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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
    14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
    21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
    23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
    38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [...
  2. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    3: ...ileschi''' ([[July 8]], [[1593]] - [[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[...
    10: ...elden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the realism of [[Carava...
    12: ..., so Orazio hired the Tuscan painter to tutor his daughter privately. The unfortunate effect was that ...
    14: ...apped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularly cruel torture to a painter. Bot...
    18: ... Virgin Mary with Baby"''), currently in the [[Spada Gallery]], [[Rome]].
  3. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ...o a practical form. Where there is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the ...
    18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
    121: * [[1642]]: [[Adding machine]]: [[Blaise Pascal]]
    133: * [[1714]]: [[Mercury thermometer]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]]
    145: ...]: [[Submarine]] [[Turtle (submarine)|Turtle]]: [[David Bushnell]]
  4. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
    11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
    29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
    45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
    110: *[[David Bates (painter)|David Bates]] ([[1952]]-)
  5. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    13: *[[William George Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
    14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
    18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
    20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
    21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] — [[computer game]]
  6. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ...], [[1564]] – [[Arcetri]], [[January 8]], [[1642]]), was a [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] [[astronomer]], [[ph...
    14: Later research, however, has validated the experiments. The experiments on falling bo...
    26: ...e little doubt that both of them were beaten by [[David Fabricius]] and his son [[Johannes Fabricius|J...
    39: ...y'' unless a [[force]] —often [[friction]]— acts upon them, refuting the accepted Aristote...
    53: ...athematical methods were the standard ones of the day. The analyses and proofs relied heavily on the [...
  7. Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
    2: ...sh; [[31 March]] [[1727]] by the [[Gregorian calendar]]) was an [[English (people)|English]] [[physici...
    19: ...eventually became engaged to the apothecary's stepdaughter, Anne Storey, before he went off to [[Cambr...
    25: ..., to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
    31: ...]]. Any fellow of Cambridge or Oxford had to be ordained at the time. However the terms of the Lucasia...
    38: ... at its rear side, dispassionately noting "white, darke & coloured circles" so long as he kept stirrin...
  8. History of California (38344 bytes)
    1: {{dablink|This article covers the History of Californi...
    3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied for mi...
    11: ...re among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciatio...
    13: ...s. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] tre...
    36: ...irst European to explore the coast of the present day State of California was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo...
  9. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    2: ...]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]]); – [[April 23]], [[1616]] (O.S.), [[May 3]], [[16...
    6: ...between [[1588]] and [[1616]], although the exact dates and [[Chronology of Shakespeare plays|chronolo...
    8: ...any [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
    12: ...espeare{{fn|1}}—actor, playwright and poet—was one individual whose life can be clearly ma...
    14: ...be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of Engla...
  10. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
    3: '''Giordano Bruno''' ([[1548]] – [[February 17]] [[1600]]), a.k.a. '''Bruno Nol...
    7: ...nt Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
    9: ...ys of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associ...
    10: ...umb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are ...
  11. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
    36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
    37: ...[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel ...
    38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
    43: *[[Davorin Dolar]], (born 1921), chemist
  12. History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
    2: ...ures around the world using the raw, astronomical data collected.
    10: ...Julius Caesar]] instigated [[Julian calendar|calendar reform]] and created the [[leap year]].
    14: ...ts that describe their designs are conservatively dated to the first millennium BC, but their contents...
    18: A text on [[Vedic astrology]] that has been dated to [[1350 BC]], was written by [[Lagadha]].
    37: ...mewhat greater accuracy than the [[Gregorian calendar]]. They made detailed tables for calculating pha...
  13. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    1: ...ritish explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich]...
    3: '''James Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]) was a [[Kingdom of ...
    7: ...ren born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As a child, Cook moved with...
    8: ...on]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks...
    14: ...ing and cartographic skills, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' d...
  14. March 20 (10075 bytes)
    1: ...alendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 days remaining.
    3: {{MarchCalendar}}
    7: *[[1413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of...
    8: *[[1602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is establishe...
    9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]]...
  15. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
    25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]...
    66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
    75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]]...
    88: *[[Danilo Blanusa]], ([[Croatia]], [[1903]] - [[1987]])
  16. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    8: ...arc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
    9: ... Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
    10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
    11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
    12: ...reeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
  17. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    4: '''Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[Englis...
    10: ...l (see [[Hertford College]]). The principal of Magdalen was the aggressive [[Puritan]] [[John Wilkinso...
    20: ...n. Despite his interest in this phenomenon, he disdained experimental work as in [[physics]]. He went ...
    30: ...rbiere]] through the [[Elzevir press]] at [[Amsterdam]] with a new preface and some new notes in reply...
    36: ...uman Nature (book Hobbes)|Human Nature, or the Fundamental Elements of Policie]]'', and ''[[De corpore...
  18. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
    15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
    19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
    20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
    21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
  19. Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
    3: ...west point on earth—the [[Mariana Trench]]—lies some 10,911 m (35,797 ft) below sea level.
    26: ...an that found in the mid-latitudes because of abundant equatorial precipitation throughout the year. [...
    36: ...infall occurs. [[Typhoon]]s often cause extensive damage in the west and southwest Pacific. The greate...
    46: ...th of the equator and west of the [[international date line]] are the numerous small islands of [[Micr...
    53: ...and trade; [[Abel Janszoon Tasman]] discovered ([[1642]]) [[Tasmania]] and [[New Zealand]]. The [[18th c...
  20. Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
    7: ...hs or years for a hand-copied letter to arrive, today scientific communication can be practically inst...
    9: Nowadays, almost all modern scientists participate in a ...
    11: ...ment of the [[Scientific Revolution]] was the foundation of scientific societies: [[Academia Secretoru...
    13: ... Society]] of [[London]], [[1660]] to the present day, brought together a diverse collection of scient...
    15: ...II]], which produced such "wonder weapons" as [[radar]], [[rocketry]], and the [[atomic bomb]]. During...

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