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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: *[[Sani Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria...
5: ...aristo]], (1675-1742), Italian composer and violinist
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (go...
9: ...ti]] ''aka'' Niccolo Dell'Abbato, (1512-1571), artist - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
5: *[[Louis Acaries|Acaries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challen...
16: *[[Amy Acker|Acker, Amy Louise]] (born 1976)
24: *[[Wolfert Acker|Acker, Wolfert]] (1667-1753)
32: ...t Christian Wilhelm Ackermann|Ackermann, Ernst Christian Wilhelm]] (1761-1835) - Phillis Wheatley (3014 bytes)
1: [[image:Phillis_Wheatley.jpg|thumb|right|Phillis Wheatley]]
3: ...a very accomplished poet, with her first poem published when she was only 13.
5: ... [[Boston]] had refused to publish the text. Phillis with her master's son, Nathanial Wheatley went to...
7: ...h her to thank her for a poem she had written in his honor. Wheatley's acclaim was not, however, univ...
9: ...estic work as a servant. Neither hard work nor artistic ability were to bring her prosperity, and she ... - Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Iris}}
2: ...ite iris (small).jpg|240px]]| caption = A white iris}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]}}
9: ...thority|author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]|date = [[1753]]}} - Maple (3638 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
9: ...ity | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | date = [[1753]]}}
14: ... wind. The name 'acer' derives from the Latin "acris" (sharp), from the hardness of the wood, used for...
17: ...l species, including the Paperbark Maple ''Acer griseum'', Manchurian Maple ''Acer mandshuricum'', Nik... - Rose (15436 bytes)
2: ...e:4-11-07_10a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
10: ...rity | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]| date = [[1753]] }}
12: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen| plural_taxon = Species}} - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...). He also served as President of the [[1787]] [[History of the United States Constitution|Constitutio...
21: ...as [[monarch]]s and [[dictator]]s do). This established an important precedent of [[republic]]an [[dem...
24: ...s birth, hence the difference in his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of ...
26: ...smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemaso...
29: [[Image:Washington 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted... - 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 - Electronic musical instrument (4501 bytes)
1: ...trument]] is used to mean instruments whose sound is produced mechanically, and only amplified electro...
3: ...ween sound effects and actual musical instruments is often hazy.
5: ...variety of compositions using electronic horns, whistles, and tape. Most notably, he wrote [[Po譥 ɬe...
10: ...[[Clavecin 鬥ctrique]] by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste de Laborde in [[1761]].
12: ...uitable loudspeakers at that time, the music was distributed over the telephone network. - Uranus (15207 bytes)
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15: ...color="#c0ffff" colspan="2"| [[Orbit]]al characteristics ([[Epoch (astronomy)|Epoch]] [[J2000]]) - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... was well known also for his many quotations and his experiments with [[electricity]]. Franklin was a ...
9: ...to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...ne Child at Ecton; and over the next few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half...
21: ...rentice]] to his brother James, a printer who published the ''New England Courant''.
23: ...m for agitating for a variety of local reforms. His intelligence combined with a great deal of savvy ... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
36: *[[Francois Arago]] ([[France]], [[1786]] – [[1853]])
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – cir...
40: *[[Christoph Arnold]] ([[Germany]], [[1650]] – [[169...
58: *[[Francis Baily]] ([[Britain]], [[1774]] – [[1844]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ...rs important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn...
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
39: *[[Leone Battista Alberti]], (1404-1472)
48: *[[Yohanan ben Isaac Alemanno]], (1433-1504){{fn|R}} - Vitamin (5982 bytes)
1: ...l fatty acid]]s or [[essential amino acid]]s. Nor is it used for the large number of other nutrients t...
3: ...ought that all vitamins were amines. Though this is now known to be incorrect, the name has stuck.
5: == History ==
7: ...ere pain. In [[1753]], Lind published his ''Treatise on the Scurvy''.
9: ... to deemphasize the "amine" reference, after the discovery that [[Vitamin C]] had no amine component, ... - Bismuth (9188 bytes)
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7: | colspan="2" align="center" | [[lead]] - '''bismuth''' - [[polonium]]
18: ...Name]], [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
19: | Bismuth, Bi, 83
31: | align="center" | lustrous <br />reddish white<br />[[Image:Bi,83.jpg|125px|]] - Nickel (13955 bytes)
1: <!-- Skip down past this table to edit the text. -->
15: ...Name]], [[List of elements by symbol|Symbol]], [[List of elements by number|Number]]
59: |solid ([[magnetism|ferromagnetic]])
82: !colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#ffc0c0"|'''Miscellaneous'''
100: |1753 kJ/mol - Timeline of chemical element discovery (10490 bytes)
1: [[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
3: ...ce time immemorial. Most have been discovered in historic times.
16: ...hristian زsted in 1825 (see [[Aluminium#History|history of aluminium]])
19: *[[1250]] - [[Arsenic]] discovered by [[Albertus Magnus]]
25: *[[1526]] - [[Zinc]] discovered by [[Paracelsus]] - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...lightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire sometimes implied that he came fro...
10: ...t]] and had a poor relationship with François.
12: ...considerable [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...r, a [[Protestant]] girl from a poor family, but his father stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lett... - Scientific method (40667 bytes)
1: ...logic of scientific practice. A scientific method is essentially an extremely cautious means of buildi...
3: ==History==
4: ''See also: [[History of science]]''
6: ...lopment of methods for scientific inquiry is indivisible from the development of science.
7: ...rstition, there is evidence of traditional empiricism.
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