(Encyclopedia) potential, electric, work per unit of electric charge expended in moving a charged body from a reference point to any given point in an electric field (see electrostatics). The…
WHAT ARE MAGNETIC POLES? WHAT ARE MAGNETIC MATERIALS? HOW DOES A MAGNETIC COMPASS WORK? MAGNETIC DOMAINSMAGNETIC FIELDFIND OUT MOREMagnetism is an invisible force that attracts or repels some…
BaseballBasketballBoxingDivingField HockeyGymnasticsSoccerSoftballSwimmingTennisTrack & Field Gold medal winners from 1896-2004 in the following events: Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Diving,…
All-American Jim Thorpe also happened to be Native American
by Gerry Brown Jim Thorpe competes in the pentathalon competition in Stockholm, 1912. (Source: Allsport) Related…
(Encyclopedia) magnetronmagnetronmăgˈnĭtrŏnˌ [key], vacuum tube oscillator (see electron tube) that generates high-power electromagnetic signals in the microwave frequency range. Its operation is…
(Encyclopedia) electrostatics, study of phenomena associated with charged bodies at rest (see charge; electricity). A charged body has an excess of positive or negative charges, a condition usually…
Track star Jesse Owens defiantly bucks Hitler
by Mike Morrison Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. (Source:AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Track…
Babe Didrickson competed in baseball, golf, and Olympics track and field
by Mike Morrison Babe Didrikson (second from left) winning the hurdles in 1932. (Source: AP) Related…
(Encyclopedia) Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial…
The 2006 Academy Awards were presented February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre.
Best Picture Babel The Departed Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine…
