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- Puzzle (1711 bytes)
1: ...zleExample.jpg|right|thumb|An example of a simple puzzle.]]
2: ...s of [[Japan]] monks used to write [[mathematical puzzle]]s on temple walls: see [[sangaku]].
4: ==Well known puzzles==
8: * [[Eight queens puzzle]]
9: * [[n-puzzle]] (a.k.a. Fifteen puzzle) - Sliding puzzle (2847 bytes)
1: ...eces along certain routes (usually on a board) to establish a certain end-configuration.
3: ...are important parts of solving sliding block puzzles.
5: ...shows, some sliding puzzles are [[mechanical puzzles]].
6: ...lat board which are moved according to certain rules.
8: ...s then displayed automatically once the other pieces have been lined up.
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- 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]]. - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...anic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Rin...
6: ...:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of th...
7: == Key principles ==
8: ...dity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions.
10: ...ire]] being most active and famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below. - 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 reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...k of [[almanac|almanacs]], [[dictionary|dictionaries]] and [[encyclopedia]]s (or an index of them, if ...
3: ...ormation for quick reference, not narrative articles.
7: ...our bookmarks toolbar, allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
9: <!-- [[Wikipedia:Page size]] suggests not to divide lists even large.
16: ...[Special:Allpages/List_of_U|6,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_ar|7]] - 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]] - Mathematics (24164 bytes)
3: ...owledge. This latter meaning of mathematics includes the mathematics used to do [[calculation]]s and i...
7: ...]]s. The realization that two apples and two oranges do have something in common, namely that they fil...
8: ...also recognized how to count ''abstract'' quantities, like [[time]] -- [[Day|days]], [[Season|seasons]...
10: ...eoples first expressed [[quantity]] by drawing lines in the ground or scratching wood.
12: ...he broad subdivision of mathematics into the studies of ''structure, space'' and ''change.'' - Lightning (33113 bytes)
2: ...cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning strokes are observed during a night-time thunderstorm.]]
8: ==History of lightning research==
10: ...h lightning. [[Benjamin Franklin]] endeavored to test this theory by using a spire which was being ere...
14: ...milar experiments in [[France]], Franklin had suggested the original high-object-with-some-spark-gap i...
16: ... room split, and the door itself torn off its hinges. - Bird (20345 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = '''Aves'''}}
13: ...s, forelimbs modified as [[wing]]s, and hollow bones.
15: ... world, making them the most diverse class of terrestrial [[vertebrate]]s.
17: ...Many birds [[bird migration|migrate]] long distances to utilise optimum habitats (e.g., [[Arctic Tern]...
19: ...ir habitat, for example the [[Great Auk]], flightless [[Rallidae|rail]]s, and the [[moa]] of New Zeala... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ...d American crosswords such as the ''[[New York Times]]'' this is often omitted.
3: ==Types of Grid==
8: ...structure, with a higher percentage of black squares, leaving up to half the letters in an answer unch...
10: ...' crossword are 15ױ5 squares, while weekend puzzles may be 21ײ1, 23ײ3 or 25ײ5.
12: ...c circles. ''Free form'' crosswords have simple designs and are not symmetric. - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...f the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for his services to Theoretical Physics".
7: ... work and philosophy. To this day Einstein receives popular recognition unprecedented for a scientist...
14: ...e insistence of his mother, was given [[violin]] lessons.
16: ...elopment of the theory of relativity to this slowness, saying that by pondering space and time later t...
18: ...g his late childhood and early adolescence by suggesting and providing books on science and mathematic... - Archimedes (13735 bytes)
1: ...s consider Archimedes to be one of history's greatest mathematicians, along with possibly [[Isaac Newt...
3: ==Discoveries and inventions==
4: ...nted the [[irrigation]] device known as [[Archimedes' screw]].
6: ...nst the invading Romans was the [[claw of Archimedes]].
8: ...enemy ships would have had to be virtually motionless and very close to shore for them to ignite, an u... - Photosynthesis (9830 bytes)
1: ...ection. It is meant to be very nontechnial and accessible. Details come later. -->
2: ...|right|250px|Leaf. The primary site of photosynthesis in plants.]]
3: ... Organisms that produce energy through photosynthesis are called [[phototroph]]s.
5: == Photosynthesis in plants ==
6: ...e energy for these processes comes from photosynthesis. For instance, the over-all equation for the p... - List of hobbies (5016 bytes)
1: This is a '''list of [[hobby|hobbies]]'''.
8: * Horses
9: * Animal rescue (injured or orphaned wild or domestic animals)
20: * [[Miniature figures]]
59: * [[Shot glasses]] - Puzzle (1711 bytes)
1: ...zleExample.jpg|right|thumb|An example of a simple puzzle.]]
2: ...s of [[Japan]] monks used to write [[mathematical puzzle]]s on temple walls: see [[sangaku]].
4: ==Well known puzzles==
8: * [[Eight queens puzzle]]
9: * [[n-puzzle]] (a.k.a. Fifteen puzzle) - Tangram (4661 bytes)
1: '''Tangram''' is an ancient [[China|Chinese]] [[puzzle]].
6: It consists of 7 pieces, called ''Tans'', which fit together to form a sq...
7: * 5 [[triangle]]s of various sizes,
11: ...objective is to form a given shape with seven pieces.
12: The shape has to contain all the pieces, which must not overlap. - Sliding puzzle (2847 bytes)
1: ...eces along certain routes (usually on a board) to establish a certain end-configuration.
3: ...are important parts of solving sliding block puzzles.
5: ...shows, some sliding puzzles are [[mechanical puzzles]].
6: ...lat board which are moved according to certain rules.
8: ...s then displayed automatically once the other pieces have been lined up. - Axolotls (8008 bytes)
10: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''A. mexicanum'''''}}
17: ...dult, and not undergoing metamorphosis into a terrestrial form.
19: ...n), the majority being descended from these same research specimens, even in the pet trade.
21: ...ently listed by [[CITES]] as an [[endangered species]].
23: ... also nibble an axolotl's gill stalks and appendages while it is asleep, leading to infection. - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...s in the development of [[science]], and asking questions about how science "works" both in a philosop...
7: ...elative isolation, due to the difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there was a considerabl...
9: ...ary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ... the first scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The A...
13: ...functions, including a community open to and interested in empirical inquiry, and also more familiar w... - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
1: ...ic of scientific practice. A scientific method is essentially an extremely cautious means of building ...
9: ... we experience it reaches an extreme in [[Parmenides]] who argued that the world is one and that chang...
11: .... Using the concept of essence, Aristotle reconciles abstract thought with observation. In Aristotelia...
13: ...acon is at pains to tell us that scientific theories (or rather ''axioms'') should remain as close to ...
15: ... done, we may entertain better hopes of the sciences."''
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