Who used the first standardized system of measurement? Who uses or used the imperial system? What countries use the imperial system? Who invented the Fahrenheit scale? Who developed the system known as anthropometry? What is the imperial system?
Who invented the seismometer? Who invented the Fahrenheit scale? What is measured in stratigraphy? Who discovered polymyositis? Who invented forensic geology? What is a seismometer made of? Who created CODIS? What does a seismometer measure?
Matt is a history, science, and travel writer who is always searching for the mysterious and hidden. He's written for Smithsonian Magazine, Washingtonian, Atlas Obscura, and Arlington Magazine. He calls Washington D.C. home and probably tells way too many cat jokes. ...
If you already read it and it’s been over a decade since doing so, then it might be time for a re-read.Wewas written in 1924 by the Russian Evgeny Zemyatin. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, he invented the modern dystopian literary genre. Zemyatin preceded Huxley and Orwell, and ...
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit is the inventor of the modern temperature-reading instrument that we use today. In 1714, he was the first person to make a thermometer using mercury as the filling. Mercury helped in measurement of more accurate readings than any thermometers that were invented before. ...
Bose-EinsteinCondensate: What Is The 'Fifth State of Matter'? Sometimes referred to as the 'fifth state of matter', a Bose-Einstein Condensate is a state of matter created when particles, called bosons, are cooled to near absolute zero (-273.15 degrees Celsius, or -460 degrees Fahrenheit)....
A compilation book titled ‘About Eternal Wandering and About the Earth’ was then released and included both ‘Fahrenheit 451’, ‘The Martian Chronicles’ and other stories. So, on the shelves of many Soviet homes one could find (and still can in some places!) the iconic red, brown or ...
"What is the difference between ignorance, and apathy? I don't know, and I don't care." - Plato "The person who invented autocorrect should burn in hello." - Isaac Newton "If you think money doesn't buy happiness you should pay me $50 and watch me smile" - Hannibal BarcaCurrent...
Shrinky Dinks® are an art/craft toy invented in 1973 by Betty Morris of Brookfield, Wisconsin. These toys reached the height of their popularity in the 1980s.
“Everyone who is seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that some spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe, one that is vastly superior to that of man.” - Albert Einstein