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Eratosthenes coined the very word geography over two thousand years ago, and measured the size of the Earth to within a few percent.
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chemistryFind to reveal
Eighteen-year-old William Perkin tried making malaria medicine but discovered purple fabric dye, turning an unsuccessful chemistry experiment into a fashion breakthrough.
economicsFind to reveal
Cacao beans once worked as money, and counterfeiters filled empty shells with dirt, producing edible-looking coins that hid an inedible surprise.
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The word 'scientist' did not exist until 1833, when William Whewell coined it; before then researchers were called natural philosophers.
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Herodotus earned the nickname 'Father of History' from Cicero, yet the Greek word he used, historia, simply meant inquiry or investigation.
biologyFind to reveal
Biology's cells were first named from cork's empty compartments, giving familiar living units a label originally applied to dead plant tissue.
physicsFind to reveal
GPS corrects for satellite clocks ticking differently from Earth's clocks, making Einstein's relativity part of finding an everyday address on your phone.
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The glittery word 'glamour' is actually a Scottish twist on 'grammar,' back when deep book learning looked a lot like magic.
algebraFind to reveal
Its name comes from Arabic al-jabr, 'reunion of broken parts,' a term that also meant setting broken bones back together.
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The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 by Welsh scholar Robert Recorde, who drew two lines because nothing is more equal.
True stories · Caracas, Venezuela
Eleven students, then an orchestra
In 1975, the Venezuelan educator and musician José Antonio Abreu gathered just eleven students in an underground garage in Caracas and handed them instruments. He believed that learning music together could teach discipline, teamwork and hope, especially to children with little else. His program, later known as El Sistema, grew into a national network of youth and children's orchestras serving hundreds of thousands of young musicians. One of them, Gustavo Dudamel, became a world-famous conductor. Today the idea has inspired similar music education programs in more than sixty countries.
Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.
Albert Einstein
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What is the chemical symbol for gold, a metal often studied in chemistry class?
Au
In flat Euclidean geometry, how many degrees do the three interior angles of a triangle add up to?
180 degrees
How many lines make up a standard musical staff?
Five
Which ancient Greek writer is nicknamed the Father of History?
Herodotus
Which school subject covers continents, oceans, capitals and world climate?
Geography
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What is the chemical symbol for gold, a metal often studied in chemistry class?
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When hard times forced fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba out of school in Wimbe, Malawi, he refused to stop learning. He borrowed science books from a small village library, including an American textbook about energy. Unable to read much of the English, he followed the diagrams and reasoned out the physics for himself. From blue gum trees, bicycle parts and scrapyard metal, he assembled a windmill that powered lights and radios in his family's home. His curiosity later carried him onto famous stages and into a bestselling memoir.
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Sources: Robert Recorde, inventor of the equals sign (Wikipedia) · William Whewell, who coined 'scientist' (Wikipedia) · The dismal science, Carlyle 1849 (Wikipedia) · The History of 'Glamour' (Merriam-Webster) · Eratosthenes and the word geography (Wikipedia) · Hooke and cell theory (OpenStax) · Perkin's mauveine (Science Museum Group) · Relativity and GPS timing (NIST) · Muses and the origin of 'music' (Wikipedia) · Herodotus, Father of History (Wikipedia) · Silent reading and Ambrose (Wikipedia) · The Origins of Writing (The Met Museum) · El Sistema music program (Wikipedia) · William Kamkwamba, windmill builder (Wikipedia) · Algebra etymology, al-jabr (Online Etymology Dictionary) · Drama etymology, dran (Online Etymology Dictionary) · Einstein, poetry of logical ideas, Emmy Noether tribute (MacTutor) · Nelson Mandela on education (Cambridge International blog)
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.