Wendell, North Carolina. Wendell is a town in Wake County, North Carolina United States. It is a satellite town of Raleigh, the state capital. The population was 5,845 at the 2010 census.
Physics The 1920s were the most important decade in 20th century physics as scientists translated their experiments on atoms into quantum theory. Meanwhile, there was intense debate over Einstein's theories of space and time, and rocket science began on a farm in Massachusetts. Physics underwent a massive upheaval in the first two decades of the 20th century.
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