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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...specially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].'...
6: ...a]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...r]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...rge Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ..., first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
1: ...g|right|thumb|250px|''[[Book of Judith|Judith]] Beheading [[Holofernes]]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199...
3: ... religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
7: ...aggio]] during that period, her style was just as heavily influenced in turn.
9: ...[Image:Susanna.jpg|left|thumb|200px| Susanna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]] - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...actical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ... of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
19: ... 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]]
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
30: * [[Irrigation]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painte...
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
22: *[[Hans von Aachen]] ([[1552]]-[[1615]])
27: *[[Andreas Achenbach]] ([[1815]]-[[1910]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
14: ...n]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
24: ...hn Bardeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
29: *[[Henry Bessemer]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [...
31: *[[Bi Sheng]] — primitive movable [[printing]] types - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of thought]],...
5: ...Italy]], as the son of [[Vincenzo Galilei]], a mathematician and musician.
7: ...nd [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveri...
10: ...primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...o Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought expe... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...th discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their work was not a collaboration.
4: ...d by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
6: ...he speed of sound in air, and voiced a theory of the origin of [[star]]s.
12: :''The following is a brief biography of Newton's early ...
14: ...sband, leaving her son in the care of his grandmother. - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...istory of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyond, see [[History of Califor...
3: ...s after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins with Eur...
5: ...ty and wealth, first with the Gold Rush of 1849, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigio...
11: ...he traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about...
13: ...m, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to make the flour edible. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...s in the [[English language]], as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...rmed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[...
6: ...s especially impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 years.
8: ...s of works based on Shakespearean phrases]], and the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...esy|heretic]], popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas...
7: ...]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...[[pantheism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
10: ...o Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, wat...
11: ...d by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averro... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
1: This is a list of famous chemists:
6: *[[Emil Abderhalden]], (1877-1950), German chemist
7: *[[Richard Abegg]], (1869-1910), German chemist
8: *[[Arthur Aikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
9: ...[[Johan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...were drawn up by cultures around the world using the raw, astronomical data collected.
4: ...d planets; as Stars remain relatively fixed over the [[century|centuries]], while planets will move an...
8: ...with astronomical [[alineation]]s (such as [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[...
10: ... [[Julian calendar|calendar reform]] and created the [[leap year]].
14: ...ervatively dated to the first millennium BC, but their contents appear to be much older. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
3: ...horelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map maker]].
7: ...dlesbrough|Marton]] in [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five ...
8: ...ears War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...undland]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: ...tions and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]]. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ...[[Gregorian Calendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 days remaining.
7: *[[1413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
8: ...dash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: ...dia]] and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
10: *[[1760]] – The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]]... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: The famous [[mathematician]]s are listed below in [[English language...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
9: *[[Niels Henrik Abel]] (Norway, [[1802]] - [[1829]])
13: *[[Wilhelm Ackermann]] (Germany, [[1896]] - [[1962]])
29: *[[Alexander Anderson (mathematician)|Alexander Anderson]] (Scotland, [[1582]]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
38: *[[Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander]] ([[Germany]], [[1799]] &nda...
41: *[[Svante Arrhenius]] ([[Sweden]], [[1859]] – [[1927]])
42: *[[Arzachel (Al-Zarqali)]] (Muslim Spain, [[1028]] – [...
68: *[[Wilhelm Beer]] ([[Germany]], [[1797]] – [[1850]])
71: *[[Friedrich Bessel|Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]] ([[Germany]], [[1784]] – [[1846]... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...nglish]] [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)...
6: ...of [[Ren頄escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...] [[John Wilkinson (scholar)|John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: ...as recommended by Wilkinson as tutor to William, the son of [[William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshir...
14: ...h]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of the [[Peloponnesian War]] showed that democratic gove... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...opher]]s''' ''(and non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabeticall...
13: *[[Johann Heinrich Abicht]], (1762-1816)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
25: *[[Theodor Adorno]], (1903-1969){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}} - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
1: :''For other meanings of '''Pacific''', see [[Pacific (disamb...
3: ...it of Malacca]]. The lowest point on earth—the [[Mariana Trench]]—lies some 10,911 m (35,7...
5: ...bined), the majority of which are found south of the equator. (See: [[Pacific Islands]].)
7: ...links the Pacific with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east.
9: ... the islands of the Pacific and the lands around the Pacific rim are full of [[volcano]]es and often r... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...e question of large-scale patterns and trends in the development of [[science]], and asking questions ...
7: ...difficulty and slowness of communication. Still, there was a considerable amount of cross-fertilizatio...
9: ...well as the internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication process.
11: ...ples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The Academy had an exclusive membership rule: discove...
13: ... also more familiar with and more educated about the subject.
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