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- Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ... alchemists sought for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into eithe...
2: ... do both. The third goal was creating human life. Alchemy can be regarded as the precursor of the modern sc...
8: The word ''alchemy'' comes from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al-...
11: ...context of their times. They were attempting to explore and investigate nature before many of the most...
13: ...sical insight would have been as partial and incomplete as a metaphysics devoid of physical manifestat...
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- China (38909 bytes)
3: ...ltiple states, and as a single [[nation]] or multiple nations.
5: ...ed outwards from a core area in the [[North China Plain]], and varied according to its moving fortunes...
7: ...nese Civil War]] in [[1949]] established the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC) in [[1949]] which ha...
21: ... or imperial domain. The ''[[Book of Poetry]]'' explicitly gives this definition.
23: # The area now called the [[North China Plain]]. The ''[[Sanguo Zhi]]'' records the followin... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...began with the discoveries of [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], and others at t...
9: ...irely clear that ''a'' scientific revolution took place around the year [[1600]]. That is, at that tim...
15: *[[Ptolemy]]'s calculations of planetary motion. (This and Galen's anatomy, though ...
24: *Kepler's laws of planetary motion (Kepler)
33: ...beyond real dispute. If you measure what either Kepler or Galileo discovered against everything discov... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ...l [[Monarchy|monarchies]], of European overseas exploration, the invention and diffusion of printing, ...
6: ...Germanic]] and later [[Slavic Peoples|Slavic]] peoples. The era of the migrations has historically bee...
8: ...ntagel]] in [[Cornwall]] had managed to obtain supplies of Mediterranean luxury goods well into the 6t...
12: ...conquerors were soon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction...
14: ...tianity or with classic Roman culture. Warrior people such as the [[Vikings]] were still capable of ca... - Anubis (7106 bytes)
6: ...ss of the purification of bodily organs due to be placed in [[canopic jar]]s, during [[mummification]]...
8: ... the shadows of life and death and lurked in dark places, watchful by day as well as by night.
10: ...en wearing a [[ribbon]], and wielding a [[whip (implement)|whip]]. On very rare occasions, Anubis was ...
12: ...e to his sitting atop desert cliffs to guard multiple [[necropolis]], and '''Chontamenti''' (also spel...
25: ...quently, this apparant infidelity of Osiris was explained in myth, in which it was said that a [[Sexua... - Chemistry (12553 bytes)
7: == Subdisciplines of chemistry ==
9: ...sciplines. There are also several main cross-disciplinary and more specialized fields of chemistry.
11: ...al chemistry'' is the [[analysis]] of material samples to gain an understanding of their [[chemical co...
13: ...action]]s and chemical [[interaction]]s that take place in living [[organism]]s.
15: ...is much overlap, most importantly in the sub-discipline of [[organometallic chemistry]]. - Art (11479 bytes)
15: ...es using light-sensitive materials. Digital art employs technology as its primary medium. Each medium ...
45: Art serves multiple cultural and social functions. It can be a mediu...
52: ...was at some point arranged in some way. A few examples where this meaning proves very broad include [[...
61: * Interplay between the conscious and unconscious part of o...
66: The word ''art'' is also used to apply judgements of value, as in such expressions as "... - History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...ries are known as ''pre-scientific''. Still, many place ancient [[natural philosophy]] clearly within ...
15: ...ose in the social sciences or humanities (for example, the "[[Science wars]]").
23: ...he [[habit]]s and [[Abstraction|attributes]] of [[plant]]s and [[animal]]s in the world around him. He...
25: ... {{seemain2|History of science in early cultures|Alchemy}}
27: ...ment of]] [[agriculture]], which allowed for a surplus of food, it became possible for early [[Civiliz... - 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... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...cted with occult trends of [[hermeticism]] and [[alchemy]].
21: ...im to devote himself to a life of learning. His application failed, and for the next two years he work...
25: ...e (he objected to the time span) offended many people; he was accused of seeking popularity, and was f...
29: ... a gift of a fine of ?1200 on one of Essex's accomplices.
35: ... to sit in parliament -- and to the various royal plans which Bacon had supported. His obvious influen... - List of religions (13836 bytes)
1: ...ategory allow. Even if multiple definitions are applicable a religion will only be listed once. The de...
144: ...The orally transmitted canon of [[indigenous]] peoples, many involving some variant of [[animism]] and...
266: **[[Temple of Set]]
326: * [[Jesus People]]
328: * [[People's Temple]] - Meditation (26064 bytes)
12: ...terns). Quietness is often desirable, and some people use repetitive activities such as deep breathing...
20: ...disciplined self-cultivation aspect of meditation plays a central role in [[Taoism]], [[Sufism]], [[Si...
26: ...in [[Christianity]] ([[Gregorian chant]], for example), Jewish [[Kabbalah]], and in some modern [[meta...
34: ...and power. Some mantras can be translated into simple words, but invariably the deeper meaning can onl...
53: ...ng on the [[hara]] region (hence the term ''contemplating one's navel''). - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
14: ''I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others....
16: .... (These measurements became the possessions of Kepler following Tycho's death.)
18: ...he rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of [[silver]] and [[gold]]. Tycho's ...
33: ...as strongly critical of those who dismissed the implications of the astronomical appearance, writing i... - Chemical element (8169 bytes)
1: A '''[[chemical element]]''', often called simply '''element''', is a substance that cannot be div...
3: ...er of protons in the atom of the element. For example, [[carbon]], the element with atomic number 6, c...
15: ...nce, linguistic niceties, or nationalism. For example, the Germans use "Wasserstoff" for "hydrogen" an...
17: ...um" and "cesium," while the US "sulfur" takes the place of the British "sulphur." But chemicals which ...
27: ...et]] - they are symbols intended to be used by peoples of all languages and alphabets. - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
1: ... alchemists sought for. The most renowned goal of alchemy is the [[transmutation]] of any metal into eithe...
2: ... do both. The third goal was creating human life. Alchemy can be regarded as the precursor of the modern sc...
8: The word ''alchemy'' comes from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''al-...
11: ...context of their times. They were attempting to explore and investigate nature before many of the most...
13: ...sical insight would have been as partial and incomplete as a metaphysics devoid of physical manifestat... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
6: ...y in which the wind may transfer objects from one place to another, and with the transition to the aft...
9: ...a]] and [[Arcadia]]. His origin on Mt. Cyllene explains the origin of an epithet for Hermēs: ''H...
11: ... name [[Hermes Trismegistus]] was used later by [[alchemy|alchemists]] and their like to refer to a syncret...
18: Though temples to Hermēs existed throughout [[Greece]], a...
26: ...ndaries. In [[Athens, Greece|Athens]], they were placed outside houses for good luck. "That a monume... - Arsenic (12497 bytes)
145: == Applications ==
148: ...leaching from in-situ timbers (such as children's playground equipment) into surrounding soil, the mos...
168: ...g|75px|right|Alchemical symbol for arsenic]]The [[alchemy|alchemical]] symbol for arsenic is shown opposite...
170: ...ar and chalk and eaten by women to improve the complexion of their faces.
172: ... it is estimated that approximately 57 million people are drinking [[groundwater]] with arsenic concen... - Copper (13595 bytes)
136: ...ined in [[Cyprus]]). From this, the phrase was simplified to ''cuprum'' and then eventually Anglicized...
138: ...pper [[smelting]], the refining of copper from simple copper oxides such as [[malachite]] or [[azurite...
140: ...h [[tin]] nearly as old. In one pyramid, a copper plumbing system was found that is 5000 years old.
152: ...opper was also the symbol for the planet [[Venus (planet)|Venus]].
155: ...loodstream on a [[plasma protein]] called [[ceruloplasmin]]. When copper is first absorbed in the gut ... - Gold (24329 bytes)
7: | colspan="2" align="center" | [[platinum]] – '''gold''' – [[mercury (ele...
121: | [[Platinum|<sup>195</sup>Pt]]
128: | [[Platinum|<sup>196</sup>Pt]] <br> [[Mercury (element)...
156: ...urple]]. These colors are the result of gold's [[plasmon frequency]] lying in the visible range, whic...
158: ...er metal, [[iron]] green, [[aluminium]] purple, [[platinum]] metals white, and natural [[bismuth]] tog... - Lead (8244 bytes)
3: ...the symbol '''Pb''' ([[Latin (language)|L.]] '''''Plumbum''''') and [[atomic number]] 82. A soft, [[he...
8: == Applications ==
11: *Lead was used for [[plumbing]] in [[Ancient Rome]], and lead sticks were...
15: ...its [[Latin]] name ''plumbum''. The English word "plumbing" also derives from this Latin root.
17: ...shift was a result of the U.S. lead consumers' compliance with environmental regulations that signific... - Mercury (element) (24761 bytes)
77: | [[Triple point]]
184: ...ive than [[zinc]] and [[cadmium]] and does not displace [[hydrogen]] from [[acid]]s. Common [[oxidatio...
188: == Applications ==
189: ...rial chemicals or for electrical and electronic applications. It is used in some [[thermometer]]s, esp...
193: *The [[triple point]] of mercury, -38.8344 °C, is a fixed ...
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