Hall effect

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

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Topics

magnetoresistance Hall current Hall field Hall voltage metallic conduction Fermi surface free-electron model of metals

Key People

Laughlin, Robert B.

Robert B. Laughlin

American physicist

Thouless, David

David Thouless

British-born American physicist

Daniel C. Tsui

American physicist

Störmer, Horst L.

Horst L. Störmer

German-American physicist

Haldane, Duncan

Duncan Haldane

British-born American physicist

Quiz

battery. Illustration of battery connected to lightbulb. Power a light bulb with a battery. Battery, Power Supply, Science, Circuit, Currents

Electricity: Short Circuits & Direct Currents