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My thanks for your responses. I chose to post my question here because I was hoping to stay away from Wikipedia (which is a wonderful resource that I use regularly, but I don't like to rely on it as a single source of information). My question arises because of a recent debate between myself...

Two caveats: One, I may or may not be posting my questions in the correct section of this forum. If not, then please kindly direct to where I should post it. Two, I studied English in college. I am not entirely ignorant of the sciences, but they are certainly not my area of expertise...