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Wesleyan University

(Encyclopedia) Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1831. There are special cooperative study programs with the California Institute of Technology and the…

vector

(Encyclopedia) vector, quantity having both magnitude and direction; it may be represented by a directed line segment. Many physical quantities are vectors, e.g., force, velocity, and momentum. Thus…

Kerschensteiner, Georg Michael

(Encyclopedia) Kerschensteiner, Georg MichaelKerschensteiner, Georg Michaelgēˈôrg mĭshˈal kârˈshan-shtīˌnûr [key], 1854–1932, German educational theorist. Educated in Munich, he taught math in…

mass, in physics

(Encyclopedia) mass, in physics, the quantity of matter in a body regardless of its volume or of any forces acting on it. The term should not be confused with weight, which is the measure of the…

Math Professor

Alexander Leibman What is your professional title? Assistant Professor at a Mathematics Department Tell us about your work-…

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…

pendulum

(Encyclopedia) pendulum, a mass, called a bob, suspended from a fixed point so that it can swing in an arc determined by its momentum and the force of gravity. The length of a pendulum is the…

Math & Science Features

Recent Features Biography | Business | Entertainment | Health & Science | History & Gov't | Society & Culture | Sports | United States | World Jump to: A…

Homework Facts: Math

Math Roman Numerals Mean and Median Prime Numbers Numerical Prefixs: Billion, Trillion . . . Portraits and Designs of U.S. Paper Currency Cooking Measurement Equivalents Conversion…

Jobs Involving Math

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