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  2. List of chemistry mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    Nick Brit the Camel ate an Inky Clam with Crêpes for Supper in Phoenix. Number of consonants denotes number of oxygen atoms. Number of vowels denotes negative charge quantity. Inclusion of the word "ate" signifies that each ends with the letters a-t-e. To use this for the -ite ions, simply subtract one oxygen but keep the charge the same.

  3. Ate complex - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, an ate complex is a salt formed by the reaction of a Lewis acid with a Lewis base whereby the central atom (from the Lewis acid) increases its valence and gains a negative formal charge. [1] (In this definition, the meaning of valence is equivalent to coordination number).

  4. Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    Phrases from it are widely recognised and often used in reference to, but outside the context of, the source material. Many writers on popular science, such as Fred Alan Wolf, Paul Davies, and Michio Kaku, have used quotations in their books to illustrate facts about cosmology or philosophy. [1] [2] [3]

  5. ITE - Wikipedia

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    Science "Ité", another name ... (Mauritia flexuosa)-ite, a suffix for a chemical name of a molecule with one less oxygen atom than an "-ate" molecule; Other uses

  6. Science, Numbers, and I - Wikipedia

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    Science, Numbers, and I is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer and scientist Isaac Asimov. It was the sixth of a series of books collecting essays from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It was first published by Doubleday & Company in 1968.

  7. The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science - Wikipedia

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    He had published 11 nonfiction books, including books on chemistry, physics, astronomy, a college-level biochemistry textbook, and a collection of science essays. However, he was momentarily daunted by the prospect of writing a major book on all of science, and he delayed signing the contract until 15 July, after receiving encouragement from ...

  8. The Disappearing Spoon - Wikipedia

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    The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements, is a 2010 book by science reporter Sam Kean. The book was first published in hardback on July 12, 2010, through Little, Brown and Company and was released in paperback on June 6, 2011, through Little, Brown and ...

  9. Golden Age of Science Fiction - Wikipedia

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    Many of the most enduring science fiction tropes were established in Golden Age literature. Space opera came to prominence with the works of E. E. "Doc" Smith; Isaac Asimov established the canonical Three Laws of Robotics beginning with the 1941 short story "Runaround"; the same period saw the writing of genre classics such as the Asimov's Foundation and Smith's Lensman series.