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Roberto Duran

Born: June 16, 1951Panamanian boxer one of only 4 fighters to hold 4 different world titles— lightweight (1972-79), welterweight (1980), junior middleweight (1983) and middleweight (1989-90); lost…

Philo Taylor Farnsworth

Born: 1906Birthplace: Beaver, Utah Television system—At the age of 20 Farnsworth produced the first all-electronic television image. In addition to his television system he invented the first cold…

Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold

(Encyclopedia) Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold, 1919–2004, British electrical engineer. A radar expert for the Royal Air Force during World War II, in the 1950s Hounsfield began developing computer…

Hess, Victor Francis

(Encyclopedia) Hess, Victor Francis, 1883–1964, American physicist, b. Austria, Ph.D. Univ. of Graz, 1906. After teaching at the universities of Graz and Innsbruck, he came to the United States in…

DK Science: Fish

FILTER FEEDERAFRICAN LUNGFISHJAWLESS LAMPREYFISHFIND OUT MOREFish are water animals that evolved about 500 million years ago. They were the first animals to have an internal skeleton. Most fish…

Skeet Ulrich

(Bryan Ray Ulrich)actorBorn: 1/20/1970Birthplace: North Carolina Ulrich left North Carolina for New York City and an acting career, getting off to a fine start when he was invited to join David…

wood

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Wood A. Cross section of a woody stem B. Enlarged view, showing xylem, phloem, and cambium wood, botanically, the xylem tissue that forms the bulk of the stem of a woody plant…

DK Earth: Atmosphere

DOES THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN THE SAME FROM EARTH TO SPACE? WHAT IS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE? FIVE ATMOSPHERE LAYERSOZONE LAYERFIND OUT MOREMost life on Earth depends on the atmosphere, a bubble of gases…

Chuck Norris

(Carlos Ray Norris)actor, athleteBorn: 3/10/1940Birthplace: Ryan, Oklahoma Norris won the World Middleweight Karate Championship seven times before entering the entertainment business. He is famous…