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The 2006 Class of Inductees

Herman Affel, 1893–1972, and Lloyd Espenschied, 1889–1986, Coaxial cable. The coaxial cable made it possible to carry thousands of simultaneous phone calls on long distance circuits. Karl…

L.A. Confidential

Director:Curtis HansonWriters:Brian Helgeland and Curtis HansonDirector of Photography:Dante SpinottiEditor:Peter HonessMusic:Jerry GoldsmithProduction Designer:Jeannine Claudia…

2006 Intel Science Talent Search Winners

First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Shannon Lisa Babb, 18, of Highland, Utah, for an environmental science project identifying the human impact to water quality…

Chemistry: Formation of Multiple Covalent Bonds

Formation of Multiple Covalent BondsChemistryGetting to Know Covalent CompoundsWhat Are Covalent Compounds?Formation of Multiple Covalent BondsProperties of Covalent CompoundsWhat's in a Name?…

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize

This $100,000 award is given to a poet for a book published in the previous year. Established in 1992, it is administered by the Claremont (California) Graduate…

Car Names

In a Dodge Diplomat, a soccer mom feels positively patrician by Borgna Brunner 1958 Corvette Convertible Related Links Most Popular Car ColorsLeast and Most Polluting CarsMost…

Mercury

Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun. Appropriately named for the wing-footed Roman messenger of the gods, Mercury whizzes around the Sun at a speed of 30 miles per second, completing one…

Chemistry: What's an Ionic Compound?

What's an Ionic Compound?ChemistryIonic CompoundsWhat's an Ionic Compound?How Ionic Compounds Are FormedProperties of Ionic CompoundsWhat's in a Name? Ionic Nomenclature We talked about the octet…

isotope

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Isotopes of hydrogen isotopeisotopeīˈsətōp [key], in chemistry and physics, one of two or more atoms having the same atomic number but differing in atomic weight and mass…