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Recent Science Discoveries, 2000

It's A Smaller World After All And other recent science discoveries by Otto Johnson More Discoveries IntroductionIce Age Haute CoutureAntisocial…

How Bright is Bright?

You will often hear astronomers refer to the brightness of an object in terms of an objects apparent magnitude. The term apparent magnitude refers to a star's apparent brightness, or how bright the…

A Star's Magnitude

Magnitude is the degree of brightness of a star. In 1856, British astronomer Norman Pogson proposed a quantitative scale of stellar magnitudes, which was adopted by the astronomical community. He…

An Acre

The Question: Does an acre have to have a specific shape? In The Wall by Pink Floyd, the teacher says the area of an acre is a rectangle that is one furlong…

Converting Units

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Converting Units How do I convert metric to U.S units and vise versa (kilograms to pounds, meters to feet, centimeters to inches, liters…

Geometry: Max Geometry

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