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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
22: *[[Pêro de Barcelos]] ([[15th century]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese...
33: *[[Joseph René Bellot]] [[France|French]] [[Arctic]] ex...
42: *[[Lafayette Bunnell]], (1824-1903), described [[Yosemite Valley]]
47: ...ian]] navigator in [[England|English]] service, crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[North America]]
51: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]] (1432-1488), [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[Ven... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...593]] - [[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the g...
12: ...no della Rose'' inside the [[Pallavicini Rospigliosi Palace]] in [[Rome]], so Orazio hired the Tuscan...
24: ...on of influential people, starting from Granduke Cosimo II de' [[Medici]] and expecially of the Grand...
26: ...aintings wished to have an image of the author, whose fame was rising. The success and the fashion rad...
36: ...obably born in [[1627]]. Artemisia tried, with almost no success, to teach them the art of painting. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
65: * [[3rd century BC|200s BC]]: [[Crossbow]] in [[History of China|China]]
70: ...[[Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
118: * [[1609]]: [[Microscope]]: [[Galileo Galilei]]
121: * [[1642]]: [[Adding machine]]: [[Blaise Pascal]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
28: *[[Oswald Achenbach]] ([[1827]]-[[1905]])
37: *[[Josef Albers]] ([[1888]]-[[1976]])
93: *[[Vladimir Baranoff-Rossine]] ([[1888]]-[[1944]])
158: *[[Ross Bleckner]] ([[1949]]-)
171: *[[Rosa Bonheur]] ([[1822]]-[[1899]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
15: *[[Joseph Aspdin]], British inventor of cement in 1824
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
36: *[[Rudjer Boscovich|Ruđer Bošković]], (1711-1787...
51: ...[Arthur C. Clarke]], (born 1917),[[England]], [[geosynchronous satellite]]
54: ... Cros]], (1842-1888) — [[phonograph]]... almost - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...er]], [[philosopher]], and [[physicist]] who is closely associated with the [[scientific revolution]]....
7: ...for financial reasons. However, he was offered a position on its faculty in [[1589]] and taught mathem...
10: ...ience and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primary justific...
12: ...ate measurements of time, which appeared to be impossible with the technology of the [[1600s]]. Accord...
24: ...emisphere to face the Earth when it was on the opposite side of the Sun and to face away from the Eart... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...sopher]], and [[alchemist]] who wrote the ''[[Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica]]'' (publis...
4: ...also notable for his arguments that light was composed of [[particle]]s (see [[wave-particle duality]]...
6: ...describing the rate of cooling of objects when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entiret...
19: ...versity]] at the age of 19. As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss St...
23: ...obtained his degree in [[1665]], the University closed down as a precaution against the [[Great Plague... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...habitants after European colonization means that most of the known '''history of California''' begins ...
5: ...e, the area has gone from a [[Spain|Spanish]] outpost of interest primarily populated by [[missionary|...
10: ...Image:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early in...
13: ...from [[mussel]] shells using stone tools, while those in the northern [[Cascade Range]] traded [[obsid... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
1: ...ational Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]...
4: ...ng of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world literature, Shakespeare's lega...
12: ...r, playwright and poet—was one individual whose life can be clearly mapped out through the study...
17: ...the black market in [[wool]], and later lost his position as an [[alderman]]. Some evidence exists tha...
21: ...d [[John Richardson (witness)|John Richardson]], posted bond that there were no impediments to the mar... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...Bruno the Nolan''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] execute...
9: ...ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated w...
15: ...in [[Toulouse]], where he briefly had a teaching position. At this time, he began to gain fame for his...
17: ...nned a play summarizing some of his cosmological positions, titled ''Il Candelaio'' ("The Torchbearer"...
19: ...t appears to have given offense and was denied a position there (and elsewhere in England). - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
19: *[[Carl Bosch]], (1872-1940), German chemist
57: *[[Franz Joseph Emil Fischer]]
82: *[[Jaroslav Heyrovsk?1890-1967), Czech chemist
130: *[[Isaac Newton]], (1642-1727), scientist - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
10: ...ded on planting at the correct time of year. The most common modern calendar is based on the Roman cal...
46: ...ts of stars, planets, the Sun and the Moon. [[Eratosthenes]], using the angles of shadows created at w...
50: ...contributions to astronomy, but the progress was mostly stagnant in [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Europe]...
52: ...te than the [[Julian Calendar|Julian]] and came close to the [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian]]. An amaz...
54: ...g its own concentric sphere. Stars used the outermost one. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...ould need one day to command his own ship. Cook rose in the ranks of the merchant fleet but declined ...
18: ...] to observe and record a [[transit of Venus]] across the [[Sun]]. Leaving in [[1768]], he arrived on...
20: ...hind [[Abel Tasman]] over a century earlier, in [[1642]]). Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastlin...
24: ... found there. The later name ''Botany Bay'' was chosen to reflect the diverse range of flora found the...
26: ...the mouth of the Endeavour River. While there, [[Joseph Banks]] and [[Daniel Solander]] made their fir... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
10: ...sh; The "Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
35: ...ndash; [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embezzlement]...
38: *[[1996]] – In [[Los Angeles, California]], [[Erik Menendez]] and [[Ly...
65: *[[1915]] - [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Ukrainian pianist (d. [[1997]])
67: ...y (television)|Jack Barry]], American television host (d. [[1984]]) - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
61: *[[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel]], (Israel, [[1915]]-[[1975]])
76: *[[Joseph Louis Francois Bertrand]] (France, [[1822]] - ...
111: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Republic of Dubrovnik]]...
163: *[[Paul Cohen|Paul Joseph Cohen]] (USA, [[1934]] - )
179: *[[Allan Joseph Champneys Cunningham]] (UK, [[1842]] - [[1928]... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
17: *[[Paul Oswald Ahnert]] ([[Germany]], [[1897]] – [[198...
39: *[[Aristarchus]] ([[Samos]], circa [[310 BC]] – circa [[230 BC]])
45: *[[Joseph Ashbrook]] ([[United States|USA]], [[April 4]]...
54: *[[Oskar Backlund]] ([[Sweden]], [[1846]] – [[191...
85: *[[Rudjer Josip Boscovich|Ruđer Josip Bošković]] ([[Dalmatia]], [[1711]] &n... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ... [[Political philosophy|political philosopher]], most famous for his book ''[[Leviathan (book)|Leviath...
6: ... also wrote numerous other books on political philosophy and other matters, providing an account of hu...
14: ...ring the tour in contrast to the [[scholastic philosophy]] which he had learned in Oxford. His scholar...
16: ...enne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...l back into "brutishness and misery". Thus he proposed to unite the separate phenomena of Body, Man an... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
1: ... non-philosophers important in the history of philosophy)'', '''listed alphabetically:'''
17: *[[Uriel Acosta]], (1585-1640)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
38: *[[Albert of Saxony (philosopher)|Albert of Saxony]] (c. 1316-1390){{fn|C}}{{...
41: *[[Albinus (philosopher)|Albinus]] (c. 130) - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...rctic]] to the icy margins of [[Antarctica]]'s [[Ross Sea]] in the south (although the Antarctic regio...
9: ...orer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] named the ocean. For most of his voyage from the [[Straits of Magellan]] t...
15: ...[[Philippine Trench]], and the [[Tonga Trench]]. Most of the trenches lie adjacent to the outer margin...
17: ... mid-oceanic ridge. About 3000 km (1800 miles) across, the rise stands about 3 km (2 miles) above the ...
18: ...sediments are confined to narrow marginal bands close to land. - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
3: ...questions about how science "works" both in a philosophical and practical sense.
7: ...tion. Still, there was a considerable amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individ...
9: ...ic content (experimental results, theoretical proposals, or literature reviews) are reported in [[scie...
15: ...ually centered around wherever it could find the most funding.
20: ...resses]] allowed the rapid spread of new ideas across [[15th Century|15th]] and [[16th Century|16th]] ...
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