(Encyclopedia) United Nations Secretaries-General
Secretary-General
Nationality
Dates in Office
Trygve Halvdan Lie
Norwegian
1946–53
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish
1953–61
U Thant
Burmese
1962–71…
(Encyclopedia) planetary science or planetology, study of planets and planetary systems as a whole. Planetary science applies the theories and methods of traditional disciplines such as astronomy,…
(Encyclopedia) OsirisOsirisōsīˈrĭs [key], in Egyptian religion, legendary ruler of predynastic Egypt and god of the underworld. He was the son of the sky goddess Nut and the earth god Geb. The great…
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Media Myths by Beth Rowen War of the WorldsKnown for his flair for the dramatic, Orson Welles, with members of his Mercury Theatre Company, incited mass hysteria and earned themselves…
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Approximate heights of some types of clouds
cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air.
Cloudiness (or proportion of the sky covered by any…
(Encyclopedia) Mailer, Norman (Norman Kingsley Mailer), 1923–2007, American writer, b. Long Branch, N.J., grad. Harvard, 1943. He grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., served in the army during World War II,…
WHAT IS THE TEMPERATURE ON MERCURY? WHAT IS MERCURY’S SURFACE LIKE? FIND OUT MOREA rocky sphere, with a huge iron core, Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. It can sometimes be glimpsed from…
