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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...icle|SUV]], see [[Ford Expedition]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fic...
6: ... de Azambuja]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ... de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
8: ...lmeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...uerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]]) - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...[1653]]) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early [[Baroque]] painters in the generation...
14: ..., had committed incest with his sister-in-law and planned to steal some of Orazio?s paintings. During ...
16: ...12]]-13), stored in the [[Capodimonte Museum of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, an...
18: ...tist from [[Florence]]. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to [[Florence]], where Artemisia received ...
20: ...urn to [[Rome]] in [[1621]] and later move to [[Naples]]. After her mother's death in [[1651]], Pruden... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
31: * [[Plough]]s in [[Mesopotamia]]
35: * 3500 BC: [[Plywood]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
80: * [[600]]: Mouldboard [[plough]] in [[Eastern Europe]]
121: * [[1642]]: [[Adding machine]]: [[Blaise Pascal]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
281: *[[John Singleton Copley]] ([[1737]]-[[1815]])
616: *[[Leon Kaplinski]] ([[1826]]-[[1873]])
958: *[[Stefan Planinc]] ([[1925]]-)
959: *[[Jan Bogumil Plersch]] ([[1732]]-[[1817]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
3: ...scientists]], [[List of inventions named after people]], [[timeline of invention]], [[inventor]].
20: ...3) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
49: *[[George Washington Carver]], (1860-1943), plant scientist
77: ...Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple arch dam
80: ...6-1971) — [[vacuum tube]] [[television]] display - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...n Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early example of the conflict of authority and [[freedom of th...
7: ...astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
14: ...on falling bodies (actually rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Set...
18: ...lescope is inaccurate, he was one of the first people to use the telescope to observe the [[sky]]. Bas...
20: ... of the [[natural satellite|moons]] of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. Galileo published a full descript... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ... the [[Gregorian calendar]]) was an [[English (people)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[a...
4: ...athematical substantiation for [[Kepler's laws of planetary motion]]. He would expand these laws by ar...
6: ...binomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of [[momentum]] and [[angular m...
17: According to [[Eric Temple Bell|E.T. Bell]] (1937, Simon and Schuster) and ...
23: ...y closed down as a precaution against the [[Great Plague]]. For the next two years Newton worked at ho... - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ...''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
13: ...[European colonization of the Americas|European explorers]] and [[European colonization of the America...
16: ===European exploration===
19: ...s, and gems. The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same.
30: The name "California" was first applied in the account of this voyage. It can be trace... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ...tyle|N.S.]])), [[England|English]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]], has a reputation as the greatest of al...
4: ...und the world. Shakespeare was among the very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] an...
6: ...Chronology of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His p...
8: ...d the many [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
12: ...ree that William Shakespeare{{fn|1}}—actor, playwright and poet—was one individual whose l... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
7: ...r at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[Neoplatonism]]. Bruno embraced a sort of [[pantheism|p...
11: ...rnicus]] and by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]...
13: In [[1576]] he left Naples to avoid the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. ...
17: ... "Italian dialogues." In [[1582]], Bruno penned a play summarizing some of his cosmological positions,... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
130: *[[Isaac Newton]], (1642-1727), scientist
142: *[[John Pople|John A. Pople]], (1925-2004), [[theoretical chemistry|theoreti...
143: *[[Roy J. Plunkett]], (1910-1984), discoverer of [[Teflon]]
171: *[[K. Barry Sharpless]]. (1941- ) [[2001]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistr... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...cts, especially [[star]]s and [[planet]]s. An example of this early astronomy might involve a study of...
4: ...ively fixed over the [[century|centuries]], while planets will move an appreciable amount during a com...
10: ...ral]] societies, in which the harvest depended on planting at the correct time of year. The most commo...
20: ...pin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the sun.
24: ... (sphere) and ''Grahaganita'' (mathematics of the planets). - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...aptainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1...
3: ...[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to...
8: ...ced him to the shipbuilder, [[John Walker]] who employed him as an apprentice on a [[collier]] that di...
12: ...olfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills we...
14: ...dness both with the regard to the extent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given b... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
15: ...ectional Facility|Sing Sing]] prison, [[Martha M. Place]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[ele...
18: ...ternational [[figure skating]] championship takes place.
21: ... the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
26: *[[1965]] – In [[Naples]], [[Italy]], [[France Gall]] wins the tenth [[...
36: ...h; A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb explodes in [[Warrington, Warrington|Warrington]], nor... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
70: *[[Eric Temple Bell]] (Scotland, USA, [[1883]] - [[1960]])
386: *[[Johannes Kepler]] (Germany, [[1571]] - [[1630]])
420: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] (France, [[1749]] - [[1827]])
572: *[[Michel Plancherel]] (Switzerland, [[1885]] - [[1967]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
220: ...[Galileo Galilei]] ([[Italy]], [[1564]] – [[1642]])
318: *[[Johannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
346: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1827]])
463: *[[Philip Plait]] ([[United States|USA]])
464: *[[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] ([[Italy]], [[1781]] – [[1864]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political philosophy|political phil...
6: ...René „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
12: ...racted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommend...
16: ... Earl of Devonshire, died of the [[Bubonic plague|plague]] in June 1628. The widowed countess dismisse...
20: ...showing how physical phenomena were universally explicable in terms of motion, at least as motion or m... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
597: *[[Galileo Galilei]], (1564-1642){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...lombia]]. The western limit of the ocean is often placed at the [[Strait of Malacca]]. The lowest poin...
9: The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] named the ocean. For m...
26: ...low, because little evaporation of seawater takes place in these areas.
42: ... Ring of Fire]] is the world's foremost belt of explosive volcanism.
46: ...ds, high islands, coral reefs, and uplifted coral platforms. Continental islands lie outside the Andes... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ... the past few centuries. In antiquity, the few people who were able to engage in natural inquiry were ...
9: ... publishing process, as well as the internal disciplinary limitations to the scientific publication pr...
11: ...ed the first scientific community; founded in [[Naples]] [[1560]] by [[Giambattista della Porta]]. The...
13: The Academia Secretorum Naturae was replaced by the [[Accademia dei Lincei]], founded in [...
25: ...to remember memorable events more easily. For example, the [[Chinese]] [[generation name]]s are taken ...
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