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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
3: ... Arte del Disegno]] in Florence. She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious p...
7: ...was born in [[Rome]], on [[July 8]] [[1593]], the first child of the painter [[Orazio Gentileschi]], o...
10: The first work of the young 17-years old Artemisia (even...
14: ... using a device made of thongs wrapped around the fingers and tighted by degrees — a particularl... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
120: *[[Jasmine Becket-Griffith]]
218: *[[Charles Ephraim Burchfield]] ([[1893]]-[[1967]])
381: *[[Beverly K. Effinger]] ([[1955]]-)
394: *[[Mikhail Evstafiev]] ([[1963]]-)
412: *[[Stanislaw Fijalkowski]] ([[1922]]-) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
93: *[[Galileo Galilei]], (1564-1642), [[Italy]] — [[thermometer]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Aristotle]]. In additio...
7: ...rsity of Pisa]], but was forced to "drop out" for financial reasons. However, he was offered a positio...
10: ...losophy]] or religion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science....
18: ...makers. His work on the device also made for a profitable sideline with merchants who found it useful ...
20: ...humb|200px|right|It was on this page that Galileo first noted an observation of the [[natural satellit... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: Sir '''Isaac Newton''' ([[25 December]] [[1642]] – [[20 March]] [[1727]] by the [[Julian c...
4: ...le]]s (see [[wave-particle duality]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour...
6: ...rvation of [[momentum]] and [[angular momentum]]. Finally, he studied the speed of sound in air, and v...
14: ...her also said that his body at that time can even fit inside a quart mug. His father had died three mo...
25: ...;Sir Isaac Newton walking in his gardens, had the first thought of his system of gravitation, upon see... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...lennia, the lack of a written record and the significant marginalization in the population of native i...
5: ...agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
7: [[Image:california_poppies.jpg|thumb|325px|A field of [[California Poppy|California golden poppie...
13: When the first [[European colonization of the Americas|Europe...
21: ...nied expeditions in [[1534]] and [[1535]] without finding the sought-after city. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
4: ...the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's legacy and...
6: ...] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the ...
19: ...ce he was entitled to, although this cannot be confirmed because the school's records have not survive...
23: On [[May 26]], [[1583]] Shakespeare's first child, Susanna, was baptised at Stratford. A s... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
7: He was born named Filippo in [[Nola]], in [[Campania]], the son of Gio...
10: ...s are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, water]]
11: ...inas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[Nicholas of Cusa]].
17: ...e our [[Sun]], that the universe was [[infinity|infinite]], with a "Plurality of Worlds", and that all...
21: ...makes a case that Bruno is the previously unidentified 'Henry Fagot' whose reports to Francis Walsingh... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
56: *[[Hermann Emil Fischer]], (1852-1919), not to be confused with :
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
58: *[[Hans Fischer]], German organic chemist, [[1930]] [[Nobel ...
64: *[[Johan Gadolin]], (1760–1852), [[Finns|Finnish]] chemist
107: *[[Primo Levi]], (1919-1987), resistance fighter, [[chemist]] and novelist - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
4: ...een stars and planets; as Stars remain relatively fixed over the [[century|centuries]], while planets ...
8: ...lineation]]s (such as [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] ...
14: ...ibe their designs are conservatively dated to the first millennium BC, but their contents appear to be...
46: ...ment of [[precession]] and the compilation of the first star catalog. [[Ptolemy]] later referred to th...
57: ...0pix.jpg|thumb|left|200px Gallileo Gallilei (1564-1642) crafted his own telescope and discovered that ou... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...[[navigator]]. He made three voyages to the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mappe...
7: ...r the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who work...
8: ... tradition, it is during his time there that Cook first felt the lure of the [[sea]] while gazing out ...
14: ...s, courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts (''e.g.'' dipping into the Antarctic ...
16: ==First voyage ([[1768]]-[[1771]])== - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: *[[1760]] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys ...
15: ...ng Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
18: ...w Haven, Connecticut]], the first international [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
20: ... Langley|USS ''Langley'']] is commissioned as the first [[United States Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]].
21: *[[1933]] – [[Dachau]], the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
17: *[[Lars Ahlfors|Lars Valerian Ahlfors]] (Finland, [[1907]] - [[1996]])
195: *[[Bruno de Finetti]] (Italy, [[1906]] - [[1985]])
254: *[[Leonardo of Pisa|Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci]] (Italy, [[1170]] - [[1250]])
255: *[[John Charles Fields]] (Canada, [[1863]] - [[1932]])
256: *[[Thomas Fincke]] (Denmark, [[1561]] - [[1656]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
29: *[['Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi]], ([[Persia]], [[903]] – [[986]])
205: *[[Erwin Findlay-Freundlich]] ([[1885]] – [[1964]])
220: ...[Galileo Galilei]] ([[Italy]], [[1564]] – [[1642]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
14: ...des]]'s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English langua...
16: Although he associated with literary figures like [[Ben Jonson]] and thinkers such as [[...
20: ...passions whereby Man came into relation with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how...
24: ...e, and wrote a critique of the ''[[Meditations on First Philosophy]]'' of [[Descartes]], which was pri...
26: ...s opticus'') included in the collection of scientific tracts published by Mersenne as ''Cogitata physi... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
6: *[[Firmin Abauzit]], (1679-1767)
267: *[[Claude Buffier]], (1661-1737){{fn|R}}
348: *[[Andrea Christofidou]]
387: *[[Lady Anne Finch Conway]], (1631-1679){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
430: *[[Bruno de Finetti]], (1906-1985){{fn|O}} - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
1: :''For other meanings of '''Pacific''', see [[Pacific (disambiguation)]].''
2: {{Five Oceans}}
3:
5: ...which are found south of the equator. (See: [[Pacific Islands]].)
7: ...st, and the [[Straits of Magellan]] links the Pacific with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east. - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ... [[philosophy of science]], as well as the entire field of [[science studies]], have in the [[20th cen...
7: ...phers worked in relative isolation, due to the difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there ...
9: ...e internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ...ies of Nature) can be considered the first scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[G...
13: ...ten]] began in [[Berlin]] [[1700]]. Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including...
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