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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title ...
10: *[[Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford|Acheson, Archibald]] (1776-1849), 2nd Earl of Gosford
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
12: *[[Edward Goodrich Acheson|Acheson, Edward Goodrich]] (1856-1931)
13: *[[Kenny Acheson|Acheson, Kenny]] (born 1957) - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ...ames Franck. The couple moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home country.
5: ...scientific projects. In [[1946]] she became a professor in [[Chicago]] at Sarah Lawrence College. Here...
7: ...e Earth itself is spinning around the Sun. Maria described the idea elegantly:
9: ... waltzers. Suppose they go round the room in circles, each circle enclosed within another. Then imagin...
11: ...e Nobel Prize for [[Physics]] "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure". Maria was qu... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
1: ...|thumb|250px|Illustration of the Human Brain courtesy of [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
7: Human [[encephalization]] is especially pronounced in the [[neocortex]], the most...
9: ...s well as profoundly developed protypical structures of the [[brain stem]]. But the human brain is uni...
13: ...[[infant]]s, it consumes about 60%.) This generates a lot of [[heat]], which must be removed to preve...
15: ... only the [[medulla oblongata]] visible as it merges with the [[spinal cord]]. - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...sitional period between the end of the [[Middle Ages]] and the start of the [[Modern Age]]. The Renais...
5: ...ns that the results of these intellectual activities created a ''revitalization'' of European culture ...
9: ===Multiple Renaissances===
10: ...viously held that it was preceded by the Middle Ages and followed by the [[Reformation]], which many b...
12: ...e Renaissance as the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age. - Slide whistle (1974 bytes)
1: ... has an air reed like some [[woodwind]]s, but varies the pitch with a slide. Because the air column is...
3: ...r falling), but it is also possible to play melodies on the slide whistle.
7: ...Berio]]'s ''Passaggio'', which uses five, and pieces by [[Cornelius Cardew]], [[Alberto Ginastera]] an...
9: ... Clangers|Clangers]]''. The instrument also features prominently in the game of "Swanee-[[Kazoo]]" in ... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ... used to arrive at the age of the Earth and outlines their history.
3: == Prescientific notions ==
4: ... earth creationism]] (see [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v24/i1/belief.asp Old-earth or you...
9: ...t the Earth had been created separately from the rest of the universe, several hundred thousands of ye...
11: ...hen measured its rate of cooling. This led him to estimate that the Earth was about 75,000 years old. - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ...south by [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]], to the west by [[France]], [[Belgium]], the [[Netherlands]] ...
4: |+<big>'''Bundesrepublik Deutschland'''</big>
7: ...ermany]] || align=center width=130px| [[Image:Bundesadler.png|100px|Germany: Coat of Arms]]
23: |'''Largest City''' || [[Berlin]]
27: |'''[[President of Germany|President]]''' || [[Horst K?r]] - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ..., avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example,...
11: national_motto = Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno<br>(English: One for all, all for one)|
13: official_languages = [[German language|German]], [[French language|...
15: largest_city = [[Zurich]] |
17: leader_titles = [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Council]]| - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...cal form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where there ...
7: ...uage|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
14: * 26 KYA: [[Venus of Dolni Vestonice|Ceramics]] in [[Moravia]]
19: ...iculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ars]] of southern France and the [[Northern Crusades]].
7: ... certain times of the year. This was somewhat successful, but trained warriors always sought an outlet...
9: ...[[1063]], [[Pope Alexander II]] had given papal blessing to Spanish [[Christianity|Christians]] in the...
11: ...c interest in religious affairs, which would manifest in the overwhelming popular support for the Firs...
13: ...he Muslim armies' successes were putting strong pressure on the [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[Byzantine Empir... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...e controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, such a...
13: ...e many claims and counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review...
15: ...also sketched designs for a helicopter, but this design would not have flown.
17: ...for powered flight until the [[gasoline]] engine designed by the Wright Brothers. - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
6: ... [[Fabriano]], Italy, opened in [[1276]], and Arches, France, opened in [[1492]].
10: ...wet [[plaster]]. One well-known example of buon fresco is the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] an...
12: ...d full-scale cartoons as precursors for tapestry designs.
27: ==Techniques==
29: ...ied with other implements in experimental approaches or mixed with other materials (usually [[acrylic]... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
7: * [[1612]] - Galileo presents ''occhiolino'' to [[Poland|Polish]] king [[Si...
8: ...ndon]], a compound microscope with two convex lenses.
9: * c.[[1622]] - Drebbel presents his invention in [[Rome]].
10: ...o presents his ''occhiolino'' to Prince Federico Cesi, founder of the ''Accademia dei Lincei'' (in Eng...
11: ...oins the word ''microscope'' by analogy with ''telescope''. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
11: *[[Archimedes]], (circa 287 BC-212 BC), [[Greece]]
14: ...of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Ana...
22: ...U.S. solar inventor and developer; architectural designer.
28: ...liner]], (1851-1929) [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[gramophone]] - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
7: **[[Cesare Borgia]]
9: **[[Isabella d'Este]]
11: **[[Francesco Foscari]]
15: **[[Francesco Sforza]]
23: **[[Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]]) - Microscope (8708 bytes)
1: ...e naked or unaided [[eye]]. The [[science]] of investigating small objects using such an instrument is...
3: ...f an object placed in the focal plane of the lens(es).
8: ...nton van Leeuwenhoek|Van Leeuwenhoek]]'s microscopes consisted of a single, small, [[convex]] [[lens (...
11: ... and [[spherical aberration]]. In modern microscopes the mirror is replaced by a lamp unit providing s...
21: #[[objective lens]]es - January 2 (10888 bytes)
9: *[[1757]] - The [[United Kingdom]] captures [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]].
10: ...tate to ratify the [[United States]] [[United States Constitution|Constitution]].
12: *[[1815]] - [[Lord Byron]] marries Anna Isabella Milbanke, [[Seaham]], [[County Durh...
14: *[[1859]] - [[Erastus Beadle]] publishes ''[[The Dime Book of Practical Etiquette]]''.
15: ...nnounced at a meeting of the [[AcadéŠe des Sciences]] in [[Paris]]. - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
3: ...so known as Roger de la Pasture, Rogier de Bruxelles, (c. [[1400]] - [[June 18]], [[1464]]) was a [[Fl...
9: ...t his visit shows no result on his style, which owes nothing to Italian models; and he returned to [[B...
15: ...n the composition. [[Hans Memling]] was his greatest pupil.
18: * ''Descent from the Cross'' ([[1440]]), [[Madrid]]
19: * ''Descent from the Cross'' ([[1443]]), Sint-Pieterskerk... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...s More was the eldest son of Sir John More, a successful lawyer who served as a judge in the [[King's ...
7: ...life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing...
9: ...ucation at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men.
12: ...an Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in...
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