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- Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...nt of differential [[calculus]]. While they both discovered calculus nearly contemporaneously, their w...
4: ...nherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th cen...
6: Newton also developed a [[Newton's law of cooling|law of cooling]], describing the...
10: {{IsaacNewtonSegments}}
12: ... life. For more in-depth information, see [[Isaac Newton's early life and achievements]].''
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- History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ...hope and inheritance (such as the [[supernatural]]ist philosophies and [[religion]]).
5: ''See article [[History of Western philosophy]]''
7: ...e [[1400s]] and the [[Renaissance]]. The "Modern" is a word with more varied use, which includes every...
10: ...Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[Anaximander]] ("All is air").
12: ...sly to prove whatever conclusions they wished). This whole movement gradually became more concentrated... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ... the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Great Britain|George I]...
10: ...ious coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensur...
12: ...ho led the English armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
15: ...r close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jennings later married John Churchill (the fu...
17: ...however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continued to send her Catholic books... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
1: [[Image:alanis.jpg|thumb|Alanis Morissette]]
2: ... Nadine Morissette''' (born [[June 1]], [[1974]]) is a successful [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer-songwri...
6: .../songwriters. The influence of "You Oughta Know" is readily seen almost a decade later in the songwri...
10: ...[[Canada]], to schoolteachers Alan and Georgia Morissette. She has an older brother, Chad, and a [[twi...
12: ...r the intercom at the front gates: ''"Hi, I'm Alanis. I want to meet you one day and I want to be famo... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
7: ...f the finest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armstrong]], [[James P. Johnson]], [[Joe Smith]],...
9: ... and a string section--a musical environment that is radically different from any found on her recordi...
11: ...studio, dropped by for an almost inaudible guest visit. Hammond was not pleased with the result, prefe...
13: ...ling from a concert in Memphis to Clarksdale, Mississippi along [[United States Highway 61]]. She wa...
17: ...ance....She died some eight or ten hours after admission to the hospital. We gave her every medical at... - Tori Amos (27672 bytes)
3: ...l tragedy, she has built a devoted following. She is probably best known to the wider public for a [[d...
7: ...a 7" pressed for family and friends. At around this time she adopted the name "Tori," after a friend ...
10: ... film [[China O'Brien]]; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called "Tess Makes Good" wit...
13: ...he [[Toys]] movie soundtrack. A remix of the song is also included on the soundtrack.
16: ...gle in the UK), "Pretty Good Year" and "Past the Mission", which featured the vocal contribution of [[... - 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... - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...id sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the sugar was orig...
3: ...be [[amber]], recorded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word...
5: The remainder of this article will be concerned with a specific type of...
9: ...perties lead to a great many uses of glass. Glass is, however, brittle and will break into sharp shard...
13: ...] ([[Silicon|Si]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>), which is the same chemical compound found in [[quartz]], o... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
1: ...arings'''. Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in [[battle]]s or [[jousting|jousts...
3: ...right, as seen by the viewer. The reason for this is that they refer to the shield-bearer's point of v...
5: ...hape of the shield is immaterial and different artists can depict the same coat of arms on many differ...
7: ... colours used in heraldry, but the usual practice is to use bold, vivid colours rather than [[pastel]]...
9: ...t space to display the entire coat-of-arms, and this practice may be the origin of the popular usage. - Science (19868 bytes)
3: ==What is science?==
4: There are different theories of what "science" is.
6: According to [[empiricism]], "scientific" theories are objective, empirica...
8: ...al powers, the mechanisms through which they exercise those powers, and the sources of those powers in...
10: ...opper]] also argued that certain [[verification]] is impossible and that scientific hypotheses can onl... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: ...the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'' <sup>4</sup> |
17: ...r>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] |
35: sovereignty_type = [[Act of Union 1800|Establishment]] |
36: established_events = |
37: established_dates = 1801<sup>5</sup>| - Iowa (24205 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
33: ISOCode = US-IA |
36: ...e [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
38: The state is named for the [[Native American]] [[Iowa tribe|Io...
41: == History == - Kansas (21369 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-KS |
37: ...tes]]. The U.S. postal abbreviation for the state is '''KS'''.
39: == History ==
40: ''Main article'': [[History of Kansas]]
42: ...30]], [[1854]] and established the [[Political divisions of the United States|U.S. territories]] of [[... - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
33: ISOCode = US-NJ |
36: ...named after the island of [[Jersey]] in the [[English Channel]].
38: == History==
39: ...den|Swedes]] in the mid-1600's as part of the Swedish colony of [[New Sweden]], which included parts o...
41: ... two friends who had been loyal through the [[English Civil War]]: [[George Carteret|Sir George Carter... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
7: ...igin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
11: ...0 KYA: [[Bow (weapon)|Bow]] and [[arrow]] in [[Tunisia]]
19: * 8500 BC: [[Agriculture#History|Agriculture]] in the [[Fertile Crescent]] - Space (10661 bytes)
1: ...l concept. For other uses of space, see [[space (disambiguation)]].
4: * One view of space is that it is part of the fundamental structure of the universe...
6: ...space'' does not refer to any kind of entity that is a "container" that objects "move through".
8: ... conception that challenges intuitive notions of distance and time.
12: The definition of '''space''' in [[physics]] is contentious. Various concepts used to try to def... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
1: '''Astronomy''' is the [[science]] involving the [[observation]] and...
3: ...e (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles (93 km).]]
5: ... monitoring of transient [[phenomena]]. Astronomy is not to be confused with [[astrology]], which assu...
7: ==Divisions of astronomy==
8: ...t that they are rarely considered as independent disciplines anymore. Motions and positions of object... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...helion|aphelia]] of which may be many times more distant than [[Pluto (planet)|Pluto]]'s orbit. Often ...
5: ... are [[temperature|cool]] enough that [[water]] exists in a [[solid]] (rather than [[gas]]eous) [[phas...
7: == Physical characteristics ==
9: ... solid body of the comet (called the ''nucleus'') is generally less than 50km across, the coma may be ...
11: ...lennia. One very famous old recording of a comet is the appearance of Halley's Comet on the [[Bayeux ... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...the boundaries of states, countries or other administrative areas.
6: ...ial term for today's atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observa...
8: ...mdash;known in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] as [[British Summer Time]] (BST).
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: ...: UTC − 8 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is 04:00 in Los Angeles) - History of science (41710 bytes)
1: {{histOfScience}}
2: ...rs back in [[time]], all the way into human [[prehistory]].
4: ...ral philosophy]] clearly within the scope of the history of science.
6: ...bly [[ethics]]. In practice, each of these fields is heavily used by the others as an external [[tool]...
8: ==Theories and sociology of the history of science== - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
1: ...]s rarely examine it (the greatest [[elongation]] is 28.3?). Mercury has no [[natural satellite]]s. Th...
3: ...with the greek sun god [[Helios]]. [[Pythagoras]] is credited for pointing out that they were one and ...
7: ==Physical characteristics==
8: (This Data comes from [http://www.answers.com/topic/mer...
10: ...n Mercury's surface is 6.5 times as intense as it is on Earth, a total [[irradiance]] of 9.13 kW/...
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