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51Stanley Theater (Jersey City) — The Stanley Theater is a theater venue near Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was designed by architect Fred Wentworth. When it opened, its 4,300 seats earned it the rank of the second largest theater on the East Coast, behind only… …
52Fox Theater (Bakersfield) — The Fox Theater is located at 2001 H Street in Downtown Bakersfield, California. The theater, which opened on Christmas Day, 1930 is the performing arts hub of downtown Bakersfield, and hosts a variety of performing talent, ranging from ballets… …
53Olberssches Paradoxon — Das olberssche Paradoxon (manchmal auch fälschlich olbersches Paradoxon) bezeichnet den Widerspruch zwischen der Vorhersage eines hellen Nachthimmels und seiner tatsächlichen dunklen Erscheinung. Der Begriff geht auf den deutschen Astronomen… …
54Ovshinskyeffect — Ov·shin·sky effect (ŏv shĭnʹskē, ôv ) n. The effect by which a specific glassy thin film switches from a nonconductor to a semiconductor upon application of a minimum voltage. [After Stanford RobertOvshinsky (born 1922), American inventor.] * * …
55Alexander Nasmyth — Highland Loch Landscape Alexander Nasmyth (9 September 1758–10 April 1840) was a Scottish portrait and landscape painter, often called the father of Scottish landscape painting .[citation needed …
56Light pollution — This article is about light pollution in the visible spectrum. For information on pollution in the radio spectrum, see radio spectrum pollution. This time exposure photo of New York City at night shows skyglow, one form of light pollution …
57literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
58Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
59cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
60telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… …
