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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
7: ...verything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th century]].
12: ...g the most important were [[Heraclitus]] ("All is fire", all is [[chao]]tic and transitory), [[Anaxago...
14: ...ssing popular philosophical questions. The theory fills in the blanks by saying that the Sophists' stu...
16: ...terchangeably, was destroying the piety and moral fiber of the city.
20: ...hilosopher kings. In the later dialogues Socrates figures less prominently, and the Theory of Forms is... - China (38909 bytes)
5: ...tory characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war ...
7: ...t of ongoing political disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
16: ... [[Qing dynasty]], although being continually redefined while the central political influence expanded...
21: ...he ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
22: ...empire. Three are with the Man and Yi barbarians. Five are in ''Zhongguo''." - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
3: ...lievich Kriukovskoi]] (1800-1874), an artillery officer of Belarusian ("''Polish''") descent. He manag...
5: ...) and had more education and "appreciation of the finer things" than her husband.
7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of...
11: ...aper for one house, used his old notes instead. Sofia spent many hours of childhood scrutinising the s...
22: ...n Hibner Koblitz: <cite>A Convergence of Lives: Sofia Kovalevskaia -- Scientist, Writer, Revolutionary... - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: ...] (one of only six). She was [[Beatification|beatified]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[October 2003]],...
9: ...lbanian]]. Her parents, Nikolla ( Kol렩 and Dranafile Bojaxhiu, were [[Albanian]] Catholics that emig...
13: ... Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]], acquiring the religious ...
17: ...was joined by voluntary helpers, and she received financial support from church organizations and the ...
24: With the help of Indian officials she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
3: ... Award|Oscar]]-winning [[United States|American]] film [[actor|actress]] who became the wife of [[Prin...
5: ...holicism|Catholic]] family were new but prominent figures in Philadelphia society. Her father was a se...
7: ...first [[film]], ''[[Fourteen Hours]]'' ([[1951 in film|1951]]), when she was 22. The following year sh...
9: ...n ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''. Kelly made three films with [[Alfred Hitchcock]]: ''[[Dial M for Murd...
11: ... for ''[[The Country Girl]]''. While it was being filmed, she engaged in a brief affair with co-star [... - Actinium (7046 bytes)
41: | [[Electron configuration]]
61: | 22.55 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
76: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
136: ...as a [[neutron source]]. Otherwise it has no significant industrial applications.
151: Purified actinium-227 comes into equilibrium with its de... - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find a gem with which to improve the article and you...
7: ...he only planetary body that [[modern science]] confirms as harboring [[life]]. The planet [[Age of the...
17: ...ore gives rise to a weak [[magnetosphere|magnetic field]] due to the convection of its electrically co...
19: New material constantly finds its way to the surface through volcanoes and c...
68: ... lead and uranium, are either too rare to be significant or tend to bind to lighter elements and thus ... - 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]] - Aenesidemus (3613 bytes)
1: ...lexandria]], probably during the [[1st century BC|first century BC]].
16: Truth varies infinitely under circumstances whose relative weight c...
18: ...ctive scepticism is essentially the same from its first crystallization by Aenesidemus down to the mos... - 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 ... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: '''Meteorology''' is the scientific [[science|study]] of the [[Earth's atmosphere|at...
12: ...endence of [[atmospheric pressure]] on height was first shown by [[Blaise Pascal]] and [[Ren頄escarte...
14: ...r conditions on a daily basis, and was one of the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily b...
16: ...ation of the Earth affects airflow was partial at first. Late in the 19th century the full extent of t...
18: ...eather observations were still hindered by the difficulty of establishing certain weather characterist... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
7: ...has been that wind velocities published in many official publications have often been in error by near...
9: ... vane|wind vane]] or some other contrivance to fulfill the same purpose must be employed. In cases wh...
15: ...on the west coast of England, where in the winter fierce gales often occur; a pressure of 30 lbf/ft&su...
17: ...nging from the end of 30 or 40 ft (about 10 m) of fine sewing cotton has been employed to measure the ...
21: ...but in the ordinary form of recording anemometer (fig. 2), any wind capable of turning the vane which ... - 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... - Human (48024 bytes)
21: ...spiritual]] terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the [[species]] '''Homo sapiens''' ([[Latin]...
24: ...spection]]. A concept current within the [[scientific community]] is that [[human evolution]] occured ...
45: ...d could be used of a [[mythical being]], an [[artificial intelligence]], or an [[extraterrestrial]]. A...
49: ==Classification and evolution==
54: ... two species of [[chimpanzee]]s should be reclassified from ''[[Pan troglodytes]]'' and ''[[Pan panisc... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...ed, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: Mars has always fascinated people. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on i...
11: ...re by Earth-based [[telescope]]s, and possibly confirmed in [[March 2004]] by the [[Mars Express Orbit...
18: ... to the surface, while the presence of a magnetic field would have helped to protect the planet from [...
22: Amongst the findings from the Opportunity rover is the presence ... - 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...
157: The rings were first observed by [[Galileo Galilei]] in [[1610]] wi...
179: ...[[2004]], the ''Cassini'' spacecraft revealed the first views of the backlit side in 25 years. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
142: | [[Carbon monoxide]]<br>[[Hydrogen sulfide]]
155: ...criptions of the planet but result in different definitions of which pole is the [[North Pole]] and wh...
162: ===Magnetic Field===
164: ...g corkscrew shape behind the planet. The magnetic field's source is unknown; the electrically conducti...
168: Uranus was the first planet to be discovered that was not known in ... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
144: ... methane, ammonia, and water as it approaches and finally blends into the liquid interior. Comparing ...
146: ... planet's physical center. Comparing the magnetic fields of the two planets, scientists think the extr...
152: ...o the ''extremely'' slow motion of ''any'' random fixed star found in the [[night sky]].
154: ...o Sir [[George Airy]], who asked Adams for a clarification; Adams began to draft a reply but never sen...
156: ...uced his own calculations but also experienced difficulties in encouraging any enthusiasm in his compa...
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