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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: *[[Diogo de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explo...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval ...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] na...
10: *[[Antonio de Abreu]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer... - List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
5: ...Gregor Aichinger|Aichinger, Gregor]], (circa 1565-1628), German composer
7: ...rah]], (1934-1996), Somali politician and clan leader
24: *[[George Biddell Airy|Airy, George]], (1801-1892), astronomer - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ...ings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
7: ...more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She learned drawing, how to mix color and ho...
9: ...anna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
10: ...]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the rea... - Circulatory system (8794 bytes)
2: ...art_crca.jpg|thumb|200px|Human Heart Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
7: #Delivery of [[oxygen]] and [[nutrient]]s to all part...
8: #Collection of metabolic wastes and delivery to the excretory organs, e.g. [[kidney]]s.
9: #Role in the [[immune system]] of defense against [[infection]].
20: ... the four-chambered heart of birds evolved independently of that of mammals. - Printing (4400 bytes)
3: ...zlamywak.jpg|right|thumb|The [[folding machine|folder]] of newspaper web offset printing press]]
11: ...' was already in use by the 6th century BC. The oldest surviving book printed using the more sophistic...
13: ... design of his machine on a wine press, Gutenberg developed the use of raised and movable type and fro...
15: ...ng press in North America at Massachusetts Bay in 1628, and helped establish the Cambridge Press.
18: ...efelder]] discovered [[lithography]]. [[Blake]] made relief etchings. Early in the [[nineteenth centur... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
1: ...dro ?vares Cabral]], [[John Cabot]], [[Juan Ponce de Le, and [[Ferdinand Magellan]].
3: ...re a combination of traditional European and Arab designs were the first ships that could leave the re...
6: ...isi's world map.JPG|200px|thumb|right|This map, made by Arab geographer [[al-Idrisi]], was one of the ...
7: ...iddle East was almost completely controlled by traders from the Italian city states. Their close links...
9: The first of these travelers was [[Giovanni de Plano Carpini]] who journeyed to [[Mongolia]] and... - Barbados (21887 bytes)
3: ...re also dotted with large sugarcane estates and wide [[pastures]] with many good views to the sea.
5: ...ntry in the world. The island is a major tourist destination.
9: ...]], and [[Mapp's Cave]]. According to accounts by descendants of the aboriginal Arawak tribes on other...
11: ...lly called the island '''Os Barbados''' ("The Bearded Ones"), upon seeing the appearance of the island...
13: ...]] until independence in [[1966]], Barbados was under uninterrupted British control. Nevertheless, Bar... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]])
137: *[[Alexander Benois]] ([[1870]]-[[1960]]) - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
5: ...by later writers ([[Pierre Borel]] 1620 - 1671 or 1628 - 1689 and [[Willem Boreel]] 1591 - 1668) to have...
6: * [[1609]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] develops an ''occhiolino'' or compound microscope wi...
7: ...o'' to [[Poland|Polish]] king [[Sigismund I of Sweden|Sigismund III]].
10: ... Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in English, ''The [[Linceans]]'').
16: ...[1981]] - [[Gerd Binnig]] and [[Heinrich Rohrer]] develop the [[scanning tunneling microscope]]. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[Nat...
4: ...Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (peopl...
6: ...artes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...abandoning his three children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport...
12: ... Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with ... - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...y studied from his time down to the present day. Descartes was one of the key thinkers of the Scienti...
2: ...ge-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...heless, many elements of his philosophy have precedents in late [[Aristotelianism]], the revived [[Sto...
6: ...e invention of the [[calculus]] and [[analysis]]. Descartes's reflections on mind and mechanism began ...
11: On March 31, 1596, Descartes was born in [[La Haye en Touraine]], [[Ind... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
23: *[[Adelard of Bath]], (12th century){{fn|C}}
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
37: *[[Alain de Lille]], (c. 1128-1202)
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC) - Samuel de Champlain (12497 bytes)
1: ...ge:Samuel-de-champlain-s.jpg|thumb|right|''Samuel de Champlain''<br>by Th鯰hile Hamel (1870)]]
3: ...ica]] up to French trade, especially the [[fur trade]]. His influence is still felt in the presence of...
7: ...er 20]], wrote an account of his travels called ''Des sauvages'' (The Savages).
9: ...he spring of [[1604]] led by [[Pierre Dugua Sieur de Monts]]. He helped found the [[Saint Croix Island...
13: ...s (each two stories tall) and also moat 15 feet wide. This was to become the [[Quebec City, Quebec|cit... - Linnaean classification (11503 bytes)
1: ...[Charles Darwin|Darwinian]] principle of [[common descent]]. [[Molecular systematics]], which uses [[g...
7: ...lle]], translated and abridged Aristotle's book ''de Anima'' (''On Animals'') into Arabic. His origina...
9: ...nce in developing scientific classification was made by the Swiss professor, [[Conrad von Gesner]] (15...
11: ...he research of people like [[Marcello Malpighi]] (1628–1694), [[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680)...
13: ...toria Plantarum]] was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomou... - Medieval medicine (14745 bytes)
1: ...|spiritual]] world view, in which factors such as destiny, sin, and astral influences played as great ...
7: ...medical texts, such as those by [[Galen]], were widely used on the basis of authority rather than expe...
9: ...the dependence upon the power of herbs or gems needed to be explained through Christianity and only Ch...
15: ...rmined the purpose of the [[urinary bladder | bladder]] and [[kidney]]s.
17: ...itations from a variety of classical works alongside local folk remedies.
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