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- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...in]]. He believed that the [[earth]] was a relatively small [[sphere]], and argued that a ship could r...
3: ...ated by [[Washington Irving]]. Contrary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the ea...
5: ... the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...iversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
9: ...Scandinavians, Columbus's voyages led to a relatively quick, general and lasting recognition of the ex... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ... [[brittle]]. One classical definition is that steels are iron-carbon alloys with up to 5.1 percent [[...
5: ...is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (...
7: ==Iron and steel== - Politics (7193 bytes)
2: ...ons including [[corporate]], [[academic]], and [[religious]].
6: One theorist, [[Harold Lasswell]], has defined politics as "who gets what, when,...
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14: ... taxation, and writing. All of which require densely populated settlements - cities. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...ely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advance the study of [[anatomy]], [[astronomy]...
7: ... [[lawyer]] and his mother, Caterina, was most likely a peasant girl. It has also been suggested, albe...
9: ...o, son of Mister Piero, from Vinci". Leonardo himself simply signed his works "Leonardo" or "Io, Leona...
11: ... father soon showed them to the painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]], who subsequently took on the fourte...
12: ...t that whatever he turned his mind to he made himself master of with ease" ([[Giorgio Vasari|Vasari]])... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...any public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the ...
5: ...father and was admitted to [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[1496]]. In [[1501]] More became a [[barrister]].
7: ... of wearing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...husband. More provided his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learn...
12: ...g as a liaison between the king and his Lord Chancellor: [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]], [[Archbishop of Y... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: '''Hernando de Soto''' (born [[1496]] or [[1500]], [[Jerez de los Caballeros]], [[Ext...
4: == Travels and Career ==
5: ...n [[Panama]]. His only possessions then were a shield and his sword. In [[1516]], he became commander ...
6: De Soto gained fame as an excellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was kno...
9: ... large areas of land in the Spanish colonies, as well as gold mines and trade ships. Apparently though... - Ferdinand Magellan (19348 bytes)
2: ...umnavigating]] the [[globe]]. Though Magellan himself died in the [[Philippines]] and never returned t...
5: ..., named after his grandmother, and his sister Isabel.
7: ...been taught by [[Martin Behaim]]. In [[1496]], Magellan became a [[squire]].
9: ...nd naval bases along the way. It was here that Magellan would also first experience battle: when a loc...
11: ...ditions to the [[Spice Islands]]. In [[1510]], Magellan was promoted to the rank of [[captain]]. Howev... - John Cabot (5966 bytes)
10: ...at he decided to find a route to the west for himself. He went with his plans to England, because he i...
12: ...yes, regions or provinces of the heathen and infidelles, whatsoever they bee, and in what part of the ...
16: ...e in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] according to [[Celts|Celtic]] legends. Some people think [[Newfoundland]] ...
20: ...n [[Iceland]]). He sailed to [[Dursey Head]], [[Ireland]], from where he sailed due west to Asia - or ...
22: ...y [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in [[1497]] are generally believed to have been forgeries or fabrications. - Fashion (7767 bytes)
1: ...r frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
3: ...gn (as in a 'curious fashion') or a method (a 'cruel fashion').
7: == Fields prone to fashions ==
8: ... [[social psychology]] phenomena common to many fields of human activity and thinking.
20: ...] (left) with her counterpart from [[Venice]], in 1496-97. The Venetian lady's high [[clogs]] make her t... - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
7: | preceded=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
14: | wife=[[Helen Herron Taft]]
18: ...his predecessor and close friend [[Theodore Roosevelt]].
20: ...titution|17th Amendment]], mandating the [[direct election]] of [[United States Senate|senators]] by t...
22: ...itting]] the Republican vote and resulting in the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. Taft later became [[... - Hernando de Soto explorer (34946 bytes)
1: '''Hernando De Soto''' (c.1496/1497 - 1542) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] exp...
5: ...]), the whispers of glory and wealth were too compelling for the poor.
7: ...torious for the extreme brutality with which he wielded these gifts.
9: ...the "South Sea" below Panama), and [[Ferdinand Magellan]], who first sailed that ocean to the [[Orient...
12: ...n with him on ships he had hired. Pizarro immediately made de Soto one of his captains. When Pizarro a... - Flight (3194 bytes)
7: ...se groups' [[wing]]s [[evolution|evolved]] separately from different structures.
11: ...leshy membranes between their limbs: some can travel hundreds of [[metres]] in this way with very litt...
13: ... It is thought that they evolved this ability to help them escape from underwater predators.
16: ... the fastest animal in the world; its [[terminal velocity]] exceeds 320 [[km/h]] while diving down on ...
23: * [[Dumbo]], the flying [[elephant]]. - Temperature (22519 bytes)
8: Temperature is related to the amount of thermal energy or heat in a ...
13: ...mperature plays an important role in almost all fields of science, including physics, chemistry, and b...
15: ...in which a [[tungsten]] filament is [[electricity|electrically]] heated to a temperature at which sign...
17: For information on temperature changes relevant to [[climate change]] or [[Earth]]'s [[geolo...
21: ...tandpoint is the '''gas thermometer''' mentioned below.
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