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- Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...erential [[calculus]]. While they both discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was no...
4: .... Newton is also credited with providing mathematical substantiation for [[Kepler's laws of planetary ...
6: Newton also developed a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the...
10: {{IsaacNewtonSegments}}
12: ... life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life and achievements]].''
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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
12: ...ons they wished). This whole movement gradually became more concentrated in [[Athens]], which had beco...
14: ...d to wealth, the subjects and methods of debate became highly developed.
20: ...eory of Forms is cast in doubt; more directly ethical questions become the focus. Interestingly, in hi...
22: ...ed to be accepted, because it is known (by all educated persons) to be [[validity|valid]]. A crucial a...
25: ...ly concerned with the nature of God, and the application of [[Aristotle]]'s [[term logic | logic]] and... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngle [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She c...
10: ...n the absence of a [[Protestant]] heir, the Roman Catholic James II could attempt to return to the Thr...
17: ...o [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attem...
19: ...pted to flee, and that the Throne was therefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, Wil...
24: ...ed from making her his Regent during his military campaigns in Europe. - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
2: ...l [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer-songwriter]] and occasional [[actor|actress]].
6: ...e of "You Oughta Know" is readily seen almost a decade later in the songwriting, singing, and attitude...
10: ...June 1]], [[1974]], in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morisse...
12: ...ears old, she went to the home of singer [[Olivia Newton-John]], one of her early idols, and said over the...
21: ...tawa, her hometown. Morissette became a recurring cast member, but left after one season. - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
1: ...mith.jpg|thumb|250px|Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten]]
7: ...raveling in her own railroad car), Bessie Smith became the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. ...
9: ...string section--a musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordings.
11: ... included such [[Swing Era]] musicians as Frankie Newton and Chu Berry. Even [[Benny Goodman]], who happen...
13: ...long [[United States Highway 61]]. She was in a car driven by her companion (and [[Lionel Hampton]]'... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...]] [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts. Classically trained, Amos’s voice and mostly piano-b...
7: ...timore Orioles]]. This song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" pressed for ...
10: ... band called "Tess Makes Good" with "additional vocals by Ellen Amos".
13: ..., it was released in America to breakthrough critical success. The accompanying singles were "Me and a...
16: ...ncluding a cover of the [[Joni Mitchell]] song "A Case of You". - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...r start of the scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' by...
3: ... [[mechanics|mechanical]], and [[empiricism|empirical]].
9: ...is, at that time there were very large and historically sudden changes in science, not only in its con...
11: ...ay be summarized in the following lists of significant advances in science:
15: *[[Ptolemy]]'s calculations of planetary motion. (This and Galen's ... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...t crystaline like the sugar was originally, which can be seen in its [[conchoidal]] fracture.
5: ...ned with a specific type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, cont...
9: ...nd will break into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with the ...
13: ...[[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which is the same chemical compound found in [[quartz]], or in its polycrys...
18: ...[Image:Glass-Ball.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shap... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
1: ...jousts]] and to describe the various devices they carried or [[paint]]ed on their [[shield]]s.
3: ...ry" all or part of the field is some sort of landscape), and then it describes the placement and tinct...
5: ...of the shield is immaterial and different artists can depict the same coat of arms on many different s...
9: ...est is a design affixed to the [[helmet]]. Crests can also be used on their own; this is particularly ...
12: ...inent, with the occasional placement of arms on a cartouche (an [[oval]]-shaped vehicle for their disp... - Science (19868 bytes)
6: ...tive" — they predict empirical results that can be checked and [[Falsifiability|possibly contrad...
8: ...pts to identify what "things" in the world, their causal powers, the mechanisms through which they exe...
10: ...ntific hypotheses can only be falsified ([[falsification]]).
12: ...defined by empiricism, to govern human affairs. Because of their close affiliation, the terms "positiv...
15: ...emonstrated that science has not proceeded historically as the steady accumulation of facts, as the em... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
9: image_map = LocationUnitedKingdom.png |
13: capital = [[London]] |
33: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $30,658 |
34: GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 15th |
45: calling_code = 44 | - Iowa (24205 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] |
38: The state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] people.
48: *Iowa became the 29<sup>th</sup> state in the union on [[Dec...
49: *The [[Chicago and Northwestern]] railroad reached [[Council B...
50: ...ercentage of soldiers serve in the Civil War, per capita, than any other state in the Union, with near... - Kansas (21369 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] |
42: ... [[May 30]], [[1854]] and established the [[Political divisions of the United States|U.S. territories]...
44: ...nd [[1827]]. To travellers enroute to [[Utah]], [[California]], or [[Oregon]], Kansas was a waystop an...
46: ...lowing the war. On [[February 19]], [[1861]] it became the first U.S. state to prohibit all [[alcoholi...
52: ...e]] and [[Alf Landon]], [[Amelia Earhart]], and [[Carrie Nation]]. Famous sport athletes from Kansas i... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] |
36: ...U.S. state|state]] of the [[United States of America]] and has the U.S. postal abbreviation of '''NJ''...
39: ...esent-day [[New York|New York State]] and had its capital at [[New Amsterdam]], now known as [[New Yor...
41: ...English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carteret]] and [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley o...
43: ...r, was gifted a large tract of land in North America henceforth known as New Jersey. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...e there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
6: * 2.4 MYA: [[Oldowan|Stone tools]] in [[Africa]]
8: ... Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
37: * 3500 BC: [[Carts]] in [[Sumer]] - Space (10661 bytes)
1: ... '''space''' — the scientific and philosophical concept. For other uses of space, see [[space (d...
4: ...ated, have size and shape, and through which they can move.
6: ...ce is part of a fundamental [[abstract]] mathematical [[concept]]ual framework (together with [[time]]...
8: ...ect and/or its location with respect to another location. Modern [[physics]] does not treat space and ...
15: ...a [[coordinate system]] where an object can be located - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
1: ...ution]], and [[Astrophysics|physical]] and [[chemical]] properties of objects that may be observed in ...
3: ...llo 11]] as they circled the [[Moon]] in 1969. Located near the center of the [[Far side (Moon)|far s...
5: ... correlated to the apparent positions of astronomical objects in the sky -- although the two fields sh...
8: ... trying to observe and understand the actual physical nature of celestial objects—what makes the...
10: ...d mainly with figuring out the observational implications of different models, and involves working wi... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...owballs", comets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[d...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ...ails can extend over 150 million km (1 [[Astronomical unit]]) or more.
11: ... omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes. From ancient sources, such as Chinese ...
13: ...etorbit.png|thumb|400px|Comets have highly elliptical orbits. Note the two distinct tails.]] - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, ...
6: ...etermined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
8: ... Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United King...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: *[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]: UTC − 8 (... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...odern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical knowledge]], a global community of [[scholar]]s,...
6: ...ystems, which differs from the search for [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science...
11: ... it ''functions'', and whether it exhibits large-scale patterns and trends. The [[sociology of science...
13: ...d that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of inves...
15: ...' in [[1962]], there has been much debate in the academic community over the meaning and objectivity o... - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
3: ...on one side of the Sun and then the other. It was called [[Hermes]] when in the evening sky, but was k...
7: ==Physical characteristics==
12: ...urprisingly, radar observations taken in 1992 indicated that there is [[freezing|frozen]] [[water]] [[...
16: ...earlier terrain. In addition, Mercury has "significant" [[tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the S...
24: ..., ''i.e.'' [[escarpment|scarps]] - see [[List of scarps on Mercury]]
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