First Results of Census 2000 Released New figures put U.S. population at 281.4 million by Ann-Marie Imbornoni On Dec. 28, 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau released the first data…
(Encyclopedia) crossbill, bird of the genus Loxia, in the finch family. Its bill, crossed at the tips, is specialized for pulling apart pine cones and picking out the seeds. Crossbills are found in…
(Encyclopedia) fisher, name of a large North American marten, Martes pennanti. This carnivorous, largely arboreal mammal is found in hardwood forests of Canada, the extreme N United States, and…
(Encyclopedia) Hutcheson, FrancisHutcheson, Francishŭchˈəsən [key], 1694–1746, British philosopher, b. Co. Down, Ireland. He was a professor at the Univ. of Glasgow from 1729 until his death. His…
(Encyclopedia) June beetle or May beetle, a blackish or mahogany-colored beetle of the scarab beetle family, widely distributed in North America and especially abundant in the NE United States and…
(Encyclopedia) logarithmlogarithmlŏgˈərĭᵺəm [key] [Gr.,=relation number], number associated with a positive number, being the power to which a third number, called the base, must be raised in order…
(Encyclopedia) pH, range of numbers expressing the relative acidity or alkalinity of a solution. In general, pH values range from 0 to 14. The pH of a neutral solution, i.e., one which is neither…
(Encyclopedia) Yudhoyono, Susilo BambangYudhoyono, Susilo Bambangs&oomacr;sēˈlō bämbäng y&oomacr;ˈdōyōˌnō [key], 1949–, Indonesian army officer and political leader, popularly known as SBY,…
(Encyclopedia) Riemann, Bernhard (Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann)Riemann, Bernhardgāˈôrk frēˈdrĭkh bĕrnˈhärt rēˈmän [key], 1826–66, German mathematician. He studied at the universities of Göttingen…
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