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International currencies, money, various banknotes, currency

A Brief (and Fascinating) History of Money

Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. August 28th 1963

Was Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican or a Democrat?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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selection rule forbidden transition electric monopole transition allowed transition superallowed transition oscillator strength energy level excitation optical pumping population inversion electronic configuration metastable state Franck-Hertz experiment Aufbau principle absorption edge

Key People

Kenneth Geddes Wilson

American physicist

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

Physics and Natural Law