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- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (2468 bytes)
2: ...liam III of Orange|William of Orange]] to the British throne and was rewarded with an earldom.
4: ...he Robes and Keeper of the Privy Purse. She exercised great personal and political influence. Howeve...
6: ... the prince and his family, however, even after this plan had failed.
8: {{succession box | title=[[Mistress of the Robes]] | before=— | after=[[El... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ... basic themes of the revolution are readily recognised.
3: ...matical]], [[mechanics|mechanical]], and [[empiricism|empirical]].
5: == Existence of the revolution ==
7: ...e rancor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental di...
9: ...derstood and practiced in the modern world; there is no concern here with "other narratives" or altern... - List of people by name: U (6532 bytes)
1: {{List_of_people}}
5: *[[U Ba Maw]], Burmese prime minister during Japanese occupation
6: *[[U Nu]], 3-time Burmese prime minister
14: *[[Mo Udall|Udall, Morris King "Mo"]] (1922-1998)
17: ...erzo|Uderzo, Albert]], (born 1927), French cartoonist of ''[[Asterix]]'' fame - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
7: *[[Paul Cezanne]], ([[1839]]-[[1906]]), French artist
8: ...[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
12: ...840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
13: ...([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - Robert Hooke (5017 bytes)
2: ...[[1703]]), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the [[seventeenth century]], played an impor...
4: ...'[[cell (biology)|cell]]'' -- so called because his observations of plant cells reminded him of [[mon...
6: ...also achieved fame as the chief assistant of [[Christopher Wren]], helping to rebuild London after the...
8: ...gued portrays Hooke. Both these claims remain in dispute, however.
12: ... have invented the [[balance spring]] before [[Christiaan Huygens]]. Devices known as escapements regu... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
3: ...des [[David Hume]] and [[George Berkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbe...
6: ...ere, he obtained admission to the college of [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. The dean of the college at the...
8: ...sed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his retinue.
10: ...he household physician. In London, Locke resumed his medical studies, under the tutelage of [[Thomas S...
12: ...vived and prospered, crediting Locke with saving his life. - Nairobi (2690 bytes)
2: '''Nairobi''' is the capital of [[Kenya]]. It is one of the largest cities in [[Africa]] with a po...
4: ...egal, business and administrative language while Kiswahili remains the [[lingua franca]].
6: ...ming the capital of the [[British East Africa|British East African Protectorate]] in [[1907]] and the ...
10: ...boat]]s between [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[Kisumu]] and then by land-based [[aircraft]] on the r...
12: Nairobi is unique in having a protected game reserve, [[Nair... - Banknote (6576 bytes)
3: ...er valued monetary units, while banknotes are utilised for higher values.
5: ...precious metal stored in a vault somewhere. In this way the stored value (usually in gold or silver c...
7: ... a note is payable in demand for a fixed unit, it is said to be fully convertible to that unit. Limite...
9: ... is no longer true; the currency of all countries is now [[fiat money]] not backed by gold or silver. ...
11: ...ally an [[I.O.U.]] or [[promissory note]]: a promise to pay someone money, but not actual money. As ... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...allery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
2: ...as well as one of the world's pre-eminent [[dramatist]]s.
4: ...slated into every major living [[language]], and his plays are continually performed all around the wo...
6: ...d to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of the fact that h...
8: ...ptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works. - 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: ...ikin]], (1773-1854), English chemist and mineralogist
9: ...ohan August Arfwedson]], (1792-1841), Swedish chemist - Extreme points of the world (6602 bytes)
1: This is a list of lists of '''extreme points of the world''', the point...
5: * The northernmost point of the world is the [[North_Pole#Geographic_North_Pole|geographic...
6: ...deg;40'), which lies slightly north of [[Cape Morris Jesup]], [[Greenland]] (83°39'). Various shi...
7: ...graphic_South_Pole|geographic South Pole]], which is on the [[continent]] of [[Antarctica]].
8: ...ath of the [[International Date Line]], is [[Attu Island]], [[Alaska]]. - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
1: This is a partial list of [[sculptor (artist)|sculptor]]s.
10: *[[Aleijadinho]] - Antonio Francisco Lisboa (1730 or 1738 - 1814)
25: *[[Antoine-Louis Barye]]
38: *[[Louise Bourgeois]] (1911 - )
55: *[[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]] (1827 - 1875) - Electricity (13894 bytes)
1: ...nder [[electrical phenomenon]] and [[electromagnetism]].
3: ...' = 0.5 C" means "the quantity of electric charge is 0.5 coulomb."
5: == History ==
6: ... "[[amber]]", which came from an old [[root (linguistics)|root]] ''ēlek-'' = "shine".
8: ...ls, such as the [[Dendera light]]. Other devices discovered in Egyptian and other archaeological digs ... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...ian]]s are listed below in [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by...
7: *[[Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi]] (Arab mathematician, ? - ?)
22: ...Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni]] (Uzbekistan, [[973]] - [[1048]])
40: *[[Aristotle]] (Greece, [[384 BC|384 B.C.]] - [[322 BC|32...
46: *[[Michael Francis Atiyah]] (Britain, [[1929]] - ) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...losophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviathan]]'' ([[1651]]...
10: ...ree children to the care of an older brother Francis. Hobbes was educated at Westport church from the ...
12: ...m Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devons...
14: ...nslation of that work into [[English language|English]]. Hobbes believed that Thucydides' account of t...
16: ...was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637... - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...f Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
3: == Foundation and early history ==
5: ...ptist]], took in Christian pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [...
7: ... His successor, Raymond du Puy of Provence, established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary ne...
9: ...igious buildings. Many of the more substantial Christian fortifications in the Holy Land were the work... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
1: {{histOfScience}}
5: ==Science as a social enterprise==
7: ...nsiderable amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individuals.
9: ... and publishing process, as well as the internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publicatio...
11: ...ry of a new law of nature was a prequisite for admission. It was soon shut down by [[Pope Paul V]] und...
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