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    Science On a Sphere (SOS) is a spherical projection system created by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It displays...
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    A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. The concept is a thought experiment...
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  • Sphere is a 1998 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed and produced by Barry Levinson, adapted by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Dustin...
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    In geometry, a sphere packing is an arrangement of non-overlapping spheres within a containing space. The spheres considered are usually all of identical...
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    and a screening of a film Rang Bahari Prajapati on the life cycle of the butterfly. Science On a Sphere. A spherical projection system created by NOAA providing...
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  • Sphere is a 1987 novel by Michael Crichton, his sixth novel under his own name and his sixteenth overall. It was adapted into the film Sphere in 1998...
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    sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (on the celestial sphere), consisting of a spherical...
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    be accomplished by feeding out a string or cable instead. The largest existing Hoberman sphere is in the AHHAA Science Center in Tartu, Estonia. Fully...
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    In mathematics, an n-sphere or hypersphere is an ⁠ n {\displaystyle n} ⁠-dimensional generalization of the ⁠ 1 {\displaystyle 1} ⁠-dimensional circle and...
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    relative to one another, it was argued that they must be on the surface of a single starry sphere. In modern thought, the orbits of the planets are viewed...
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    the celestial sphere, which may be centered on Earth or the observer. If centered on the observer, half of the sphere would resemble a hemispherical screen...
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    In mathematics, a hypersphere, 3-sphere, or glome is a 4-dimensional analogue of a sphere, and is the 3-dimensional n-sphere. In 4-dimensional Euclidean...
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    Earth's four spheres: the biosphere, hydrosphere/cryosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere (or lithosphere). Earth science can be considered to be a branch of...
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  • Discovery Museum and Planetarium (category Science museums in Connecticut)
    Challenger Learning Center, Science on a Sphere and a variety of permanent and traveling exhibits. The Discovery Science Center was founded in 1958 and...
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    SPHERES Guest Scientist Program allow scientists to conduct new science experiments using SPHERES units, and the Zero Robotics Program allow students to participate...
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    Revealed centers around a "Science on a Sphere" holographic projection globe, and has presentations about planetary science, space exploration, and movies...
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    The Hill sphere is a common model for the calculation of a gravitational sphere of influence. It is the most commonly used model to calculate the spatial...
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    Hairy ball theorem (category Spheres)
    on even-dimensional n-spheres. For the ordinary sphere, or 2‑sphere, if f is a continuous function that assigns a vector in ℝ3 to every point p on a sphere...
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    Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Japanese: 大東亞共榮圈, Hepburn: Dai Tōa Kyōeiken), also known as the GEACPS, was a pan-Asian union that the Empire...
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    Klerksdorp spheres are small objects, often spherical to disc-shaped, that have been collected by miners and rockhounds from 3-billion-year-old pyrophyllite...
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    achievements of women in science have been attributed to the defiance of their traditional role as labourers within the domestic sphere. Learned societies for...
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  • Betz mystery sphere is a metal sphere with an approximate diameter of 8 inches (20 cm) weighing nearly 22 pounds (10 kg) uncovered in 1974 by a family in...
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    international relations, a sphere of influence (SOI) is a spatial region or concept division over which a state or organization has a level of cultural, economic...
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    In geometry, a circumscribed sphere of a polyhedron is a sphere that contains the polyhedron and touches each of the polyhedron's vertices. The word circumsphere...
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  • rotating exhibits on the lower level and permanent exhibits on the upper level including a Science On a Sphere installation. Other science themes include...
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    exhibit and the NOAA Science on a Sphere exhibit. The grand re-opening of the renamed South Florida Science Center and Aquarium occurred on June 6, 2013. In...
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    The public sphere (German: Öffentlichkeit) is an area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems...
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    Globe (category Spheres)
    A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to maps, but, unlike maps...
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    are characterized as "spheres", coinciding with the shape of the planet. The four spheres (for which most of the other spheres are a subtype of) are the...
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    a bounding sphere, enclosing sphere or enclosing ball for that set is a d {\displaystyle d} -dimensional solid sphere containing all of these objects...
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