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  2. The Kemnal Academies Trust - Wikipedia

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    The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) is one of the largest multi-academy trust in England with 45 Primary and Secondary Academies within its portfolio. It was founded by John Atkins CBE in August 2010, who continues to serve as a trust member. TKAT's headquarters are in Sidcup, The London Borough of Bexley.

  3. Folium of Descartes - Wikipedia

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    The folium of Descartes is related to the trisectrix of Maclaurin by affine transformation. To see this, start with the equation. and change variables to find the equation in a coordinate system rotated 45 degrees. This amounts to setting In the plane the equation is. If we stretch the curve in the direction by a factor of this becomes.

  4. Marin Mersenne - Wikipedia

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    Marin Mersenne, OM (also known as Marinus Mersennus or le Père Mersenne; French: [maʁɛ̃ mɛʁsɛn]; 8 September 1588 – 1 September 1648) was a French polymath whose works touched a wide variety of fields. He is perhaps best known today among mathematicians for Mersenne prime numbers, those written in the form Mn = 2n − 1 for some integer n.

  5. Scientific Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The French established the Academy of Sciences in 1666. In contrast to the private origins of its British counterpart, the academy was founded as a government body by Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Its rules were set down in 1699 by King Louis XIV, when it received the name of 'Royal Academy of Sciences' and was installed in the Louvre in Paris. New ideas

  6. Khan Academy - Wikipedia

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    Khan Academy is an American non-profit [3] educational organization created in 2006 by Sal Khan. [1] Its goal is to create a set of online tools that help educate students. [4] The organization produces short video lessons. [5] Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and materials for educators.

  7. United States Space Force - Wikipedia

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    United StatesArmed Forces. The United States Space Force ( USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces. Along with the Air Force, it is part of the Department of the Air Force, led by the secretary of the Air Force. [8] Its military heads are the chief of space operations, who is one of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the ...

  8. United States federal academies - Wikipedia

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    There are five federal non-military academies: The Foreign Service Institute, founded 1947. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, founded 1970. United States National Mine Health and Safety Academy, founded 1971. The FBI Academy, founded 1972. The National Fire Academy, also known as "NFA", founded in 1976.

  9. Diamond Ranch Academy - Wikipedia

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    Diamond Ranch Academy was a therapeutic boarding school just outside the town of Hurricane, Utah, United States. It admitted adolescents, 12–18, with various issues, including anger management issues and major depressive disorder. Diamond Ranch Academy was founded in Idaho Falls [4] in 1999 by Rob Dias and later moved to southern Utah, [5 ...