The annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany was, to a large degree, prepared by the Sudeten Germans, who—after accepting with great reluctance the Treaty of Saint-Germain, which had placed them under Czechoslovak rule in 1919—responded with increasing approval to the German nationalist, anti-Czech, anti-Semitic … Who was given the Sudetenland?Read More →
Unlike Fuji’s majestic volcano cone, Mt Monadnock is a bald dome of tortured metamorphic rock (schist and quartzite) smoothed somewhat by the glaciers that covered New England with a blanket of ice thousands of feet thick about 18,000 years ago. Why is monadnock bald? Known as one of the mostRead More →
Jesus’ name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua. What does the word Jehovah mean? noun. a name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures. (in modern Christian use) God. What is the difference between God andRead More →
What was the one true constant in the new universe created by Einstein’s new ideas. Speed of light. What question did Einstein ask Mileva Maric in the movie? In 1918, Einstein again asked Mileva for a divorce, promising, ”If I win the Nobel prize, I will cede it completely toRead More →
The Supreme Court of India ruled in 1992 that reservations could not exceed 50 percent, anything above which it judged would violate equal access as guaranteed by the Constitution. It thus put a cap on reservations. Is there reservation in politics in India? In India, a number of political positionsRead More →
Her father has gifted the Diary on her 13th birthday, which she calls with the name of ‘Kitty’. How did Anne Frank get her diary? Anne Frank received her diary as a gift on her thirteenth birthday in 1942. … Inside the “secret annex,” as she called it, Anne documentedRead More →
In August of 1945, the United States was still fighting in World War II against the nation of Japan. Having been told about the successful Trinity Test of an atomic bomb, President Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb on Japan on August 6, 1945. How long after Pearl HarborRead More →
Nollywood actor, Afeez Owo, has denied welcoming twins with his wife, Mide Martins, even though he wishes to have one day. The movie star said this in a video he shared on Tuesday introducing the real parents of the newborn twins he had joked were his, on Instagram. How manyRead More →
Molecular orbital theory was developed in the years after valence bond theory had been established (1927), primarily through the efforts of Friedrich Hund, Robert Mulliken, John C. Slater, and John Lennard-Jones. MO theory was originally called the Hund-Mulliken theory. Who introduced orbital? The term “orbital” was coined by Robert MullikenRead More →
: the ideal gas constant per molecule being the ratio of the molar gas constant to the number of molecules of a substance in a gram molecule and having a value of exactly 1.380649 × 10−23 joules per kelvin. What is the Boltzmann constant used for? The Boltzmann constant (kB)Read More →