by L. Frank Baum   DOROTHY LIVED IN THE MIDST of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house…

NFL Football Preview 1999: NFC Central

NFC Central Minnesota Vikings - It will be difficult if not impossible for the Vikings to have as good a regular season as they did in 1998. The Vikings went 15-1 and looked like…

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

(Encyclopedia) Doyle, Sir Arthur ConanDoyle, Sir Arthur Conankōˈnən, kŏnˈən [key], 1859–1930, British author and creator of Sherlock Holmes, b. Edinburgh. Educated at the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh…

Van Vechten, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Van Vechten, CarlVan Vechten, Carlvăn vĕkˈtən [key], 1880–1964, American music critic, novelist, and photographer, b. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grad. Univ. of Chicago, 1903. While he was a…