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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
7: ...hilosophy]] has a long history. Conventionally divided into three large eras - the Ancient, Medieval a...
10: Western Philosophy is generally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Mino...
12: ...g parts), the [[Eleatic School|Eleatics]] [[Parmenides]] and [[Zeno of Elea|Zeno]] (All is One and cha...
14: ...ere respected members of society, and were well paid by their students. It's also well known that orat...
16: ...rying to determine whether anyone had a very good idea what they were talking about, especially when t... - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...he [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
5: ...erized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war and violent ...
7: ...dering its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and increasingly cha...
14: ...nslated as, "Central State". It literally means "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic p...
25: ... be related to geographic, cultural and political identity and less to ethnic origin. - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
7: ... essentially completed the study of [[rotating solid]]s, applying the then-new theory of [[Abelian fun...
11: ... mathematical bent. Some came from her father, accidentally; he had studied calculus in the army, and ...
15: ...matical study, calling her "a new [[Blaise Pascal|Pascal]]" in the process. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
4: ...or]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
11: ...ation to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She ...
13: ...isters of Loreto because of their vocation to provide education for girls. After a few months training...
15: ..., becoming its principal in [[1944]]. She later said that the poverty all around left a deep impressio...
24: .... Soon after she opened another hospice, Nirmal Hriday (Pure Heart), a home for [[leprosy|lepers]] cal... - Grace Kelly (6610 bytes)
13: ...n, Kelly starred in the role of a princess, alongside Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan.]]
19:
30: ... son claims that it was not. It resulted in an accident, and she died the next day without regaining c...
42: *''[[The Bridges at Toko-Ri]]'' (1954)
50: *{{imdb name|id=0000038|name=Grace Kelly}} - Actinium (7046 bytes)
20: | [[Chemical series]] || [[Actinide]]s
47: | [[Oxidation state]]s ([[Oxide]]) || 3 (neutral)
53: | [[State of matter]] || solid ([[magnetism|__]])
67: | [[Vapor pressure]] || unknown [[Pascal|Pa]] at 1323 K
99: {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" - Earth (30908 bytes)
4: ...TLY HARMLESS" or "HARMLESS" or any Hitchhiker's Guide reference in here. It's been done to death. Find...
9: ... consists of a circled cross, representing a [[meridian]] and the [[equator]]; a variant puts the cros...
14: ...low sea level). Thus the Earth is an oblate spheroid within a [[tolerance (engineering)|tolerance]] of...
17: ... than the mantle, and a solid inner core. The liquid outer core gives rise to a weak [[magnetosphere|m...
70: ...stabilise the magnetic field generated by the liquid outer core. - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...), the [[Latin]] version of the official name, avoids choosing one of the four official languages. The...
18: ...Joseph Deiss]]<br>[[Samuel Schmid]] <small>([[President of the Confederation (Switzerland)|Pres. 2005]...
63: ... was both planned and anticipated, it ultimately didn't occur. The massive mobilization of Swiss armed...
67: ...d Nations]], leaving the [[Vatican]] as the last widely recognized state without full UN membership. S...
82: ...s. The [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]] is elected from the sev... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
54: ...d]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
70: ...Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
99: ...280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - Aenesidemus (3613 bytes)
1: '''Aenesidemus''', [[Greece|Greek]] [[philosopher]], was bor...
6: #similar differences are seen among individual men;
16: ...ideal, or, as [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]] would have said, subjective. The relation between cause and effec...
18: ...y the same from its first crystallization by Aenesidemus down to the most advanced sceptics of today. ...
20: ...osophy'', [[Éile Saisset]], ''Ænesideme'', Pascal, Kant; Ritter and Preller, ?? 364-370. - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...e evaluation of [[knowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are...
11: ...emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
21: ... some fields of [[study]] which are no longer considered scientific). An account of the development o...
27: ...ommunicated across generations with much greater fidelity. Combined with the [[Origins of agriculture|...
31: ...my]] was practiced in several civilizations. Considerable observation of macrobiotic flora and fauna ... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
12: ...with the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[humidity]].
20: ... of [[midlatitude]] [[cyclones]], introducing the idea of [[front (meteorology)|front]]s, that is, sha...
22: ...successfully predict the large-scale movement of midlatitude [[Rossby wave]]s, that is, the pattern of...
26:
32: ...enhanced spatial and temporal resolution of the grids employed, but also because these more powerful m... - Anemometer (11426 bytes)
1: ...(6 m) lengths. The wire (4 conductors running inside a shield) runs along the rightmost leg of the 3 ...
5: Anemometers may be divided into two classes, (1) those that measure the [[...
7: ... produced; each cup in turn as it comes round providing the necessary force. The two great merits of t...
11: Anemometers which measure the pressure may be divided into the plate and tube classes, but the former...
13: ...d, it is entirely unsuitable for following the rapid fluctuations of the natural wind. To make matters... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
30: *[[Tim Berners-Lee]] — [[World Wide Web]]
62: ...o DaVinci]], (1452-1519), [[Italy]] — [[euclidean geometry]]
81: *[[James Fergason]] — [[liquid crystal display]]
95: ...], (1882-1945), [[United States|USA]] — liquid fuel rocket
98: *[[Bette Nesmith Graham]] — [[Liquid Paper]] - Human (48024 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_superfamilia_entry | taxon = [[Hominoidea]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Hominidae]]}}
16: ''[[Homo sapiens idaltu]]'' (extinct)<br/>
21: ...primate]] belonging to the superfamily of [[Hominoidea]], with all of the [[apes]]: [[chimpanzee]]s, [...
24: ... need for long distance [[running]]. Humans are said to be one of a short list of [[animal]]s with suc... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: ...le. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on its surface. Mars has only a quarter t...
11: ...The atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]], 1.6 percent [[argon]]...
13: ...e volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]].
18: ...lished in [[1999]] is that these bands could be evidence of the past operation of [[plate tectonics]] ... - Jupiter (24639 bytes)
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111: | 70 [[Pascal|kPa]]
134: | [[Hydrogen sulfide]]
145: ... the comparison would be akin to calling an asteroid "a failed Earth". As impressive as it is, [[extra...
175: ...en; the conditions blend smoothly from gas to liquid as one descends. - Saturn (planet) (23300 bytes)
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114: | 140 [[Pascal|kPa]]
140: ...pper atmosphere is less dense and its core is considerably more dense than water.
142: ...piter's, having a rocky core at the center, a liquid [[metallic hydrogen]] layer above that, and a [[m...
144: ...n's bands are much fainter and they're also much wider near the equator. Saturn's cloud patterns were ... - Uranus (15207 bytes)
1: ... collapse; font-size: 95%;" style="float:right;" width=280px
122: | 120 [[Pascal|kPa]]
142: | [[Carbon monoxide]]<br>[[Hydrogen sulfide]]
149: ... [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]] minus the massive liquid [[metallic hydrogen]] envelope. It appears that U...
153: ...y whilst the other pole faces away. At the other side of Uranus' orbit the orientation of the poles to... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
1: ...align="right" style="width:280px; float: right;" width=280px
119: | ≫<!--Much greater than-->100 [[Pascal|MPa]]
130: | [[Deuterium|Hydrogen Deuteride]] - HD
136: ...ymbol is a stylized representation of the god's trident ([[Unicode]]: ♆).
144: ... as it approaches and finally blends into the liquid interior. Comparing its rotational speed to its ...
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