Wikipedia Tour: Fun with Physics (Really!)

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Does hearing the word “physics” bring to mind endless calculations, boring experiments, and sweaty nerds? It doesn’t have to be that way—we swear. Take our Wikipedia Tour to see that you reall ...

Wikipedia Tour: The Roaring 20s

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The Jazz Age: It is a period that instantly evokes speakeasies, flappers, gangsters, and jazz. In America the 1920s were years marked by conspicuous consumption and more than a drop of illegal liquor, ...

Wikipedia Tour: Famous Spies

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Spies trade in stealth and secrets. From Belle Boyd in the American Civil War to legendary Soviet spy Richard Sorge to Fred and Ethel Rosenberg, these traitors—or heroes, depending upon your outlook ...

Wikipedia Tour: Essential Opera

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Get introduced to the world of opera with our Wikipedia Tour of Opera Essentials: From La Bohème to Madame Butterfly, from Mozart to Wagner, we’ve pulled together all of the key composers, styles, ...

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Wikipedia Tour: The Swinging 60s

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In America the 1960s had a Summer of Love and a seemingly endless war; it had Jimi Hendrix and his unforgettable music but more awful moments of shared tragedy than many care to remember; it had tie d ...

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Wikipedia Tour: Famous Inventors

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Ever wondered who invented the television? Or who invented Kodak film (hint: his last name wasn't Kodak)? In the Famous Inventors tour, you'll learn about the people behind some of the innovations t ...

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Wikipedia Tour: Nobel Laureates in Literature

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Since their creation at the end of the nineteenth century, the Nobel Prizes have been recognized as the pinnacle of achievement in the fields of literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Th ...

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Wikipedia Tour: Western Lit's Greatest Hits

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The western literary tradition is stunningly rich—so rich, in fact, that it can seem overwhelming. Never fear: we have created a list of 20 of western literature’s all-stars. From Hamlet to Anna K ...

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Wikipedia Tour: 22 All-Time Basketball Greats

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There’s only one man who’s been called the greatest to ever play the game. But Michael Jordan is not alone in hoops excellence—just take our Wikipedia Tour of 22 Basketball Greats to prove it. ...

Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Tennis Greats

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Tennis: it’s got a preppy reputation, but it’s not about sweater vests and green lawns at Wimbledon. Ferocious serves and relentless volleys are hallmarks of the game as played by the 20 Greats ...

Wikipedia Tour: Space

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From the moment humans first gazed skyward to our first steps on the moon, space has fascinated, challenged, and enticed us. Planets, stars, black holes, quasars—these are the things that make up ou ...

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Wikipedia Tour: Nobel Laureates in Physics

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The Nobel Prize has always been awarded to those individuals whose achievements in the fields of literature, physics, chemistry, peace, and medicine have elevated mankind to new heights of understandi ...

Wikipedia Tour: Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine

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For more than 100 years the Nobel Prize has recognized excellence in the fields of literature, physics, chemistry, peace, and medicine, and the strides made by Laureates in medicine have made humans t ...

Wikipedia Tour: Major Battles of the 20th Century

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Wars and battles punctuate the history of mankind, their appearance seemingly as regular as time itself. The armed conflicts of the twentieth century, however, are marked by technologically advanced w ...

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Wikipedia Tour: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

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While most of the Nobel Prizes are awarded for tangible contributions to fields of study—literature, physics, medicine, chemistry—the peace prize is unique in how it measures the success of its wi ...

Wikipedia Tour: 20 All-Time Football Greats

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The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. It’s all on the line in football, and the 20 All-Time Greats in our Wikipedia Tour are the men who stood tallest on the gridiron. Barry Sanders, Mike Dit ...

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Wikipedia Tour: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry

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The famed Nobel Prize was established in the 1895 will of Albert Nobel, a Swedish chemist. Since their creation these awards have defined excellence and outstanding achievement in the fields of chemis ...

Wikipedia Tour: Essential Cars

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When Henry Ford rolled his first Model T off the assembly line in 1908, the world changed forever. We were “on wheels” and there was no looking back. Since that monumental year there have been cer ...