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DK Science: Heat Transfer

EVAPORATIONCONVECTIONCONDUCTIONRADIATIONFIND OUT MOREHeat energy can be transferred from one place to another by three main processes. In CONVECTION, heat energy is carried by the movement of…

Writing Well: Sample Term Papers

Sample Term PapersWriting WellSample Term PapersTerm Paper #2Term Paper #3 Term Paper #1 Felix Mendelssohn by Charles Rozakis Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was born on February 3, 1809…

Nazarenes

(Encyclopedia) NazarenesNazarenesnăzˈərēnz [key], group of German artists of the early 19th cent., who attempted to revive Christian art. In 1809, J. F. Overbeck and Franz Pforr formed an art…

Wertmüller, Lina

(Encyclopedia) Wertmüller, Lina, 1928–2021, Italian film director, b. Archangela as Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braucich. In the…

cognitive psychology

(Encyclopedia) cognitive psychology, school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. It had its foundations in the Gestalt psychology of…

Philadelphia Orchestra

(Encyclopedia) Philadelphia Orchestra, founded 1900 by Fritz Scheel, who was its conductor until his death in 1907. Scheel was followed by Karl Pohlig (1907–12). Under the leadership (1912–38) of…

DK Arts & Entertainment: Composition

WHERE DO COMPOSERS GET THEIR IDEAS? WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A COMPOSITION? WHAT COMES FIRST—WORDS OR MUSIC? IS ALL MUSIC COMPOSED? MUSIC TECHNOLOGY SCOREFIND OUT MOREMost music is imagined first and…

Nobel Prizes: 2002

2002 Nobel Prize Winners   Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States Peace: Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and , were cited "for their work for a better…

monad

(Encyclopedia) monad: see Bruno, Giordano; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von.