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DK Science & Technology: Quantum Theory

WHAT IS A QUANTUM? WHY IS QUANTUM THEORY SO STRANGE? HOW DO SCIENTISTS USE QUANTUM THEORY? BIOGRAPHY: MAX PLANCK German, 1858–1947 QUANTUM LEAPFIND OUT MOREQuantum theory grew from the ideas of Max…

DK Science & Technology: Separating Mixtures

HOW CAN SOLIDS BE SEPARATED? HOW DOES DISTILLATION WORK? HOW ARE GASES SEPARATED? FILTRATIONFIND OUT MOREHow do we extract salt from seawater? Methods for separating a mixture depend on differences…

stealth technology

(Encyclopedia) stealth technology, designs and materials engineered for the military purpose of avoiding detection by radar or any other electronic system. Stealth, or antidetection, technology is…

Science and Technology

Science and Technology Sally Ride Biographies by CategoryArts and Entertainment Business, Philanthropy, and Labor Politics and Government Science and Technology…

Women in Technology

Profiles of female trailblazers in technology by Jennie Wood Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer Women in Technology Ada Lovelace Grace Hopper Hedy Lamarr Jean Sammet Roberta…

quadrant, in technology

(Encyclopedia) quadrant, in technology, angle-measuring device based on a scale of 90°. It is sometimes confused with the sextant, a similar instrument based on a scale of 60°. The quadrant is rarely…

Millennium Technology Prize

(Encyclopedia) Millennium Technology Prize, biennial award for innovations in technology, est. 2002 in Finland and bestowed by the Millennium Prize Foundation, an independent fund founded by members…

DK Science: Medical Technology

HI-TECH IMAGING SURGERY ARTIFICIAL DEVICES FIND OUT MORE Technology plays an increasingly important role in modern medicine. Today, HI-TECH IMAGING allows doctors to view internal body…

Illinois Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia) Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago; coeducational; founded 1940 by a merger of Armour Institute of Technology (founded 1892) and Lewis Institute (1896). The school's present…