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Geometry: Taxi-Cab Geometry

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

Geometry: The SAS Postulate

The SAS PostulateGeometryCongruent TrianglesCPOCTACThe Big FiveThe SAS PostulateThe ASA PostulateThe AAS TheoremProving Segments and Angles Are CongruentProving Lines Are Parallel You are probably…

postmodernism

(Encyclopedia) postmodernism, term used to designate a multitude of trends—in the arts, philosophy, religion, technology, and many other areas—that come after and deviate from the many 20th-cent.…

Magic for Beginners Volume 2

Distributor:Brian Richards EntertainmentAge Level:8 and older In this clear, concise instructional video magician, Brian Richards performs twelve simple magic tricks and shows how they can be…

language acquisition

(Encyclopedia) language acquisition, the process of learning a native or a second language. The acquisition of native languages is studied primarily by developmental psychologists and psycholinguists…

reading, mental process

(Encyclopedia) reading, process of mentally interpreting written symbols. Facility in reading is an essential factor in educational progress, and instruction in this basic skill is a primary purpose…

The Rolling Stones

rock band British rock band considered one of the most influential of all time. The Stones appeared on the music scene at about the same time as The Beatles and balanced the mop tops' clean-cut…

Dirk Bogarde

(Derek Van den Bogaerde)actor, directorBorn: 3/28/1921Birthplace: London, England Polished and sophisticated English actor who gained acclaim in the 1960's as the blackmailed homosexual lawyer in…

Ian McKellen

actorBorn: 5/25/1939Birthplace: Burnley, England Knighted in 1990, McKellen is one of the century's finest Shakespearean actors. In addition to his prodigious stage career (including roles as…