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- Dragonfly (4578 bytes)
15: Cordulegastridae - Goldenrings<br />
23: ...insect]] belonging to the Order [[Odonata]], Suborder '''Anisoptera''' and characterized by large [[co...
26: ...[[ommatidia]], arranged to give them nearly a 360° field of vision.
28: ...Anax strenuus''. The smallest modern species recorded is the libellulid dragonfly, ''Nannophya pygmaea...
34: [[Damselfly|Damselflies]] (Suborder Zygoptera) are often confused with dragonflies, ... - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ...onomic boom|boom]] and accelerated [[consumer]] [[demand]] and aspirations, coupled with significant c...
3: ...the second half of this decade was termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also c...
5: ...s were cultivated in [[jazz]] and [[dancing]], in defiance of the horrors of the First World War, whic...
8: ... [[1920]]s were setting the stage for the [[Great Depression]] that would dominate the [[1930]]s.
10: ===Demobilization=== - Art (11479 bytes)
3: ...st range of forms, styles, and cultures. Art includes a variety of media, such as painting, sculpture,...
5: ...ny discussions and debates. '''Art''', in its broadest meaning, is the expression of creativity or ima...
9: ==Historical Development and Styles==
11: ...return to classical ideals and proportions. The modern era introduced movements such as Impressionism,...
15: ...us mediums and techniques. Painting, one of the oldest forms, uses pigments on surfaces like canvas or... - Human (48024 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Hominoidea]]}}
21: ...rimate]] belonging to the superfamily of [[Hominoidea]], with all of the [[apes]]: [[chimpanzee]]s, [[...
24: ...he upper limbs for manipulating objects, a highly developed [[brain]] and consequent capacity for abst...
27: ...ly [[philosophy of mind]], attempts to fathom the depths of each of these perspectives. [[Art]], [[mus...
30: ...and [[manipulate]] the world around us led to the development of [[technology]] and [[science]] as a s... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
8: ... horrendous casualties, as high as twenty million dead.
11: ...e Minster [[Winston Churchill]] (left), U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] (center), and Soviet ...
13: ...des that they could stay there and that neither side would use force to push the other out. This tacit...
15: ...e to vie for the allegiance of the developing and developed world in the postwar years.
17: ...f-interest. [[World War II]] resulted in enormous destruction of infrastructure and populations throug... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...onship with the universe. In the course of the [[development of religion]], it has taken a huge numbe...
2: ...is used to designate what should be more properly described as a "religious organization" – that...
5: ...ht|Fishers of men; Oil on panel by [[Adriaen van de Venne]] ([[1614]])]]
10: ...e. The second interpretation, favoured by more modern scholars such as [[Tom Harpur]], is ''re + ligi...
12: ===Defining "religion"=== - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ... for designing many inventions that anticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his l...
7: .... It has also been suggested, albeit on scanty evidence, that she was a [[Middle East|Middle Eastern]]...
9: As he was born before modern naming conventions developed in [[Europe]], his full name was "Leonardo...
11: ...s father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourt...
12: ...ntellect that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Va... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...ook the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint ...
10: ... illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical e...
11: ...covered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]...
13: ...for the same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined t... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...mputer program|programming]]) a computer can be made to represent some aspect of a problem or part of ...
4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[...
8: ...s, photons, quantum particles or any other well-understood physical phenomenon. Although computers ha...
10: .... For example, electron flows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog sig...
12: ...is first translated into mathematical terms by rendering all relevant information into the [[binary]] ... - Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
1: ...aur_clipart.jpg|150px|thumb|Dinosaur Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
15: ... the largest to have ever existed. New finds have dethroned it as the largest theropod, but ''T. rex''...
18: ...ton in [[Wyoming]] in [[1900]]. This skeleton resides in [[London]].
22: ...eropod, and the serrated teeth, far from being bladelike, are massive and oval in cross-section. Heavy...
24: ...or of many bones has been hollowed out. This considerably reduced the weight of the skeleton while mai... - Performing arts (1198 bytes)
1: ...medy]], [[music]], [[dance]], [[opera]], [[magic_(illusion)|magic]] and the [[marching arts]], such as [[bra...
5: ...n referred to as a ''plastic art'' during the [[Modern dance]] era. - Buddhist philosophy (14386 bytes)
2: ... [[563 BC]] - c. [[483 BC]]). Buddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in [[metaphysics]], ...
6: ...a strong philosophical component. Buddhism is founded on the rejection of certain [[Hindu philosophy|o...
8: ...istemological debates over the proper modes of evidence have always been lively in Buddhism.
10: Readers should note that theory for its own sake is not...
16: ...erence of saints, etc.), to Buddhism's thoroughly developed hierarchies of clergy (not usually charact... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ...i]], [[monism]], [[Vedic]] metaphysics, [[guru]] ideal, and [[bhajan]]s) as well as [[Sufi|Sufi Islam]...
4: The founder of Sikhism, [[Guru Nanak]], was born in [[1469]]...
6: ...ony in AD [[1699]] ; and thus gave a distinctive identity to the Sikhs. The five baptised Sikhs were n...
8: ...es in the world that has been compiled by the founders of a faith during their own life time. The Sikh...
10: Guru Nanak's doctrinal position is clear, despite the appearance that it is a blend of insight... - Ice age (15810 bytes)
4: ... sense; and use the term 'glacial periods' for colder periods during ice ages and 'interglacial' for t...
10: ...theory, and Agassiz published it in his book ''ɴude sur les glaciers'' of [[1840]].
16: ...[Snowball Earth]] in which permanent sea ice extended to or very near the equator. It has been sugges...
20: ...,000 year time scales. The last glacial period ended about 10,000 years ago. A [http://www.scotese.c...
22: ...America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations. - Sense (11343 bytes)
3: == Definition of "sense" ==
5: ...ring, touch, smell, taste; a classification first devised by [[Aristotle]]), it is generally agreed th...
7: ...kind of physical energy, and that correspond to a defined region (or group of regions) within the brai...
11: ...by Aristotle and probably most familiar to the reader.
13: ...) function of brain to interpret sensory input to derive new information from it. - Time (15299 bytes)
1: ...ight|thumb|230px| Clock Tower, Prague. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ...difficult to provide an uncontroversial and clear definition of the nature of time. This article begin...
9: ...d years having significant variations in length. Despite its great social importance, the [[week]] is...
11: ...f time is so critical to the functioning of our modern societies that it is coordinated at an internat...
15: ...udying the [[past]]. Events in the past can be ordered in a sequence (creating a [[chronology]]), and... - Moon (37975 bytes)
2: ...ight" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;"
44: ...ascending node|Longitude of the<br /> ascending node]]
56: | 3,476.2 km [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&head=f&anim=129&obj=...
73: ! align="left" | Mean [[density]]
94: ! align="left" | [[Declination]] - Film (18911 bytes)
4: ...licks'' — and most commonly ''movies''. Academics and the English-speaking international commun...
6: ...ception of motion — a psychological effect identified as [[beta movement]].
8: ...r of communication. Any film can become a worldwide attraction, especially with the addition of [[dub...
14: ...the underlying principle became the basis for the development of [[animation]].
16: ...ored on a single [[reel]], and led quickly to the development of a [[movie projector|motion picture pr... - Dragonflies and Damselflies (4651 bytes)
15: [[Cordulegastridae]] - Goldenrings<br />
23: ...insect]] belonging to the Order [[Odonata]], Suborder '''Anisoptera''' and characterized by large [[co...
26: ...[[ommatidia]], arranged to give them nearly a 360° field of vision.
28: ...Anax strenuus''. The smallest modern species recorded is the libellulid dragonfly, ''Nannophya pygmaea...
34: [[Damselfly|Damselflies]] (Suborder Zygoptera) are often confused with dragonflies, ... - Rio Bec (1828 bytes)
7: ...he steps are only a design motif that creates the illusion of functional stairs. Even if the steps were fun...
9: ...l components, the R�Bec towers hold the typical decorations of a [[pyramid]] and its upper temple an...
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