RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook McCarthyism (redirected fromMcCarthyite) Dictionary Thesaurus McCarthyism from U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy who acted out morbid fear of aliens, especially Communists. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 409] ...
To the untrained eye the collection of delicate originals made by the human finger on the glass plates looked about alike; but when enlarged ten times they resembled the markings of a block of wood that has been sawed across the grain, and the dullest eye could detect at a glance, and at...
So, in theory you can electrolyse water, because it contains ions. And I’ve more than once waved my hands and left it at that, particularly up toGCSE level(age 16 in the U.K.) because, although it’s a bit of a questionable explanation, (more in a minute), electrolysis is trick...
Arithmetic values thought to have been represented by parts of the Eye of Horus The scribes of ancient Egypt used two different systems for their fractions, Egyptian fractions (not related to the binary number system) and Horus-Eye fractions (so called because many historians of mathematics belie...
A Guide to Studying abroad An experience which has the potential to change the direction of your life, studying abroad often turns out to be a formative, eye-opening year or few months for many of those who choose to do so. Exploring a new country while indulging in the local cuisine, ...
Brownfields are poorly named — this, like many, was a riot of colour as sea aster, ox-eye daisy, yellow hawkbit, bristly ox-tongue and yarrow flowers vied for my attention. And with the wild flowers, more diverse than on ancient chalk downland, come the insects: this is why I was ...
it doesn’t need an hour my bare bones of a 4thyear CSE Lesson in 1981 would be used every time I got to that part of the syllabus for 36 years – but I promise almost every year be it O Level, GCSE, double triple or single that lesson got better and the advent of the internet...
A satellite can be defined as anything in orbit around the Earth (or another planet!). Thousands of man-made satellites orbit the Earth. Over 650 of these are dedicated Earth Observation missions. Satellites provide a bird's eye view of Earth, allowing us to see larger areas at one time ...
to climb into a car. He glanced my way. I met his eye. He was Max Clifford. I knew it and he knew that I knew it. I was all dressed in black, black, black with lips the colour of crushed raspberries. At that moment, Max Clifford thought he might see me again. Thought I had...