#archive2001q4

Dallas Cowboys Source: Murchison had tried to purchase the Washington Redskins (now Commanders) from Marshall in 1958 with the intent of moving them to Dallas. An agreement was struck, but as the deal

Navier–Stokes equations Source: The Navier–Stokes equations mathematically express momentum balance for Newtonian fluids and make use of the conservation of mass. They are sometimes accompanied by an equation

Kirlian photography Source: In 1889, Czech Bartoloměj Navrátil [cs] coined the word "electrography". Seven years later in 1896, a French experimenter, Hippolyte Baraduc, created electrographs

French horn Source: The horn is a brass instrument in the horn family, made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a large flared bell and rotary valves. The term French horn refers to horns with piston valves,

Atomic clock Source: The master atomic clock ensemble at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., which provides the time standard for the U.S. Department of Defense.[1] The rack-mounted units in

Sept 11 Lottery Coincidence Source: Claim: On 11 September 2002, the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center towers, the numbers selected in one of the New York state

Maxwell's equations Source: Maxwell's equations are a set of coupled partial differential equations that describe how electric and magnetic fields are generated by electric charges and currents. Together

Maxwell's equations Source: Maxwell's equations are a set of coupled partial differential equations that describe how electric and magnetic fields are generated by electric charges and currents. Together

Arthur C. Clarke Source: Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist,[3] inventor, undersea explorer, and television

Neil Armstrong Source: Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first

Boson Source: The class of Bosons is one of the two fundamental classes of subatomic particle, the other being fermions. All subatomic particles must be one or the other. A composite particle (hadron)

Beta decay Source: In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron), transforming into an isobar

Tritium Source: Tritium (from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos) 'third') or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or 3H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of 12.32 years. The tritium nucleus (t,

Aberration (astronomy) Source: A diagram showing how the apparent position of a star viewed from the Earth can change depending on the Earth's velocity. The effect is typically much smaller than illustrated.

Monroe Doctrine Source: Political cartoon by Louis Dalrymple about U.S. expansionism; Uncle Sam straddles the Americas while wielding a big stick inscribed with the words "Monroe Doctrine 1824–1905".

Hobbit Source: Hobbits are a fictional race of people in the novels of J. R. R. Tolkien. About half average human height, Tolkien presented hobbits as a variety of humanity, or close relatives thereof.

Dallas Cowboys Source: Murchison had tried to purchase the Washington Redskins (now Commanders) from Marshall in 1958 with the intent of moving them to Dallas. An agreement was struck, but as the deal