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1 day ago · 41 of the 118 known elements have names associated with, or specifically named for, places around the world or among astronomical objects. 32 of these have names tied to the places on Earth, and the other nine are named after to Solar System objects: helium for the Sun; tellurium for the Earth; selenium for the Moon; mercury (indirectly), uranium, neptunium and plutonium after planets (Pluto ...
12 hours ago · Another classical name for Crimea, Tauris or Taurica, is from the Greek Ταυρική (Taurikḗ), after the peninsula's Scytho-Cimmerian inhabitants, the Tauri. The name was revived by the Russian Empire during the mass hellenization of Crimean Tatar place names after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate , including both the peninsula and mainland territories now in Ukraine's Kherson and ...
1 day ago · Ornithischia ( / ˌɔːrnəˈθɪski.ə /) is an extinct clade of mainly herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by a pelvic structure superficially similar to that of birds. [6] The name Ornithischia, or "bird-hipped", reflects this similarity and is derived from the Greek stem ornith- ( ὀρνιθ- ), meaning "bird", and ischion ( ἴσχιον ...
12 hours ago · Einsteinium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Es and atomic number 99. It was named in honor of Albert Einstein and is a member of the actinide series and is the seventh transuranium element. Einsteinium was discovered as a component of the debris of the first hydrogen bomb explosion in 1952.
1 day ago · Das wissenschaftliche Werk von Leonhard Euler ist das umfangreichste von einem Mathematiker jemals geschaffene. Es umfasst unter anderem grundlegende Resultate in den Bereichen Infinitesimalrechnung, Analysis, Mechanik, Astronomie, Geodäsie, Zahlentheorie, Algebra, Trigonometrie, Geometrie, Musiktheorie und Optik .
