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- Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...some claiming that the proper start of the scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutio...
3: ... seventeenth century was a period of major scientific change. But at that time the word "[[science]]" ...
7: ...o the nature and even the existence of the scientific revolution. To some extent this arises from diff...
9: ...ervers, it seems entirely clear that ''a'' scientific revolution took place around the year [[1600]]. ...
11: ... may be summarized in the following lists of significant advances in science: - Volcano (27295 bytes)
4: ...rom the name of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]], a god of fire in [[Roman mythology]].
12: ...square km. Note that the terms ''felsic'' and ''mafic'' are sometimes substituted by the older chemist...
15: ...ually build a wide mountain with a shield-like profile. Their lava flows are generally very hot and ve...
21: ... hard to identify given that there is no formal definition of the term.
41: ...espans, however, they are not. Complicating the definition are volcanoes that become restless but do n... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisi...
49: ...on]] and [[Limburgish language|Limburgish]] are official [[regional language]]s<br><sup>2</sup> Prior ...
55: ...or most foreign embassies. The Netherlands ranked fifth on the [[2004]] [[UN Human Development Index]]...
66: ...1637, and, according to Murray Sayle, the world's first bear raider -- Isaac le Maire, who forced pric...
68: After briefly being incorporated in the [[First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon]], the Kingdo... - 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]] - Comet (30542 bytes)
9: ...the solar wind than dust is, and follows magnetic field lines rather than an orbital trajectory. Whil...
21: Comets are classified according to their orbital periods. ''Short per...
33: Until [[1994]], comets were first given a provisional designation consisting of ...
35: ...}} So Halley's Comet, the first comet to be identified as periodic, has the systemic designation 1P/16...
43: ...planets, on the grounds that while the planets confined their motion to the circle of the [[Zodiac]], ... - History of science (41710 bytes)
2: ...estigating the [[universe]] known as the [[scientific method]]. The '''history of science''' traces th...
4: ...al that older inquiries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosoph...
6: ...e, notably [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external ...
11: ...owledge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-fr...
13: ...; and [[Paul Feyerabend]], who argued that scientific knowledge is not cumulative or progressive, and ... - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...ntury]], played an important role in the [[scientific revolution]].
6: ...ild London after the [[Great Fire of London|Great Fire]] in [[1666]]. He worked on designing the [[Roy...
12: ... uncoils with a natural periodicity, allowing for fine adjustment of the period of ticks. Modern sprin...
14: ...]. However, Hooke's microscopes achieved 30x magnification, which far outstripped the capabilities of ...
16: ...ar]]. He also receives credit with inventing the first practical [[universal joint]], sometimes calle... - 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... - 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... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
9: ... the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
14: ...se atmosphere, the temperature does not vary significantly between the night and day sides of Venus de...
18: ...se clouds is approximately −45°C. The official mean surface temperature of Venus, as given b...
27: ...nundate its surface with fresh lava. Other recent findings suggest that Venus is still volcanically ac...
29: .... This may be due to its slow rotation being insufficient to drive an internal [[dynamo]] of liquid ir... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
134: | [[Hydrogen sulfide]]
138: '''Jupiter''' is the fifth [[planet]] from the [[Sun]] and by far the [[S...
140: ...o the planet as the ''Wood Star'', based on the [[Five Elements]].
145: ...warf]], although the latter possesses rather specific spectral lines, but in any case it would need to...
149: ...o]] (now known as the [[Galilean moon]]s) was the first discovery of a celestial motion not apparently... - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
48: | 49 confirmed<!--- S/2004 S 6 unconfirmed --->
140: ...anets less dense than water, with an average specific density of 0.69. This is only an average value, ...
142: ...tional compression), but this alone may not be sufficient to explain Saturn's heat production. An addi...
149: ...e approaching Saturn in [[2004]], the ''[[Cassini-Huygens|Cassini]]'' spacecraft found that the radio rotat...
157: The rings were first observed by [[Galileo Galilei]] in [[1610]] wi... - Clock (10086 bytes)
9: Clocks are in homes and offices; smaller ones ([[watch]]es) are carried; big o...
18: ... circular. An ideal clock is more appropriately defined in relationship to the set of all physical pro...
21: This leads to the following definitions:
24: ..., when used to measure other recurrent processes, finds many of them to be periodic.
29: ...hey are currently the best instantiation of the definition. - Lightning (33113 bytes)
12: ...thread. As time passed Franklin noticed the loose fibers on the string stretching out; he then brought...
22: ...rt and energy is stored in the [[electric field|e-field]]s between them. The positively charged cryst...
24: ...e-field flows radially inward into the conductive filament.
26: ...d is higher on trees and tall buildings. If the e-field is high enough a discharge can initiate from t...
28: ... caused by violent forest fires which generate sufficient dust to create a static charge. - Ocean (6829 bytes)
6: ...tioned only in [[2000]], and is unique in being defined only by a line of [[latitude]] with no landmas...
12: ...y water. Oceanic crust is the thin layer of solidified volcanic [[basalt]] that covers the Earth's [[m...
26: ...cean is the [[Mariana Trench]] located in the Pacific Ocean near the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. It ...
37: *[[fish]]
53: ...e, and over what happened to it if it did; recent findings by the [[Mars Exploration Rover]] mission i... - 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]])
290: *[[Christiaan Huygens]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1629]] – [[1695]])
375: *[[George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield]] ([[Britain]], c. [[1697]] – [[1764]])
437: *[[Liisi Oterma]] ([[Finland]], [[1915]] – [[2001]]) - 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}} - Argon (6952 bytes)
6: {{Elementbox_econfig | [[[neon|Ne]]] 3s<sup>2</sup> 3p<sup>6<...
44: ...ersity of Helsinki]] in 2000, but has not been confirmed.
46: ... ''chemical'' compounds of argon are presently confirmed, argon can form [[clathrates]] with [[water (...
49: ...used in lighting since it will not react with the filament in a [[lightbulb]] even under high temperat...
55: ...y]] procedures such as [[cryoablation]] uses liquefied argon to destroy [[cancer]] cells. - Anton van Leeuwenhoek (4111 bytes)
3: ... was the first to observe and describe [[muscle]] fibers, [[bacterium|bacteria]], [[spermatozoon|sperm...
7: ...ifetime, Leeuwenhoek was visited by many powerful figures, including [[Queen Anne of England]] and [[P...
11: ...ed, van Leeuwenhoek was appointed curator for the financial affairs of Vermeer's widow. This has led s...
15: ...by microbiologists as the highest honour in their field.
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