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1. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
   2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
   7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
   10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
   12: ...00s]]. According to Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
   14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi...

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1. History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
   1: ...premise]]s and approaches, examples of which include [[rationalism]] (through [[logic]]), [[empiricism...
   7: ...odern" is a word with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the sp...
   10: ...ents were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
   12: ... parts), the [[Eleatic School|Eleatics]] [[Parmenides]] and [[Zeno of Elea|Zeno]] (All is One and chan...
   14: ... the subjects and methods of debate became highly developed.
2. 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...
3. Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
   1: ...he scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' by [[Nicolaus ...
   3: ...nly were there major theoretical and experimental developments, but even more importantly, the way in ...
   7: ...as; some of the rancor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these ...
   9: ...tially as it is understood and practiced in the modern world; there is no concern here with "other nar...
   15: ... (This and Galen's anatomy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contr...
4. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
   3: ...s ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
   60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]?
   66: ...ntury BC|200s BC]]: Compound [[pulley]]: [[Archimedes]]
   74: * [[1st century]]: [[Rudder|Stern mounted rudder]] in [[History of China|China]]
   83: * [[9th century|800s]]: [[Black powder|Gunpowder]] in [[History of China|China]]
5. Astronomy (13970 bytes)
   3: ...ed near the center of the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles...
   5: ...d with [[astrology]], which assumes that people's destiny and human affairs in general are correlated ...
   8: ...rns itself much more with trying to observe and understand the actual physical nature of celestial obj...
   10: ... and involves working with computer or analytic models.
   12: ...er ways. Categorization by the region of space under study (e.g., Galactic astronomy, Planetary Scien...
6. Comet (30542 bytes)
   3: ...mets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and va...
   5: ... sun consisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; the outer edges...
   11: ... sight. They were usually considered bad omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes...
   15: ...ics that tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary ...
   17: ...and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits].
7. History of science (41710 bytes)
   2: Modern [[science]] is a body of verifiable [[empirical...
   4: ... change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still...
   6: ...] concerns the [[Creativity|creative]] process of designing useful objects and systems, which differs ...
   11: ...mphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
   13: ...e, and that there can be [[demarcation problem|no demarcation]] between science and any other form of ...
8. Meteorology (19082 bytes)
   12: ...d in [[1667]] by [[Robert Hooke]], while [[Horace de Saussure]] completed this list of the most import...
   14: ... was also the first American to keep accurate and detailed records of weather conditions on a daily ba...
   16: ...s was understood. Early in the 20th century this deflecting force was named after [[Gaspard-Gustave C...
   18: ...lowed exchange of weather information with unprecedented speed.
   20: ... [[front (meteorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries between air masses.
9. Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
   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]].
10. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
    12: *[[Manfred von Ardenne]], (1907-1997), [[Germany]]
    14: ...s]],(1927 - June, 1996)of the [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed po...
    19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
    22: ... U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
11. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
    7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
    10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
    12: ...00s]]. According to Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
    14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi...
12. Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
    2: ...fried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] for the development of differential [[calculus]]. While they...
    4: ...a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in t...
    6: ...ped a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the rate of cooling of objects when expos...
    12: ...ief biography of Newton's early life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life a...
    14: ... said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three months bef...
13. Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
    2: '''Johannes Kepler''' ([[December 27]], [[1571]] – [[November 15]], [[1...
    4: ...nt to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei]].
    9: ...is said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brillian...
    11: ...acizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, fo...
    13: ...duced to astronomy/astrology at an early age, and developed a love for that discipline that would span...
14. List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
    3: ==Political leaders==
    12: **[[Cosimo de' Medici]]
    13: **[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (a.k.a. ''Lorenzo il Magnifico'')
    22: **[[Catherine de Medici]] Queen of France
    23: ...f Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]])
15. Microscope (8708 bytes)
    1: ...te or very small, not easily visible with the unaided eye. In other words, requiring a ''microscope'' ...
    11: ...c aberration]] and [[spherical aberration]]. In modern microscopes the mirror is replaced by a lamp un...
    24: #object holder or stage
    26: #diaphragm and [[condenser]]
    34: ...tudy thin specimens as they have a very limited [[depth of field]]. Typically they are used to examine...
16. Aristotle (37648 bytes)
    4: ...osopher]]. Along with [[Plato]], he is often considered to be one of the two most influential philosop...
    8: ...dialogue ''[[Phaedrus (Plato)|Phaedrus]]''. His ideas are therefore known to us only indirectly, thro...
    10: ...can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationalism|rationalist]].
    12: ...cs'', ''[[Nicomachean Ethics]]'', ''Politics'', ''De Anima (On the Soul)'' and ''[[Poetics]]''.
    14: ...hology]], [[rhetoric]] and [[theology]]. He also dealt with [[education]], foreign customs, [[literat...
17. Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
    1: ...]], is named after the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]]. A [[terrestrial...
    5: ...r: a circle with a small cross underneath ([[Unicode]]: ♀).
    7: ...m [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives include ''Venerean'' and ''Veneran''.
    14: ...ficantly between the night and day sides of Venus despite its extremely slow rotation (less than one r...
    16: ...quite similar to Earth. A common conceptual misunderstanding regarding Venus is the mistaken belief t...
18. Jupiter (24639 bytes)
    1: ...="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" align="righ...
    4: ...]]<br/><small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
    39: | 1.305 30&deg;<br>(6.09? to [[Sun]]'s equator)
    41: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
    42: | 100.556 15&deg;
19. Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
    1: ...cing=0 align=right style="margin:0 0 .5em 1em; border-collapse:collapse;" width=280px;
    4: ...]]<br> <small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
    39: | 2.484 46&deg;<br>(5.51? to Sun's equator)
    41: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
    42: | 113.715 04&deg;
20. Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
    1: ...margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" align="righ...
    4: ...2]]<br><small><font color="white">Click image for description</font></small>
    47: | 1.769 17&deg;<br>(6.43? to Sun's equator)
    49: ...e ascending node|Longitude of the<br> ascending node]]
    50: | 131.721 69&deg;

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