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Geometry: How Many Shapes Can a Circle Have?

How Many Shapes Can a Circle Have?GeometryWhose Geometry Is It Anyway?Non-Euclidean GeometryHyperbolic Geometry: Saddle Up!Spherical GeometryTaxi-Cab GeometryMax GeometryHow Many Shapes Can a Circle…

Abram Nicholas Pritzker

entrepreneurBorn: 1/6/1896Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Died: 2/8/1986 The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Pritzker lived the American Dream. He graduated from Harvard Law School and worked for a…

Adventure

Gertrude Bell was born in England in 1868. She was the first European woman to travel in remote parts of the Middle East. She traveled, often…

Measuring Motion

Speed is the measure of motion. You can find it by dividing the distance covered by the time it takes to travel that distance.Speed of Light If a star is 10 light-years away, it is about 60…

State Department Notes on Namibia

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy National Security Foreign Relations U.S.-Namibian Relations PEOPLENamibians are of…

DK Science: Acoustics

HOLLYWOOD BOWLCONCERT HALLECHOESABSORPTIONFIND OUT MOREThe science of how sound behaves, especially when it travels through our everyday world, is called acoustics. Sound waves normally travel…

State Department Notes on Cote d'Ivoire

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Ivoirian Relations PEOPLECote d'Ivoire has more than 60 ethnic…

State Department Notes on Czech Republic

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy National Security Foreign Relations U.S.-Czech Relations PEOPLEThe majority of the 10…