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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... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
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8: date_of_death=[[March 6]], [[1982]] |
9: place_of_death=[[New York City]], [[New York]]
11: ... values. Rand viewed this hero as the ideal and made it the express goal of her literature to showcase...
14: ... values from others by physical force, or impose ideas on others by physical force. - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...]]) was a [[Russia]]n [[mathematician]] and a student of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[188...
3: ...ged to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particular; ...
5: ...) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another Academician) and had more education and "appreciation o...
7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of [[partial differential equation]]s (t...
9: ...to get his attention, but he was focused on the older sister Anna and he very probably proposed to her... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...wig Boltzmann]]. After she obtained her doctorate degree, she went to [[Berlin]] in [[1907]] to study ...
10: ...|Einstein]], who had the celebrity, to write President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] a warning letter, whi...
12: ...[[1966]], when Hahn and Meitner together were awarded the [[Enrico Fermi Award]] with [[Fritz Stra߭an...
17: ...h, (ed.) 1959. ''Trends in Atomic Physics: Essays Dedicated to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von Laue o... - Mary, the mother of Jesus (30135 bytes)
8: ... figure of Mary, and the centuries of Marian cult derived from the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Chris...
11: ...t|250px|thumbnail|[[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]] delivering the [[Annunciation]] to Mary. Painting by...
13: ... strangers (Luke 2:6, 7). But as the inn was crowded, Mary had to retire to a place among the cattle.
15: ...rs only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded: his going up to [[Jerusalem]] when twelve years...
17: ... and other women (John 19:26). Mary cradling the dead body of her son is a common motif in art, calle... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
1: ...g|right|framed|A medieval illumination showing Hildegard von Bingen and the monk Volmar]]
3: ...|German]] [[abbess]], [[Monasticism|monastic]] leader, [[Mystics|mystic]], author, and composer of [[m...
6: ... up around her. Upon Jutta's death in [[1136]] Hildegard was chosen superior of the community, and eve...
8: ...ling physically ill from carrying the unspoken burden.
11: ... of the meaning of the religious texts, and commanded her to write down everything she would observe i... - Stained glass (3937 bytes)
2: ...ss.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Stained glass photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...s2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stained glass photo provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
7: ...tallic salts during its manufacture to create a wide variety of [[color]]s. Early stained glass artist...
9: ...teristics that, even for the same color, can provide surprising results.
11: ...or lampshades incorporating colorful pictures and designs. - Process (6114 bytes)
1: ...n the [[properties]] of one or more [[object]]s under its influence. Compare: [[project]]. See also: ...
4: ...rocesses which repeat at a constant rate are considered periodic. The more periodic a process is the ...
22: ...of the core are doubled. More companies announced development of multicore processors.
24: ===Software development===
25: ...s take to create software. The steps usually include [[requirements analysis]], [[programming]], [[Sof... - Music (16462 bytes)
16: ...ften considered an aspect of music, if it is considered to exist.
18: ... the expense of rhythm and timbre. John Cage considers duration the primary aspect of music because it...
20: ...actual performance but also how music is heard, understood, even learned." <sup>[[#Notes|6]]</sup>
25: ...mmon terms used to discuss particular pieces include [[note]], which is an abstraction which refers to...
31: ...ch creates, performs, and promotes music. A great deal of music is produced by [[amateur]]s. - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet.
4: ... varieties of [[wood]] or, in the case of some student instruments, composite material or plastic [[re...
11: ...orchestral writing. Additionally, improvements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over tim...
12: The Bass Clarinet has a very deep and loud tone. It is often only used in large ...
20: ...e of [[ebonite]]. The instrument uses a single wooden (sometimes "fiber" or plastic) [[reed (music)|re... - Contrabassoon (3761 bytes)
3: *The reed is considerably larger, at 70-75 mm in total length as compa...
5: ...s also required, as the primary finger keys are widely spaced.
6: *There is considerably more air volume required in playing, and the...
7: ... water key to expel condensation, and a tuning slide for gross pitch adjustments.
11: ...ality which can be remediated by appropriate reed design changes. While prominent in solo and small e... - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to the south by [...
3: ...ackground: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
6: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:...
7: ...Germany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]] - Cuba (25106 bytes)
6: ...ted States]] occupied the island until its independence was granted in [[1902]], though limited by the...
10: ...able were expanded to cover all Cubans.After some delay, a [[Constitution]] of Soviet inspiration was ...
12: ...forced to surrender, due to president Kennedy's orders to call off the invasion. The failed attempt to...
14: ...pped the flow of vessels heading south and Cuba ended the exodus.
16: ...rty of Cuba in December of 1975 that "Without the decisive, steady, and generous aid of the Soviet peo... - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...Pharaoh]] [[Khufu (pharaoh)|Khufu]] (also known under his Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is oft...
9: ... in the [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
15: ...440 Old Royal Cubits (230.5 m). Today each side has a length of approximately 227.5 m. The r...
17: ...re based on true North, not magnetic North. The sides of the pyramid rise at an angle of approximately...
22: ... was removed by an Arab [[Sultan]] in 1356CE in order to build mosques and fortresses in nearby Cairo. - List of people by name: Q (4474 bytes)
8: ...Al Qadhafi|Qadhafi, Moammar]], Libyan military leader
20: *[[Dennis Quaid|Quaid, Dennis]], actor
23: ...Quant|Quant, Mary]], (born 1934), British fashion designer
28: ...819 - 1899), German-born, London-based rare books dealer
35: ...ayle, (1947-), US politician and former Vice President - Aedesius (754 bytes)
1: '''Aedesius ''' (died [[355]]), [[Neo-Platonism|Neoplaton...
3: ...wig Preller|Preller]], 552; Ritter's ''Geschichte der Philosophie''; T Whittaker, ''The Neoplatonists'... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...nd of the asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end. Features as small as...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...p://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1840AN.....17...81E&db_key=AST&high=41e14...
6: The exact definition of an asteroid is unsettled. The term "mi...
8: ...[boulder]]-sized or smaller. The distinction is made because asteroids are large enough to survive pas... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impression...
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
36: *[[Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz]] ([[1852]]-[[1916]])
49: *[[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] ([[1836]]-[[1912]])
117: *[[Romare Bearden]] ([[1914]]-[[1988]]) - Printmaking (6788 bytes)
1: ...rately producing one or more [[artist's proof]]s. Depending on the complexity of the process chosen, t...
3: ... stretched in a frame. Small prints can even be made using the surface of a potato.
6: ...een-printing]]. Other printmaking techniques include [[chine-coll靝, [[collography]], [[monotyping]],...
15: Artists using this technique include
22: [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]],
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