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Women Nobel Prize Winners

Marie Curie was not only the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, in 1903, but she was also the only woman ever to win two Nobel Prizes. Below is a list of all women Nobel Prize…

Canonsburg

(Encyclopedia) Canonsburg, borough (2020 pop. 8,672), Washington co., SW Pa., inc. 1802. Its steel and coal industries have declined significantly. A…

curium

(Encyclopedia) curiumcuriumky&oobreve;rˈēəm [key], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Cm; at. no. 96; mass no. of most stable isotope 247; m.p. about 1,340℃; b.p. 3,110℃;…

Scientists: Physical Sciences

  Notable Scientists: Physical Sciences Astronomers, astrophysicists, chemists, and physicists     Jump to a category:…

Mother's Day Quiz: 1

by Beth Rowen More Mother's Day features Question 1: Marie Curie and her daughter Irene-Joliot Curie both…

DK Science & Technology: Nuclear Energy

WHAT ARE FUSION AND FISSION? HOW IS A NUCLEAR REACTION CONTROLLED? RADIOACTIVITYFIND OUT MOREThe energy that makes the stars shine and produces the heat inside a nuclear reactor is nuclear energy.…

Duane, William, American physicist

(Encyclopedia) Duane, William, 1872–1935, American physicist, b. Philadelphia, grad. Harvard, 1893, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1897. He taught at the Univ. of Colorado (1898–1907), worked at the Curie…

Becquerel

(Encyclopedia) BecquerelBecquerelbĕkərĕlˈ [key], family of French physicists. Antoine César Becquerel, 1788–1878, was a pioneer in electrochemical science. He was professor of physics at the Muséum d…

Notable Children's Videos of 2000

Banjo FrogsChato's KitchenChato's Kitchen (Spanish Language Version) Chicka Chicka Boom BoomDear America: Dreams in the Golden CountryDegas & the DancerThe FaceFamous FredFedoraJust a Few Words…