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- Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
4: ...cience|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledg...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...nderstanding]], [[knowledge]] or [[wisdom]] on fundamental matters as diverse as [[reality]], [[knowle...
16: ...ontinuous project - the one still being pursued today - is [[Socrates]], who studied under several Sop...
29: ...aused first cause, and this is God. Aquinas also adapted this argument to prove the goodness of God. E...
42: ...te it, the way the entire larger modern period is dated, from the [[Renaissance]]. In some usages, "Mo...
44: ...d overview would then have [[Erasmus]], [[Francis Bacon]], [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], and [[Galileo Galile... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) was [[List of British m...
9: ...Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his philosophical and political views;...
16: ...abeth, and she, along with her half-sister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated ...
18: ...rticularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her de...
37: ...ary of State]], and [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Bacon]], the [[Lord Keeper of the Great Seal]]. - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...ca]]'' in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming t...
7: ...es may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
31: ...ar to fill fourteen centuries, and the other candidates are few:
36: ... extending to the early 17th century, are the raw data on which are built the theoretical studies of h...
40: ...ts for a means of creating a more accurate [[calendar]] for its activities. For almost two millennia,... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
13: ...phabet|IPA]] {{IPA|/ɛˌliniˈka/}} – "Hellenic") is an [[Indo-European]] [[language...
21: ...[Byzantine]] period (as early as 11th century). Today in its '''common''' form, it is spoken by approx...
32: ...]] and, with minor modifications, is still used today.
34: ...eek state, and the most widely spoken by Greeks today.
38: ...orm, with [[Latin language|Latin]] words, the foundation of international scientific and technical voc... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...red from [[measurement]] and can be stored in a [[database]], from which it can be extracted for a var...
7: The oldest known map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest ma...
9: ...m the Kassite period ([[14th century BCE|14th]] – [[12th century BCE|12th centuries BCE]]) of Ba...
11: ... of the earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
21: ...pping tended toward diagrammatic as well, since cadastral needs generally were met by descriptions of ... - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
5: ... As Dr. Robert A. Hatch of the University of Florida puts it:
7: ...yptian calendar with attested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian,...
9: ...ite]]s," adding that [[Ramses II]]'s accession is dated by various [[Egyptology|Egyptologist]]s to 130...
11: ==Dating and eras==
13: ...odern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dates cannot be supported astronomically. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...[oceanic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific...
10: ...of Fire]] being most active and famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below.
14: == Types of plate boundaries ==
15: ...es.png|thumb|right|350px|Three types of plate boundary.]]
16: ...rface phenomena. The different types of plate boundaries are: - Continental drift (4518 bytes)
3: ...for example, Africa and South America). [[Francis Bacon]], [[Antonio Snider-Pellegrini]], [[Benjamin Fran...
7: == Various Data ==
22: ...eas of Wegener about "plowing" continents, accommodates continental motion through the mechanism of [[... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
16: LandArea = 116,074 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[December 12]] [[1787]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
38: ...ing "Penn's woodlands", in honor of his father. Today, two major cities dominate the state - [[Philade...
46: ...[USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)|USS ''Pennsylvania'']], damaged at [[Pearl Harbor]], was named in honor of t... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...nowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-sci...
11: ...dge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
40: ... only teach [[theology]], but people like [[Roger Bacon]] encouraged teaching of the sciences. Scientific...
43: ...[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the bl...
46: ...vitalization of Europe. This provided a solid foundation for all future scientific work. Contact with ... - 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]])
80: *[[Francis Bacon (painter)]] ([[1909]]-[[1992]]) - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...idered complementary to the writings of [[Francis Bacon]] in establishing the modern [[scientific method]...
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 [... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...sh; [[31 March]] [[1727]] by the [[Gregorian calendar]]) was an [[English (people)|English]] [[physici...
4: ...white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
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... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
4: ...cience|scientific]] inquiry, often called the ''[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledg...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
55: * [[Tomás de Torquemada]]
68: * [[Baldassare Castiglione]]
70: * [[Erasmus of Rotterdam | Erasmus]]
164: * [[Leonardo da Vinci]]
187: * [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] - Timeline of United States pre-history (1600-1699) (5684 bytes)
12: ...udson]], hired by the Dutch, explores the present-day [[Hudson River]]
22: ...er]]''. They found [[Plymouth Colony]] in present-day [[Massachusetts]]; [[Mayflower Compact]] signed
23: ...ed by the [[Dutch West India Company]] in present-day [[New York]] state
24: ...[[New Amsterdam]] founded by the Dutch in present-day [[New York City]]
37: *[[1639]]-[[Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony]] signed - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ...Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features...
22: ...had apparently disappeared in the middle of their daily tasks.
29: ...colonists to work, and befriended [[Pocahontas]], daughter of Chief [[Powhatan]], who was able to supp...
33: ..., a class revolt led by the gentryman [[Nathaniel Bacon]] that succeeded in burning Jamestown to the grou...
35: ... However, because rivers and [[creek]]s were abundant, this allowed the plantations to spread out. Th... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
21: ! align="left" | Date of birth:
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40: ...h Marie de Gaulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] – [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commo...
42: ...d head of the provisional government in [[1944]]–[[1946]]. Called to form a government in [[1958...
44: ==1890–1912: Formative years== - 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... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
15: ...e the Catholic church put the work in its Index – a list of books against the faith.
25: Coming back to "Along with [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Niccolo Machiavelli is considered the id...
33: ...ts publication, ''Il Principe'' has become a legendary handbook on how to become and remain a ruler.
43: ...ino when Murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di Gravina...
44: *''Discorso sopra la provisione del danaro,'' [[1502]]
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