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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...[[Joseph M. Acaba|Acaba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
25: ...n|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815) - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
5: ...was a woman she was not allowed to work on scientific projects. In [[1946]] she became a professor in ...
9: ...nother. Then imagine that in each circle, you can fit twice as many dancers by having one pair go cloc... - Human brain (15406 bytes)
15: ...e matter]] and separated by a prominent [[central fissure]]. A well-developed [[cerebellum]] is visibl...
21: ...ended in [[cerebrospinal fluid]] (CSF) which also fills spaces called [[ventricle|ventricles]] inside ...
23: ...ted in the ventricles of the brain. The remainder fills the subarachnoid space which separates the sof...
25: ...ntly resulted in the death of the mother. The difficulty experienced by humans in giving birth is nea...
27: ... animals, the growth rate of the brain slows significantly at birth. - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
1: ...vement]] which brought about a period of [[scientific revolution]] and artistic transformation, at the...
5: ...[19th century]]. ''Rebirth'' is used in two ways. First, it means ''rediscovery'' of ancient classical...
10: ...cularly useful because it eliminates the need for fitting "The Renaissance" into a chronology that pre...
17: ...Fiore.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Santa Maria del Fiore]] church of [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Florence ...
19: ... Alighieri|Dante]] ([[1265]]–[[1321]]), the first writer to embody the spirit of the Renaissance... - Slide whistle (1974 bytes)
1: ...te''') is a [[wind instrument]] consisting of a [[fipple]] like a [[recorder]]'s and a tube with a [[p...
5: ...e, slide [[saxophone]]s, with reeds rather than a fipple, were also built.
7: ...ude [[Luciano Berio]]'s ''Passaggio'', which uses five, and pieces by [[Cornelius Cardew]], [[Alberto ... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...ars, the exact age of the Earth is difficult to define. This article describes the modern dating metho...
3: == Prescientific notions ==
4: In the centuries preceding the [[scientific revolution]], the age of the Earth was determine...
8: == First concepts ==
9: ...he founder of [[Russia]]n science, was one of the first to undertake this exercise, suggesting in the ... - Germany (46412 bytes)
19: |'''[[Official language]]''' || [[German language|German]]<s...
35: |'''Formation<br>Unification/reunification<br><br><br>'''
51: ...e|Romany]] and [[Frisian language|Frisian]] are officially recognised and protected as minority langua...
62: ...sand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state only in [[1871]], when...
66: ...n strife, the [[Thirty Years War]] ([[1618]]) and finally the [[Peace of Westphalia]] ([[1648]]), that... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ... official name, avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The abbreviation is similarly used...
13: official_languages = [[German language|German]], [[Fr...
46: ...lects this state, listing the eight "Old Cantons" first, with the city states preceding the founding c...
48: ...lity acquired during the earlier wars, suffered a first setback in [[1515]] with the Swiss defeat in t...
63: ...n invasion was never initiated. Modern historical findings, such as the research done by the [[Bergier... - 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]]-) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
7: ...ass of warriors who now had very little to do but fight among themselves and terrorize the peasant pop...
9: ...e [[mercenaries]] from elsewhere in Europe in the fight against the Islamic [[Moors]]. In [[1063]], [[...
11: ...ifest in the overwhelming popular support for the First Crusade, and the religious vitality of the 12t...
20: The trigger for the First Crusade was Emperor [[Alexius I]]'s appeal to ...
23: ..., with its sense that the highest good was to die fighting for the cause of the right deity, in a Chri... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ... story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...methods used to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled ...
13: ... counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review of such claims.
15: [[Leonardo da Vinci]] was the first person to seriously design an aircraft, design...
17: ...craft through the air was the crux of flying. Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be av... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
1: ...97.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Carl Larsson]], ''Crayfishing'', watercolor, 1897]]
14: ... painted watercolors in the [[15th century]]. The first school of watercolor painting in Europe was le...
25: ...the colorant to the painting surface. Unpigmented filler is added to gouache to lend opacity to the pa...
31: ...t and is reflected back to the viewer through the film.
35: ...s and [[color]] clarity are typically the most difficult properties to achieve and maintain. - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
14: * [[1931]] - [[Ernst Ruska]] builds the first [[electron microscope]]. - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
73: ..., (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — roll film
83: *[[Adolf Eugen Fick]], (1829-1901) — [[contact lens]]
137: ...ited States|USA]] — [[Polaroid]] polarizing filters and the [[Land Camera]]
139: *[[Irving Langmuir]], (1851-1957), gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding
156: *[[Montgolfier]] brothers, (1740-1810) and (1745-1799), [[Fran... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
13: ...*[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (a.k.a. ''Lorenzo il Magnifico'')
23: ...[[Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]])
45: ==Religious figures==
127: * [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]
137: * [[Rosso Fiorentino]] - Microscope (8708 bytes)
3: The most common type of microscope—and the first to be invented—is the '''optical microsc...
8: ... is a microscope that uses only one lens for magnification. [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek|Van Leeuwenhoek]]'...
23: #fine adjustment knob
34: ...s a power of 100×. The actual power of magnification is the product of the powers of the ocular ...
42: ...g distance. A stereo microscope has a useful magnification up to 100×. The resolution is maximal... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
7: ...ius became [[Pope]] [[Pope John II|John II]], the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [[test cricket]] on the [[Syd...
21: *[[1890]] - [[Alice Sanger]] becomes the first female staffer for the [[White House]].
27: *[[1921]] - The first religious [[radio]] broadcast ([[KDKA AM]] in ...
37: *[[1949]] - [[Luis MuMar�] became the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Ri... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
15: ...d [[Germany]]. His great family portrait in the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence had an important influence...
24: ...e Bold]] (c. [[1456]]-[[1458]]), Royal Museums of Fine Arts, [[Brussels]]
28: * ''Woman Crying'', Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels
33: * ''Descent from the Cross'', Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels
35: ...nts Roger van der Weyden in some of the principal figures at least, though Memling may have completed ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ism|humanist]] scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[...
7: ...he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the re...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He rem...
12: ...vernment, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison between t...
23: ...ng [[Richard III of England|Richard III]]'', an unfinished piece of [[historiography]] which heavily i...
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