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  1. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    13: ...w Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leadin...
    15: ...ation was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]...
    21: ...all [[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although s...
    26: ...t the marriage between her mother and father was unlawful, thus making her illegitimate. She also bec...
    33: ...om the line of succession in his will, which was unlawful, because it contradicted an Act of Parliamen...
  2. Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
    31: ...pularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. Sh...
    35: ...ng their marriage, Campbell lectured in political science at the [[University of British Columbia]] and at ...
    41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
    57: Campbell returned to lecturing in political science for a few years, this time at [[Harvard]]. Then,...
    61: ...c Society]]. She was cited for her status as the only woman leader of a North American country to date...
  3. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    27: ... United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. ...
    29: ... served as [[Secretary of State for Education and Science|Education Secretary]] in the government of [[Edwa...
    33: ...even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly known as the [[poll tax]]. At the same time the ...
    43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
    47: ...icy of the Labour Government as being steps "not only towards [[Socialism]], but towards [[Communism]]...
  4. United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
    90: ...erefore the exact border of the two countries is only known to their governments.
    97: ...cations Corporation ("[[Etisalat]]") is also the only [[Internet Service Provider|Internet Service Pro...
    129: *[http://www.ajman.ac.ae Ajman University of Science and Technology Network]
    136: {{commons|United Arab Emirates}}
  5. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    132: ...although (because of the [[Pressler amendment]]) only a few were eventually supplied. However, China c...
    138: ...r Soviet allies, [[Libya]] and [[Syria]] are the only two middle eastern countries with whom Pakistan ...
    140: ...te a [[renaissance]] and [[Age of Enlightenment|enlightenment]] in the Islamic world. Besides the OIC...
    142: ...ar states|declared nuclear power]] – the only Islamic nation to have that status – als...
    165: ...he structure of the economy, and agriculture now only accounts for roughly one-fifth of the GDP. There...
  6. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
    74: ...ing of its part in advancing world literature and science. At its zenith, the [[British Empire]] stretched ...
    91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]...
    93: ... his or her ability to command the support of the Commons. The current Prime Minister is [[Tony Blair]] of ...
    97: ...e modern United Kingdom, the monarch's role is mainly, though not exclusively, ceremonial. Her Majesty...
  7. Space (10661 bytes)
    41: ...of space, and is almost universally used within [[science]].
    43: ... act as a locational device. [[Astronomy]] is the science involved with the observation, explanation and me...
    83: ...oser to reality than Van Gogh's sky. The glory of science is not in a truth more absolute than the truth of...
    95: And touched things smoother than moonlight on still water,<br>
    98: Only the start of space, the road to suns." - [[F.R. ...
  8. Space exploration (14877 bytes)
    1: ...enerally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding [[outer space|space]] end...
    4: ...ect to space was conceived in the minds of many [[science fiction]] authors hundreds of years before it was...
    28: ...rt being the China Aerospace Corp. China became only the third country on Earth to send a human into ...
    44: ...Japan and the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science.
    47: ...ons on [[October 1]], [[1958]], NASA consisted mainly of the four laboratories and some 8,000 employee...
  9. Tree (23723 bytes)
    11: ...rous]] Period; tree ferns still survive, but the only surviving horsetails are not of tree form. Later...
    16: ...wig]]s and [[leaf|leaves]]. Tree stems consist mainly of support and transport tissues ([[xylem]] and ...
    18: ... immediately under the bark. Endogenous trees, mainly in the [[monocotyledon]]s (e.g. [[palm tree|palm...
    20: ... trees in the past; this practice is known as the science of [[dendrochronology]]. In some tropical regions...
    22: ...he branches optimizes exposure of the leaves to sunlight.
  10. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    4: ...ish and popularize an inductive methodology for [[science|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconi...
    14: Here also his studies of science brought him to the conclusion that the methods (a...
    18: ... died before doing so, and Francis was left with only a fifth of that money. Having started with insu...
    35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
    107: ...t.library.adelaide.edu.au/aut/bacon_francis.html Online editions of Bacon's works]
  11. Mars (27704 bytes)
    8: ... a quarter the surface area of the [[Earth]] and only one-tenth the [[mass]] (though its surface area ...
    11: ... is thin: the [[air pressure]] on the surface is only 750 [[pascal]]s, about 0.75 percent of the avera...
    22: ... mineral [[goethite]], which (unlike hematite) ''only'' forms in the presence of water, along with oth...
    31: ...[[Mount Everest]] and the [[Mariana Trench]]) is only 19.7 km. Combined with the planets' different ra...
    44: ... belief by some that life existed on Mars, due mainly to observations by [[Percival Lowell]] of [[Mart...
  12. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    16: ... accuracy obtainable. He was able to improve and enlarge the existing instruments, and construct entir...
    27: ...a nobleman and a commoner woman lived together openly as husband and wife, and she wore the keys to th...
    53: ...philosophy and Scripture, and could be discussed only as a computational convenience that had no conne...
    60: ...ications on the principle that the [[planets|heavenly bodies]] undoubtedly influenced (yet did not det...
    65: ...n the grounds of correspondences between the heavenly bodies, terrestrial substances (metals, stones e...
  13. Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
    7: ...f the federal government. The Congress, however, only possesses those powers enumerated in the Constit...
    15: ...wo-year terms from [[Congressional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known ...
    17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
    64: ... a judge or court before being imprisoned &mdash;unless necessary in time of rebellion or invasion
    65: * Pass laws that condemn persons for crimes or unlawful acts without a trial ([[attainder]])
  14. Computer (32773 bytes)
    4: ...application of computers is called '''[[computer science]].'''
    16: ...s, and in doing so founded [[theoretical computer science]].
    20: ...standing the important idea that the computer is only a machine, and cannot "think" or "understand" th...
    29: ...d afford them and were considered so exotic that only a handful would ever be required to satisfy glob...
    51: ... such as [[differential analyzer]]s, are not commonly included in such lists. Other classification sch...
  15. Forest (3705 bytes)
    6: ...an [[understory]], which makes efficient use of sunlight. A forest in its natural form is home to many...
    8: ... woodland has an open canopy, which allows some sunlight to penetrate between the trees (see also: [[s...
    19: The science of studying and managing forests, with a goal of ...
    25: {{Commons|Forest}}
  16. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    14: ...h the same information. This section is meant to only be a summary of the main article. Thanks.-->
    29: ...ish speaking]]. Jackie Biskupski, an [[lesbian|openly gay woman]], was elected in [[1998]] as a Utah S...
    42: ...;lake stink&#8221;'', which serves as one of the only reminders to Salt Lakers that they live near a m...
    45: ...similarities as a fresh water lake source and an inland [[salt]] sea destination.
    165: ...rea|Alta]] and [[Deer Valley]] (which both allow only skiing). Both skiing and [[snowboarding]] are av...
  17. Russia (28007 bytes)
    23: ...ll of Constantinople in 1453 Russia remained the only more or less functional Christian state on the E...
    60: ... and [[Pacific Ocean]]s, as well as more or less inland seas such as the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]], [[Blac...
    71: ... with the following countries: [[Norway]] and [[Finland]],
    72: ...jacent Countries|countries on its shores]] from Finland to Estonia and including the port of St. Peter...
    83: ... minor island of [[Big Diomede]] is separated by only a few miles from [[Little Diomede]], a part of t...
  18. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    22: ...e of the [[Short Parliament]] he had written not only his ''[[Human Nature (book Hobbes)|Human Nature]...
    24: ...f remarks on other works by Descartes succeeded only in ending all correspondence between the two.
    26: ... in November [[1641]], although it was initially only circulated privately it was well received. He th...
    52: ...he ''Leviathan'' describes such a situation, but only in order to criticise it; second, Hobbes himself...
    62: ... had any notion of the full scope of mathematical science. He was unable to work out with any consistency t...
  19. Global warming (53726 bytes)
    3: ...held by many journalists and politicians, but by only a minority of established scientists.
    16: ...s recently supported by an international group of science academies from various countries including [[Braz...
    19: ...ientific Consensus on Climate Change] [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/306/5702/1686.pdf]
    42: ...tml][http://dx.doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.1096109| Science 306, 679 - 682 (2004)].
    60: ...ivities. The United States [[National Academy of Sciences]] also endorsed the theory. Atmospheric physicis...
  20. Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
    4: ... Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet anticipa...
    17: His mother died when he was only eight and the next year he became a boarder at t...
    19: ...ry that all animals had similar organs differing only in complexity. In March [[1827]] Darwin made a p...
    32: ...t|HMS Beagle, from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley]]
    35: ...cted an enormous number of specimens, many new to science, which established his reputation as a naturalist...

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