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(Encyclopedia) xenonxenonzēˈnŏn [key] [Gr.,=strange], gaseous chemical element; symbol Xe; at. no. 54; at. wt. 131.293; m.p. −111.9℃; b.p. −107.1℃; density 5.86 grams per liter at STP; valence…periodic law
(Encyclopedia) periodic law, statement of a periodic recurrence of chemical and physical properties of the elements when the elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number. Such an…Teller, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Teller, Edward, 1908–2003, American physicist, b. Budapest, Hungary, Ph.D. Univ. of Leipzig, 1930, where he studied under Werner Heisenberg. Fleeing the Nazis, he came to the United…Jones, Quincy
(Encyclopedia) Jones, Quincy (Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), 1933–, African-American musician, composer, bandleader, and music executive, b. Chicago. Jones played trumpet and sang gospel growing up, and…dark energy
(Encyclopedia) dark energy, repulsive force that opposes the self-attraction of matter (see gravitation) and causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate. The search for dark energy was…Geiger counter
(Encyclopedia) Geiger counter or Geiger-Müller (G-M) counterGeiger countergīˈgər-mŭlˈər, –my&oomacr;ˈlər [key], instrument for the detection and quantitative determination of ionizing radiation…West, Kanye Omari
(Encyclopedia) West, Kanye Omari, 1977- , African American rapper, b. Atlanta (some sources give Douglasville), Al. West’s father, Ray, was a…black hole
(Encyclopedia) black hole, in astronomy, celestial object of such extremely intense gravity that it attracts everything near it and in some instances prevents everything, including light, from…Chandra: Exploring the Invisible Universe
Sources: NASA and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. NASA's most powerful X-ray telescope, called the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), was launched from the space shuttle Columbia…King Conspiracy Theory #1
Ray was the unwitting patsy for someone shadier by Borgna Brunner Was James Earl Ray, a career criminal and known racist, nothing more than a patsy for someone even shadier? King Conspiracy…Trending
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