The Games of the XXIX Olympiad will be held in Beijing, China August 8 to August 24, 2008. According to Wikipedia, 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events and twenty-eight sports.
Whether you call it slime, flubber, oobleck, goo, goop, gak, gunk, ooze, putty, or play dough, we are talking about gooey, homemade polymers that can provide both hours of fun and an introduction to chemistry.
Since it's going to be a summer without either a new Harry Potter book or a new Harry Potter movie, I thought I'd brighten the day of legions of Harry Potter fans with this collection of websites that specialize in Harry Potter quotes.
John Adams (October 30, 1735 -- July 4, 1826) was the second President of the United States, and America's first Vice President under George Washington.
Whether you are trying to find the right dog breed for your family, or just want to learn more about dogs, you'll surely find these sites both educational and entertaining.
Although I consider myself quite digital, I've never owned a digital camera before this week. Whenever I needed one, I used one of the kids'.
She is known in pop culture as simply Cleopatra, although there were six Egyptian queens before her with the same name.
M.C. Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch illustrator known for his optical illusions, tessellated repeating patterns, and intricately detailed black-and-white images illustrating mathematical principals.
First thing you'll probably notice, is that this site is in Dutch.
Named after the image on a box of Droste brand chocolate, the Drost effect is a Dutch term for a recursive image that includes a picture of itself.
Among his [Escher's] greatest admirers were mathematicians, who recognized in his work an extraordinary visualization of mathematical principles.
Object 3 of 24. Created while Escher was still a student at the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem, this is the first print to demonstrate his theory of the regular division of a plane.
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