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- 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. - Cartography (10500 bytes)
1: ...s into one of three main types; [[computer-aided design |CAD]], [[geographic information system | GIS...
7: ... map dates from the [[5th millennium BCE]]. The oldest maps emphasized topological relationships such ...
9: ...flooding of the [[Nile]] obscured the property borders.
11: ...rence of the earth to within 15 per cent of the modern-day accepted value.
13: ...le]] later provided arguments in support of this idea. Those arguments can be summarized as follows: - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
1: ...y]] is a type of [[chronology]] worked on for decades by scholars of [[Egyptology]].
5: ...ist with no satisfactory solution. Scholars consider the creation of an Egyptian chronology a difficu...
7: ...ages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Teaching/HIS-SCI-STUDY-GUIDE/0006_egyptianChronolgoy.html]
9: ...plete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or destroyed). Egyptian chronology is in a constant sta...
13: ...phres Era'' may radically modify the prevailing modern Egyptian chronology, so the previous "firm" dat... - Alyattes II (1682 bytes)
1: ...Lydia]] ([[619 BC|619]]-[[560 BC]]), the real founder of the [[Lydian empire]], was the son of [[Sadya...
3: ...hales]]); hostilities were suspended, peace concluded, and the Halys fixed as the boundary between the...
5: ... [[Colophon]]). ([[Izmir|Smyrna]] was sacked and destroyed c.[[600 BC]]E, the inhabitants forced to m...
9: He was succeeded by his son [[Croesus]].
11: ...]] and its contents had been removed by early plunderers of the tomb, all that was left being some bro... - Anaximander (3421 bytes)
1: ... of Athens]] have fixed his birth in 611, and his death shortly after 547 B.C.
3: Ancient sources represent him as a successful student of [[astronomy]] and [[geography]], and an earl...
6: ...aterials from which everything we can perceive is derived.
8: ...le]] and [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]]) been understood as a sort of primal [[Chaos_(mythology)|cha...
12: ...theory of [[natural selection]], some people consider him to be [[evolution]]ary theory's most ancient... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
6: ...ut his life and teachings. Pythagoras and his students believed that everything was related to [[math...
11: ...center. He opened his school to men and women students alike. They called themselves the Mathematikoi...
13: ...y infer from this that participants required some degree of wealth and leisure to join the inner circl...
17: ...e bad." Others were more cryptic: "What is the [[Delphic oracle]]?" "The [[tetraktys]], in which the ...
19: ...p joy and love" (excerpt from the book ''The extended circle'', by Jon Wynne-Tyson). - Geometry (3634 bytes)
1: ...per cent. The [[Rhind Mathematical Papyrus]] also describes one of the earliest attempts at [[squaring...
3: ... but can be used in conjunction with mathematical definitions for [[point (geometry)|points]], [[line_...
5: ...truct new geometries other than the standard Euclidean version.
7: ...in geometry is that of ''congruence''. In [[Euclidean geometry]], two figures are said to be [[congru...
9: ...s)|group]] of transformations to work with (Euclidean geometry uses the inhomogeneous orthogonal tran... - 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... - Archimedes (13735 bytes)
1: ...etribution.) Some math historians consider Archimedes to be one of history's greatest mathematicians, ...
4: ...ented the [[irrigation]] device known as [[Archimedes' screw]].
6: ...inst the invading Romans was the [[claw of Archimedes]].
8: ...wooden ship with a variety of mirrors, they concluded that the enemy ships would have had to be virtua...
10: Archimedes was killed in Syracuse by a Roman soldier in 212... - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...ade of metal) stacked or rolled to form a compact device, but '''every''' multi-[[conductor]] [[geomet...
7: ... but opposite charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
22: ...cumulates on the plates of a capacitor, a voltage develops across the capacitor due to the electric fi...
30: For an ideal capacitor, the capacitor [[current]] is proport...
45: ...rs are usually specified such as 5 or 10%, or broader ranges for some types. Adjustable versions have ... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
1: ...a philosophical question that philosophers have understood and treated differently through the ages.
3: '''Philosophy''' can mean the academic exploration of various questions raised by phi...
5: ...assifed by time period (e.g. ancient, medieval, modern, contemporary, et al.), geography (e.g. Contine...
9: ...ature of these concepts--questions typically outside the scope of science. Several major works of pos...
11: *What is truth? How or why do we identify a statement as correct or false, and how do ... - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...s law]]. Some electrical effects are discussed under [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism...
6: According to [[Thales|Thales of Miletus]], writing ''circa'' [[600 BCE]], a fo...
8: ...ian]] walls, such as the [[Dendera light]]. Other devices discovered in Egyptian and other archaeologi...
10: ...tist)|William Watson]], experimenting with the Leyden jar, discovered in [[1747]] that a discharge of ...
11: ...:Electricity clipart.jpg|thumb|250px|Clipart provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]] - [[1620]])
30: *[[Adolf Anderssen]] (Germany, [[1818]] - [[1879]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 ...
52: *[[Claude Gaspard Bachet de M麩riac]] (France, [[1581]] - [[1638]]) - 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) - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
2: ...Alchemy can be regarded as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation o...
4: ...|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...] of gold and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and hav...
11: ...ormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and beliefs have limited validity, but if w...
13: ... both an inner meaning referring to the spiritual development of the practitioner as well as a materia... - Miletus (2255 bytes)
1: ...(mythology)|Miletus]] was the founder of the city described below. He had two children: [[Caunus]] an...
4: ...nce]] of [[Turkey]], near the mouth of the [[Maeander River]]. The site was inhabited since the [[Bron...
7: ...it was clogged by [[alluvium]] brought by the Meander.
9: ...empire, having founded several colonies. It was under [[Persia]]n rule until [[479 BC]], when the Gree...
11: ...ence, producing such men as [[Thales]], [[Anaximander]] and [[Anaximenes of Miletus|Anaximenes]]. - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
8: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
10: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
14: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
16: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - History of geography (6224 bytes)
5: ...tor]] and a Periplus of the Erythraean sea, which describes the coastlines of the Red Sea and the Pers...
7: ...n]] maintained the Greek and Roman techniques and developed new ones.
9: ...s]] revived a desire for both accurate geographic detail, and more solid theoretical foundations. The...
13: ...on reading ''Kosmos''. Von Humboldt himself persuaded her to publish (after the publisher sent him a c...
15: ...]], as well as [[economics]], [[sociology]] and [[demographics]]. - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
3: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
7: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
9: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
13: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
15: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - Geography1 (26085 bytes)
2: ...he human and physical sciences," geography is divided into two main branches - [[human geography]] and...
7: ...vered at King's College, London by Sir Marc Alexander. Quoted in {{cite book |last=Baker |first=J.N.L ...
9: ...web |title=What is geography? |work=AAG Career Guide: Jobs in Geography and related Geographical Scien...
15: ...ns ([[biosphere]]). Physical geography can be divided into the following broad categories:
16: :{| style="border:1px solid #ddd; text-align:center; margin: auto;...
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