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- Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
1: ...eavour]], [[September 12]], [[1992]], she was the first non-white woman to go into space.
3: ...emison was Science Mission Specialist (a [[NASA]] first) on the [[STS-47]] Spacelab J flight, a [[Unit...
7: ...rs (1983-85) as an Area [[Peace Corps]] Medical Officer for [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Liberia]] in West A...
11: ...cience degree in [[Chemical Engineering]], and fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and A...
15: ...er high achievements in historically exclusionary fields led [[Dartmouth College]] to invite her to it... - Greek language (35285 bytes)
17: ... in the city of [[Rome]] and Koine Greek became a first or second language in the [[Roman Empire]]. Th...
19: ...reek]] during medieval [[Greek history]] as the official and vernacular language of the [[Byzantine Em...
32: ... alphabet]] in c. [[1000 BC]] and, with minor modifications, is still used today.
34: ...century|20th]] centuries. Demotic Greek is the official language of the modern Greek state, and the m...
38: ...n]] words, the foundation of international scientific and technical vocabulary. See ''[[English words... - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ...bda;η Σύνταξις'', "The Great Treatise"). It was preserved, lik...
7: ... computational '[[Tables of Toledo]]') were of sufficient accuracy to satisfy the needs of astronomers...
11: The first part of the ''Geography'' is a discussion of t...
18: ...ps; an edition printed at [[Ulm]] in 1482 was the first one printed north of the Alps. The maps look d...
23: ...tices (such as considering the numerological significance of names) that he believed to be without sou... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: '''Defining [[music]]''' is as difficult as defining [[art]] or anything. It is a problem that has...
4:
12: ... effects. Rather than being ridiculed as unscientific, Medieval thought should be seen as a system tha...
14: [[Musica instrumentalis]], finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines a...
17: ...there is no term for music in Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Many othe... - Pan pipes (2209 bytes)
2: ...ength. The [[syrinx]] ([[Greek language|Greek]] συριγξ) has long been po...
4: ...equal length. In the traditional style, pipes are fine tuned to correct pitch by placing small pebbles...
8: ...ude '''panflute''' and the [[medieval]] name '''''fistula panis'''''.
10: ...ed by the [[Romania]]n [[musician]] [[Gheorghe Zamfir]], who toured extensively and recorded many albu... - Thebes, Egypt (3900 bytes)
4: ...us" ([[Zeus]] being the god whom the Greeks identified with [[Amun]]). - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...ota;στοτέλης
10: ...tific importance. Plato can be called, with qualification, an [[idealism|idealist]] and a [[rationali...
12: ...lt, these works tend to be eclectic, dense and difficult to read. Among the most important ones are ''...
14: Aristotle is known for being one of the few figures in history who studied almost every subject ...
19: ...ater hidden to avoid confiscation or destruction; finally, the manuscripts were rediscovered in [[70 B... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
2: ...tonic|Σωκράτης}} Sōkrᴦamp;#275;s) was a Greek ([[Athens...
5: ...ons of Alcibiades, Socrates refused any sort of official recognition and instead encouraged the decora...
7: ...l us that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see ...
9: ...of Athens. According to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everything and everyone, an...
11: ...bout their knowledge of good, beauty, and virtue; finding that they knew nothing yet believed they kne... - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...uary 1 was to be either [[New Year's Day]] or the first day of its numbered year. Although England beg...
6: *[[45 BC]] - The [[Julian calendar]] first takes effect.
16: *[[1788]] - First edition of ''[[The Times]]'' of [[London]], pr...
19: *[[1801]] - The first known [[asteroid]] [[1 Ceres]] is discovered b...
22: ...ein|Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus]]'' is first published. - List of popes (77758 bytes)
1: [[Image:treimann.summi_pontifices_in_hac_basilica_sepulti.jpg|thumb|Popes buried...
4: ...holic Church]]. The title itself has been used officially by the head of the Roman Catholic Church si...
13: ! width="18%" | Pontificate
23: ...ΜΗΟΝ ΚΗΦΑΣ'''</small><br>(Simeon Kephas)
29: | <small>Executed by crucifixion upside-down; feast day ([[SS Peter & Paul]]) ... - Archimedes (13735 bytes)
1: ...k]]: ΑΡΧΙΜΗΔΗΣ, '''Arkhimêas'''), a [[Hellenes|Greek]] [[...
4: ...public|Roman]] [[siege]] in the [[First Punic War|First]] and [[Second Punic War]]s. He is reputed to ...
6: ...ssible invention of the [[odometer]] during the [[First Punic War]]. One of his inventions used for m...
8: ...ht onto the attacking ships causing them to catch fire. This popular legend was tested on the Discover...
12: ...f it as between 3 + 1/7 and 3 + 10/71. He was the first, and possibly the only, [[ancient Greece|Greek... - Mastodon (1620 bytes)
14: ...#8057;ς and ὀδούς, "nipple tooth"), and is also an obsolete name ...
16: Their [[tusk]]s sometimes exceeded five meters in length. Their meat was a food source... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britain]], and his conques...
15: ...stained with me; for in this one Caesar, you will find many a Marius."
21: ...l, he had their throats cut before they were crucified to lessen their suffering.
23: ...as propaganda for his upcoming election for the office of [[quaestor]].
28: ...n [[Spain]]. As an administrative and financial officer, the trip was largely uneventful, but it was w... - Digital photography (33923 bytes)
4: ...l film cameras, and include features not found in film cameras such as the ability to shoot [[video]] ...
26: ... Digital cameras generally include a [[USB]] or [[Firewire]] port, and a [[memory card]] slot.
30: ==Comparison with film cameras==
33: ...dvantages of digital photography over traditional film include:
34: ...veloped: if there's a problem with a picture, you find out immediately and can correct the problem and... - Early history of Ireland (30651 bytes)
7: ...nd was probably already an island by the time the first settlers arrived by boat. There is nothing sur...
16: ...ed from one another by dry-stone walls, the C驤e Fields were farmed for several centuries between [[3...
25: ...[[32nd century BC|3200 BC]]. At [[midwinter]] the first rays of the rising sun still shine through a l...
37: ...e]], an alloy of [[tin]] and [[copper]], made its first appearance. Bronze was used for the manufactur...
41: ...ope. Irish gold ornaments have been found as far afield as [[Germany]] and [[Scandinavia]]. In the ear... - Constantinople (4125 bytes)
1: ...Roman Empire]] on [[May 11]], AD [[330]]. It was first founded as a [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] colony w...
5: ... the [[Bishop of Rome]] (the Pope). They were "[[first among equals]]", a situation which would event...
9: ...tal was moved to [[Ankara]]; Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in [[1930]]. - Easter (31700 bytes)
2: ...fer to the season of the church year, lasting for fifty days, which follows this holiday and ends arou...
4: ...ed by Jesus and his [[disciples]] before his crucifixion is generally thought of as a Passover [[seder...
6: ...] [[Eostre]]. The [[Easter Bunny]] is often identified as a remnant of this fertility festival, althou...
59: ...oveable feast]]s'', in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the [[Gregorian calendar | Gregorian]]...
61: ...]] during the reign of [[Charlemagne]], when they finally adopted the Alexandrian method. Since wester... - Gold (24329 bytes)
35: | 196.96655 [[unified atomic mass unit|u]]
46: | [[Electron configuration]]
90: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
156: ...ly three metals which have an actual easily-identifiable color; the other two are [[copper]], which is...
158: ...or becomes whiter and the [[Relative density|specific gravity]] lower. - Selenium (9236 bytes)
46: | [[Electron configuration]]
70: | 16.42 [[scientific notation|×]]10<sup>-6</sup> [[cubic metre ...
89: | [[Specific heat capacity]]
182: ... in [[photocell]]s. This element is found in [[sulfide]] ores such as [[pyrite]].
187: ...ell]]s. Selenium is also extensively used in rectifiers. - William McKinley (11746 bytes)
7: <tr><td>'''Term of Office'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1897]] - [[September ...
15: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Ida Saxton McKinley]]</td...
27: ...rn home. While at Allegheny McKinley joined the [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity; at his later inaugura...
29: ...hairman of the Committee on Ways and Means (Fifty-first Congress). In [[1890]], he authored the unpopu...
31: ...sful candidate for re-election in [[1890]] to the Fifty-second Congress. He was a delegate to the Rep...
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