The East met West in February 1998 as Nagano, Japan played host to 72 nations and regions participating in the final Olympic Games of the 20th century. The country's raw enthusiasm for the games…
(Encyclopedia) AceldamaAceldamaəkĕlˈdəmə [key] [Aram.,=field of blood], according to the Gospel of St. Matthew, the chief priests bought the potter's field with Judas' 30 pieces of silver as a place…
(Encyclopedia) Hall effect, experiment that shows the sign of the charge carriers in a conductor. In 1879 E. H. Hall discovered that when he placed a metal strip carrying a current in a magnetic…
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MAGNETIC MATERIALSATTRACTION AND REPULSIONMAGNETIC DOMAINSMAGNETIC FIELDFIND OUT MOREMagnetism is what gives magnets their ability to attract objects made of iron or steel. A magnet creates…
(Encyclopedia) magnetic resonance, in physics and chemistry, phenomenon produced by simultaneously applying a steady magnetic field and electromagnetic radiation (usually radio waves) to a sample of…
(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Emily, 1830–86, American poet, b. Amherst, Mass. She is widely considered one of the greatest poets in American literature. Her unique, gemlike lyrics are distillations of…
