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UGANDA

HISTORY - Visited by Arab traders, 1840s; explored by Speke, 1860s; granted to the British East Africa Company, 1888; Kingdown of Buganda became a British protectorate, 1893; other territory, included by 1903; independence, 1962; Dr Milton Obote assumed all powers, 1966; coup led by General Amin, 1971; Amin overthrown, 1979; further coup overthrew Obote, 1985; National Resistance Movement captured Kampala, 1986, and Museveni became President; governed by a President, Cabinet, Prime Minister, and National Resistance Council; new constitution, 1995; peace agreement with rebels, 2002.

THE WORLD'S LONGEST BRIDGE

Akasgu-Kaikyo. Date completed - 1998. Place - Japan. Length - 1990m or 6529ft.

THE BODY - DNA

DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid contains the genetic information for most living organisms. Each human cell contains about 2m/6.6ft of DNA supercoiled on itself such that if fits within the cell nucleus (less than 10 micrometres in diameter). DNA consist of four bases (adenine [A], guanine [G], thymine [T], and cytosine [C], a sugar (2-deoxy-D-ribose), and phosphoric acid, arranged in the famous double helical structure discovered by geneticists James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. In the helical structure, A pairs only with T, and G only with C.
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45276 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-03
• Binding: Paperback
• 960 pages

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'One of the greatest reference books ever published'

Customer Reviews

Sure. best factbook under £9.
Although there is a pocket version, go for this edition. Well organized, manageable, and quite handy for any occasion.Great choice as a desktop book.Maybe the best book I've ever bought for this value.I found some isolated lists a bit old-fashioned, but the book is worth the purchase.