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Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

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Solar eclipse of the sun.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

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Also Known As	spin-angular momentum

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quantization axis total spin angular momentum electron spin Dirac h spin quantum number atom radioactivity magnetic resonance fundamental force atomic weight mole valence atomic radius binding energy atomic mass quantum number

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subatomic particle: Elementary particles

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Maurice Goldhaber

American physicist