…the ratio of the gas constant to Avogadro’s number, equal to 1.381 × 1023 joules per kelvin in the case where the number of molecules is equal to Avogadro’s number. Symbol: k…
…the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature, equal in magnitude to the degree Celsius…
…the chemical element of atomic number 19, a soft silvery-white reactive metal of the alkali metal group…
…any of a group of vitamins found mainly in green leaves and essential for the blood-clotting process. They include phylloquinone (vitamin K1), menaquinone (vitamin K2), and menadione (vitamin K3)…
…(1906–2001), Indian novelist and short-story writer; full name Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan. Many of his novels are set in Malgudi, an imaginary small Indian town. Notable works: Swami and Friends (1935), The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961), and The Painter of Signs (1977)…
…(1965-), British writer; full name Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Her series of children’s books featuring the character Harry Potter began with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1998)…
…(1874–1936), English essayist, novelist, and critic; full name Gilbert Keith Chesterton. His novels include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) and a series of detective stories featuring Father Brown, a priest with a talent for crime detection…
…(1859–1927), English novelist and dramatist; full name Jerome Klapka Jerome. He is chiefly remembered for his humorous novel Three Men in a Boat (1889)…
…(1920–2005), Indian statesman, President 1997–2002; full name Kocheril Raman Narayanan. A member of the Congress party, Narayanan served as Vice President 1992-7…
…(1925-), English linguist; full name Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday…
…day care with some educational content for children younger than five, provided by elementary schools or preschools…
…a white crystalline compound used as a low-calorie artificial sweetener, typically in the form of a potassium salt (acesulfame-K)…
…the division between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods, about 65 million years ago…
…a rough-coated grazing antelope with pointed hooves and long horns, found in swampy grassland in southern Africa and Sudan…
…(551–479 bc), Chinese philosopher; Latinized name of Kongfuzi (K’ung Fu-tzu) “Kong the master.” His ideas about the importance of practical moral values, collected by his disciples in the Analects, formed the basis of the philosophy known as Confucianism…
…a white crystalline compound used as a low-calorie artificial sweetener, typically in the form of a potassium salt (acesulfame-K)…
…(1908–2006), US economist; born in Canada. Well known for his criticism of consumerism and of the power of large multinational corporations, he wrote The Affluent Society (1958) and The New Industrial State (1967)…
…(551–479 bc), Chinese philosopher; Latinized name of Kongfuzi (K’ung Fu-tzu) “Kong the master.” His ideas about the importance of practical moral values, collected by his disciples in the Analects, formed the basis of the philosophy known as Confucianism…
