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Sites of the Modern Olympic Games
(Encyclopedia)Sites of the Modern Olympic GamesSummer GamesYearSite1896Athens, Greece1900Paris, France1904St. Louis, Mo.1908London, England1912Stockholm, Sweden1920Antwerp, Belgium1924Paris, France1928Amsterdam, th...Olympic games
(Encyclopedia)Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier th...Olympic Mountains
(Encyclopedia)Olympic Mountains, highest part of the Coast Ranges, on the Olympic Peninsula, NW Wash. Mt. Olympus (7,965 ft/2,427 m) is the highest point in the mountains, which are composed mainly of sedimentary r...Coubertin, Pierre Frédy, baron de
(Encyclopedia)Coubertin, Pierre Frédy, baron de pyr frd´, d coobrtN´ [key], 1863–1937, French founder of the modern Olympic games. Born into an aristocratic family, he pursued a career as an educ...games, theory of
(Encyclopedia)games, theory of, group of mathematical theories first developed by John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. A game consists of a set of rules governing a competitive situation in which from two to n i...Olympic elk
(Encyclopedia)Olympic elk: see wapiti.Brundage, Avery
(Encyclopedia)Brundage, Avery ´vr brn´dj [key], 1887–1975, American sports executive, b. Detroit, Mich. A member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic track and field team, he became a leader of the Olympic moveme...Pan-American games
(Encyclopedia)Pan-American games, amateur athletic competition among representatives of countries in the Western Hemisphere. The competition, held every four years, follows the organization and eligibility rules of...Periodic Table of the Elements
(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements(showing atomic number and atomic symbol click on atomic symbol for more detailed information)Groups 1234567891011121314151617181H ...table
(Encyclopedia)table, article of furniture employed for household or ecclesiastical purposes. Elaborately decorated tables of wood or metal were known in ancient Egypt and Assyria, and the Greeks used small tables o...Browse by Subject
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