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Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Computer mapping, woman at early 1990s computer

Timeline of the 1990s

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

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Key People

Liu Hui

Chinese mathematician

Alonzo Church

American mathematician

Lamport, Leslie

Leslie Lamport

American computer scientist

Al-Khwārizmī

al-Khwārizmī

Muslim mathematician

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Equations written on blackboard

Numbers and Mathematics