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2004 Golden Globe Awards

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards were presented January 16, 2005 at the Beverly Hilton. Here are the movie awards.Best Motion Picture—Drama:The AviatorBest Actor in a Drama:Leonardo…

Scientists: Applied Sciences and Technology

Agriculturalists, computer scientists, electrical engineers, engineers, and inventors Related Links Computers and the Internet Inventions and Discoveries Inventors Hall of Fame…

Homework Help: History of Science

Subjects » Geography» History» Language Arts» Mathematics» Science» Social StudiesHomework Skills Writing | Research Speaking & Listening StudyingReference Sources Almanac…

Science

Biographies Science and Technology Astronauts and Aviators Explorers Mathematicians and statisticians Scientists: Applied Sciences and Technology Scientists: Earth Sciences Scientists: Life…

safety movement

(Encyclopedia) safety movement, widespread effort to prevent accidents that followed the increasing number of casualties in industry, traffic and transportation, and homes arising out of the…

Mobile, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) MobileMobilemōbēlˈ, mōˈbēlˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 196,278), seat of Mobile co., SW Ala., at the head of Mobile Bay and at the mouth of the Mobile River; inc. 1814. Lying on one of the…

Byrd, Richard Evelyn

(Encyclopedia) Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888–1957, American aviator and polar explorer, b. Winchester, Va. He took up aviation in 1917, and after World War I he gained great fame in the air. He…

airport

(Encyclopedia) airport or airfield, place for landing and departure of aircraft, usually with facilities for housing and maintaining planes and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo.…

transportation

(Encyclopedia) transportation, conveyance of goods and people over land, across water, and through the air. See also commerce. The first practical attempts at air transportation began with the…

Math & Science

Marie Skłodowska Curie was the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences, Physics and Chemistry. Math and science are two of the underpinnings of modern society. Every day we come…