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- Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ... From a young age, Maria was surrounded by the students and lecturers from the University, intellectua...
5: ...at Sarah Lawrence College. Here she developed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work s...
7: ... is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
11: ...1963]] saw both [[Maria]] and [[Hans Jensen]] awarded the Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for their disco...
17: After her death in [[1972]], an award was set up by the [[Amer... - Dorothy Hamill (1348 bytes)
1: ...icago, Illinois]], here parents moved to [[Riverside]], [[Connecticut]] shortly after she was born, wh...
3: ... she learned to be a professional. When she was older she won an Olympic gold medal and the world cham...
5: The U. S. champion from 1974 through 1976, Hamill developed a new move, a spin that turns into a [[sit...
7: ...7-84; she bought the financially-strapped Ice Capades in [[1993]], but sold it to [[Pat Robertson]] so...
9: A doll was made of her in 1977. - Maple (3638 bytes)
14: ...onsiderable distance on the wind. The name 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (sharp), from the har...
21: ...ch is then boiled to produce [[maple syrup]] or made into [[maple syrup|maple sugar]] or [[maple syrup...
25: The [[flag of Canada]] depicts a stylized [[maple leaf]] and is a prominent... - Beehive (beekeeping) (7741 bytes)
5: ...e modern 'movable-frame' hives. Harvest generally destroyed the hives, though there were some adaptati...
7: ...ided more [[beeswax]] but far less honey than a modern hive.
9: ...be inspected for disease or [[parasite]]s without destruction of the honeycomb and usually the colony....
14: ...but more often stacked in rows to provide some shade, at least for those not on top. Keepers could smo...
17: In northern and western [[Europe]], baskets made of coils of [[Poaceae|grass]] or straw, called sk... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: The materials definition of a '''glass''' is a uniform [[amorphous...
3: ...ed the word ''glaes'' to describe [[amber]], recorded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesu...
5: ...glasses in common use as a building, container or decorative material.
9: ...d with very smooth and impervious surfaces. These desirable properties lead to a great many uses of gl...
13: ...ommon glass''' is mostly amorphous [[silicon dioxide]] ([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which... - Cycling (1157 bytes)
25: * [[Bike derby]] - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
21: DensityRank = 4<sup>th</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 271.40 |
23: AdmittanceOrder = 5<sup>th</sup> |
26: Longitude = 71?47'W to 73?44'W |
27: Latitude = 40?58'N to 42?3'N | - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
8: Nickname = The Garden State |
11: Governor = [[Richard Codey]] (acting)|
13: OfficialLang = ''None defined'' |
21: DensityRank = 1<sup>st</sup> |
22: 2000Density = 438 | - Spider (29039 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Spiders}}
2: ...r spider]] | caption = [[Long-jawed orb weaver spider]]}}
11: '''Suborder [[Mesothelae]]'''<br /> <!-- Families missing f...
12: ...p; [[Liphistiidae]] (primitive burrowing spiders)<br />
13: ...sp; [[Arthrolycosidae]] (primitive spiders)<br /> - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...ary|dictionaries]] and [[encyclopedia]]s (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the wor...
3: It includes listings or tabular information for quick refere...
7: ...ve come back to this page, paste the javascript code you have copied into your URL window and run it. ...
9: <!-- [[Wikipedia:Page size]] suggests not to divide lists even large.
13: ...llpadding=1 cellspacing=0 style="float: right; border-collapse: collapse"> - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...anges from −0.4 to 5.5 in [[apparent magnitude]]; Mercury is sufficiently "close" to the Sun tha...
3: ...not realized it could alternately appear on one side of the Sun and then the other. It was called [[He...
12: ...aded [[Impact crater|crater]]s, where it has been deposited by [[comet]] impacts and/or gases arising ...
16: ...idal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the Sun's tides on Mercury are about 17% stronger than the Moon'...
28: ...of Earth compresses the planet and creates a high density. Mercury has only 5.5% of Earth's mass. The ... - Pioneer 11 (5118 bytes)
5: ...neer 10. Three pairs of rocket [[thruster]]s provided spin-axis control (maintained at 4.8 rpm) and ch...
7: ...[[telescope]]s with overlapping fields of view to detect [[sunlight]] reflected from passing [[meteoro...
11: ...e Sun at a nearly [[asymptotic latitude]] of 17.4 degrees above the [[solar equatorial plane]] and was...
15: ...e origin of the spacecraft. It includes a drawing depicting a man, a woman, the transition of a hydrog... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
6: ...rom the equatorial region toward the higher latitudes.
9: ...ation]] from water vapor condensing at high altitudes. Because of this, a tropical cyclone can be thou...
11: The ingredients for a tropical cyclone include a pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical...
13: ...water, which provides the atmospheric moisture needed. The evaporation of this moisture is driven by t...
16: ...ons, tropical storms and a third group whose name depends on the region. - Butterfly (9348 bytes)
11: * Superfamily [[Hesperioidea]]:<br>
13: * Superfamily [[Papilionoidea]]:<br>
20: ...] [[Hesperioidea]] (the skippers) and [[Papilionoidea]] (all other butterflies). Many butterflies have...
29: ...drying out before the larva has had time to fully develop. Each egg contains a number of tiny funnel-s...
34: [[Image:Butterfly_012.jpg|thumb|250px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Abacus (7218 bytes)
1: ...written [[Arabic numerals]] system and is still widely used by merchants and clerks in [[China]] and e...
7: ...1b.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Abacus Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
8: ...computation. The beads are usually rounded and made of a hard wood. The beads are counted by moving ...
10: ...ools, very efficient suanpan techniques have been developed to do [[multiplication]], [[division (math...
20: device is not beads on wires than the drawing used i... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
4: :'''Founded:''' [[1870]], as an independent professional club. Joined the National Associa...
5: ...emnants'', in [[1901]], after a number of players deserted the team for the [[American League]]. The ...
8: :'''Logo design:''' A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle...
18: ...teams in [[1870]], each with the singular goal of defeating the Red Stockings. A number of them adopt...
20: ...uth side of the city. The [[Great Chicago Fire]] destroyed the club's ballpark, uniforms and other po... - Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
5: :'''Founded:''' [[1882]], as a charter member of the [[Amer...
6: ...New York). Sometimes erroneously referred to in modern references as "''the'' Alleghenies". Ballclub w...
9: :'''Logo design:''' Pirate caricature superimposed on crossed...
17: ...00]], the Pirates picked up star players from the defunct [[Louisville, Kentucky]] club, including gre...
19: ...t World Series title in [[1909]], defeating the [[Detroit Tigers]] in seven games. - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ...ng various [[golf club (equipment)|clubs]]. It is defined in the ''Rules of Golf'' as ''"playing a bal...
6: ...the ball in as few strokes as possible may be impeded by various obstructions, such as bunkers and [[w...
8: ...r and then adds the points over a round; for more details on this method, see [[The INTERNATIONAL]], a...
16: ... or may be replaced by dropping another ball outside the water, but a penalty is incurred in the latte...
18: ...The ''hole'' must have a diameter of 108 mm and a depth of at least 100 mm. Its position on the green ... - Shot put (2126 bytes)
4: ... the front of the circle to where the shot has landed.
6: ...and the competitor with the furthest legal put is declared the winner. In men's competition, the shot ...
8: ...y, most top shot putters use the spin, but the glide remains popular especially at the amateur level s...
22: The top distances for the last decade have decreased, perhaps due to increased anti-doping effo... - Earth Day (8264 bytes)
1: ...held annually in the (northern) spring, both intended to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the...
12: ...he Environment in [[1969]], the same year that he designed the [[Earth flag]]. The first ''Earth Day''...
13: ...e equinox. In [[1975]] the U.S. Congress and President [[Gerald Ford|Ford]] proclaimed and urged obser...
21: ...udents and selected [[Denis Hayes]] (a Harvard student and Stanford graduate) as coordinator of activi...
23: ...the time nor resources to organize the 20 million demonstrators and the thousands of schools and local...
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