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- Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ...ge:Charles Darwin aged 51.jpg|thumb|300px|Charles Darwin, about the same time as the publication of ''[[Th...
2: '''Charles Robert Darwin''' ([[12 February]] [[1809]]–[[19 April]] [...
4: ...imilar theory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
8: In a national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westminster Ab...
12: ''For details see [[Charles Darwin's education]].''
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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...d independent discovery. Such theories have grown from different [[premise]]s and approaches, examples...
7: ...d with more varied use, which includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period o...
14: ... fields or in productive activity, they were then free to engage in the assemblies of Athens, and spen...
31: ... has been used in different forms by philosophers from Descartes forward.
33: ...rge set of syllogisms. The memorization proceeded from diagrams, or learning a key sentence, with the ... - Amy Johnson (2606 bytes)
4: Having graduated with a BA Economics from the [[University of Sheffield]], Johnson went t...
6: From this, she went on to qualify as the first Briti...
8: ...t year and landed in [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin, Australia]] on [[May 24]] after flying 11,000 mi...
10: ... [[July]] [[1931]], she set the record for flying from [[England]] to [[Japan]] in a [[De Havilland]] ...
12: ...he flight from England to [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], also in a Puss Moth. She was later to regai... - Orchidaceae (20056 bytes)
16: ... language|Greek]] ''orchis'', meaning 'testicle', from the appearance of subterranean tuberoids in som...
23: ...restrial]] [[plant]]s, retrieving their nutrients from the soil. This group includes all [[Europe]]an ...
40: ...ctive mottle of the leaves of [[Lady's Slipper]]s from temperate zones (''[[Paphiopedilum]]'') is caus...
47: ..."one-footed") growth. The new shoots grow upwards from a single stem, originating in the end bud of th...
48: ...the rhizome may start its growth again, this time from an 'eye', or undeveloped bud, thereby causing t... - Symbiosis (4279 bytes)
15: ... (a special mucus on the anemone fish protects it from the stinging tentacles).
22: ...driving force behind [[evolution]]. She considers Darwin's notion of evolution, driven by [[competition]],...
24: ...e perceived as a continuum of interaction ranging from parasitism to mutualism. In fact, the direction... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: '''Geology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] γη- (''ge-''...
3: ... which includes the [[Crust (geology)|crust]], is fragmented into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a...
10: ...gical [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was formed...
12: ...her languages of Europe such as [[French language|French]]. [[Georg Bauer]] (Georg Agricola), a physic...
16: ... the [[Volcano|volcanic]] origins of this part of France. [[James Hutton]] recorded his ''Theory of th... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...arth is not exactly known yet and the predictions from different accretion models vary between several...
4: ...s Ussher]] of [[Armagh]], [[Ireland]], calculated from the Bible (augmented by some [[astronomy]] and ...
6: ...ho thought the Earth and [[universe]] had existed from eternity.
9: ...tury]] that the Earth had been created separately from the rest of the universe, several hundred thous...
11: ... mostly speculative, but in [[1779]] the [[France|French]] naturalist the [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Com... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
10: ...t mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>([[French language|French]]: God and my right)''<sup>2</sup></small> |
56: ...r, although there is also a nominal frontier with France in the middle of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. The ...
62: ...d). This political usage of "Great Britain" dates from the personal union of the Crowns of Scotland an...
64: The [[British Isles]] is a term frequently used to refer to the [[archipelago]] whic...
71: ...nce]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of the Free State and to remain in the UK. The nomenclature... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...ption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' from the <br /> [[United States Department of the In...
16: ...of the [[Cretaceous]] period. Dinosaurs are known from both fossils and nonfossils including [[fossil]...
20: ...on|classifying]] dinosaurs, which are still known from a spotty [[fossil record]].
34: ...are [[morphology|morphologically]] quite distinct from their reptilian ancestors, and referring to bir...
42: ...mong those that are recovered, very few are known from complete skeletons and even impressions of soft... - History of science (41710 bytes)
6: ...r [[empirical]] [[truth]]. [[Philosophy]] differs from science in that, while both the [[Natural scien...
11: ...fic data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ...ccount of the development of (natural) philosophy from ancient times until recent times can be found i...
27: ...rehistoric times, advice and knowledge was passed from generation to generation in an [[oral tradition...
52: ...oration by bringing together people and new ideas from all over the Islamic world. - History of biology (3053 bytes)
3: ... by [[Karl Friedrich Burdach]] in [[1800]], [[Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus]] (''Biologie oder Philoso...
7: ...ought in the field by the independent work of [[Alfred Russel Wallace]].
9: ...t of evolutionary theory|opposition and support]] from different parts of society.
10: [[Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|left|thumb|[[Charles Darwin]], [[1854]]]]
11: By [[1953]] [[James Watson]] and [[Francis Crick]] clarified the basic structure of [[D... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivor...
29: ...e leaves are quite clearly evolutionarily derived from a simple
46: rolled-leaf tube, and protects it from rain. Possibly because of this improved
52: pitted with areolae, which are [[chlorophyll]]-free patches through which light can penetrate.
54: ...once inside, tire themselves out trying to escape from these false - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|thumb|right|325px|[[Hurricane Ivan]] viewed from the [[International Space Station]], [[Septembe...
6: ...tmospheric circulation]] system, which moves heat from the equatorial region toward the higher latitud...
9: ...ne is the release of the [[heat of condensation]] from water vapor condensing at high altitudes. Becau...
10: [[Image:Hurricane-viewed-from-space.jpg|thumb|400px]]
13: ...de cyclones for example, draw their energy mostly from pre-existing temperature gradients in the atmos... - Zoology (5641 bytes)
5: [[History of zoology (before Darwin)]]</td></tr>
7: [[History of zoology (since Darwin)]]</td></tr>
14: ...gy (before Darwin)]], [[History of zoology (since Darwin)]]
45: * [[Charles Darwin]] - Paleontology (5646 bytes)
13: ...increasingly sets these species in a genealogical framework, showing their degrees of interrelatedness...
17: ...forms. The organized study of paleontology dates from the late 18th century.
22: ...ical and ecological functions that can be deduced from fossils.
24: ... played a crucial role in bringing together ideas from biology, paleontology, and genetics to help cre... - Evolution (27661 bytes)
1: [[Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|right|frame|[[Charles Darwin]], father of the theory of evolution by [[natural...
3: ...e in the frequency of [[allele]]s in a population from one generation to the next.
6: ...dern synthesis, "evolution" means a change in the frequency of an [[allele]] within a [[gene pool]]. T...
14: # The [[common descent]] of all [[organism]]s from a single ancestor.
18: ...] is a model of the world (or some portion of it) from which [[falsifiability|falsifiable]] [[hypothes... - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
17: ...t specimen in [[1861]], two years after [[Charles Darwin]] published ''[[The Origin of Species]]'' set off...
19: ...ecimens of ''Archaeopteryx'' have been found, all from the Late [[Jurassic]] [[Solnhofen limestone]] o...
25: ...birds, but ''Archaeopteryx'' was rather different from any bird we know of today: it had jaws lined wi...
28: ...s a powerful piece of evidence that birds evolved from [[dinosaur]]s. The skeleton is most similar to ...
34: ... [[flight|fly]], or only hop around and [[glide]] from [[tree]]s. The lack of a large [[breastbone]] s... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
1: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus]]
8: ...cus' father. His brother Andrew became canon in [[Frombork]]. A sister, Barbara, became a [[Benedictin...
14: ...of Warmia and Copernicus was named a canon in the Frombork [[cathedral]], but he waited in Italy for t...
16: ...o complete his studies in Padua (with Guarico and Fracastoro) and in Ferrara (with Bianchini), where i...
18: ...e end of his studies, he came to live and work in Frombork. Some time before his return to [[Warmia]],... - Condor (7828 bytes)
20: ... wingspan, the wing chord of the condor (distance from leading to trailing edge of wing) is exceptiona...
24: ...]] is of a uniform black, with the exception of a frill of white feathers nearly surrounding the base ...
30: ...-white eggs, weighing about 10 ounces (280 g) and from 3 to 4 inches (75 to 100 mm) in length, during ...
34: ... their wings. They prefer to roost on high places from where they can launch without major wing-flappi...
44: ...is attributed to [[hunting]], [[lead poisoning]] (from eating animals containing lead shot), [[DDT]] p... - Water Buffalo (6557 bytes)
17: ... Buffalo seem to have originated from South Asia, from India to Indochina.
21: [[Milk]] from both of these animals may be used by many peopl...
27: ...[[1955]] had horns measuring 4.24 m (13 ft 11 in) from tip to tip along the outside curve across the f...
30: ...i outfits run out of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] to Melville Island and other locations in the [...
32: ...ifferent appearance from the Indonesian buffaloes from which they descend. - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
19: ...t the underside. This makes them hard to see both from above and below when swimming. The elongated up...
21: ... length from 2 to 4m (6 to 13 feet) and in weight from 150 to 650kg (330 to 1430 pounds) with males be...
23: ...y)|homologous]] to the forelimbs of land mammals (from which dolphins and all other [[cetacea]]ns evol...
33: ...nded them for forty minutes, preventing an attack from the shark, as they returned to shore. (See [6]...
43: ... sounds are emitted in a focused beam towards the front of the animal. They have two small ear opening...
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