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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
Physics and Natural Law
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Aerial view of Tokyo, Japan at dusk circa 2009. Tokyo Tower (right) located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Office buildings, architecture, skyscrapers, skyline.
Is Light Pollution Really Pollution?
Highway Night Traffic Portland, drive, driving, car, automobile.
What's the Difference Between Speed and Velocity?
Sydney Opera House, Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Why New York Is Called "The Big Apple" and How 8 Other Famous Cities Got Their Nicknames
Light refraction image with a cube. Prism
How Is Light Both a Particle and a Wave?
Hot-air balloon against a sky (clouds, hot air ballooning, recreation)
Why Is the Sky Blue?
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World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
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History of Technology Timeline
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Happy, smiling, flying pig
7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
The Largest Islands in the World

François Arago: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. Feb 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 13, 2024
Anniversary information added. Sep 28, 2023
Modified title of Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Dominique François Jean Arago. Feb 01, 2017
Media added. Dec 16, 2009
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Dominique François Jean Arago. Mar 24, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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