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Weather: Prediction by Numbers
Prediction by NumbersWeatherPrediction by NumbersRichardson's ExperimentPutting the Machines to Work The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries really began to put weather on the map. In 1600, Galileo…Renaissance
(Encyclopedia) RenaissanceRenaissancerĕnəsänsˈ, –zänsˈ [key] [Fr.,=rebirth], term used to describe the development of Western civilization that marked the transition from medieval to modern times.…vacuum
(Encyclopedia) vacuum, theoretically, space without matter in it. A perfect vacuum has never been obtained; the best human-generated vacuums contain less than 100,000 gas molecules per cc, compared…Mathematicians
Related Links Numbers and FormulasConversions and Equivalents Search for more scientists and other notable figures Jump to a category: Mathematicians Statisticians…Space Shuttle Timeline
Overview of two decades of the U.S. shuttle program by Liz Olson 1980s…Sierra Leone: A Nation Collapses
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U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major science and disaster news events of July 2016…Brewer's: Torricelli
an Italian mathematician (1608-47), noted for his explanation of the rise of water in a common barometer. Galileo explained the phenomenon by the ipse dixit of “Nature abhors a vacuum.”…Brewer's: Vacuum
now means a space from which air has been expelled. Descartes says, “If a vacuum could be effected in a vessel the sides would be pressed into contact.” Galileo said, “Nature abhors a…Brewer's: Valdarno
The valley of the Arno, in Tuscany. the Tuscan artist [Galileo] views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno? Milton: Paradise Lost, bk. i. 207-200. Source: Dictionary of…Trending
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