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- Steel (28384 bytes)
5: ...n-based alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
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11: ... configuration, called '''[[austenite]]''' or '''γ-iron''', which is similarly soft and metallic bu...
15: ... to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation into martensite, by contr...
23: ...dification process, and to produce shapes such as plate, sheet, wire, etc. It is then heat-treated to... - Mae Jemison (5527 bytes)
7: ...d her medical practice, working with CIGNA Health Plans of California.
11: ...hailand]] at a [[Cambodia]]n refugee camp. She completed her internship at [[Los Angeles County-USC Me...
13: ...in [[Houston, Texas]], to research, develop and implement advanced technologies suited to the social, ...
15: ... implementing advanced technologies that may be employed advantageously to the development of less ind...
19: ...93); People magazine's 1993 "50 Most Beautiful People in the World"; CORE Outstanding Achievement Awar... - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...0px|Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bi...
2: ...;λος ''kallos'' "beauty" + γραφος ''graphos'' "w...
4: ... more general terms, called [[palaeography]]. Examples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest t...
14: ...ide, hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In the hands...
54: ...ters have been affected by seal carving, since simplification of characters has often been practiced. - Greek language (35285 bytes)
25: ... historical stages of the Greek language that are placed prior to the creation of the [[Greek alphabet...
36: ...Italian]] is to [[Latin language|Latin]], for example. It is claimed that an "educated" speaker of the...
44: Greek is spoken by about 12 million people mainly in [[Greece]] and [[Cyprus]] but also in ...
52: ... reflects features of the older language. The examples below are intended to represent Attic Greek in ...
164: | [[plosive consonant|'''Plosive''']] - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
5: ...''[[Almagest]]''' (in Greek ''Η μεγάλη Σύντα...
7: ...ers and navigators, until the time of the great explorations. They were also adopted in the Arab world...
11: ...grand scheme. He assigned coordinates to all the places and geographic features he knew, in a grid th...
13: ...:Ptolemys_system.jpg|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart....
16: ...300, after the text was rediscovered by [[Maximus Planudes]]. - Geography (8541 bytes)
2: ...'γεια'' ("Earth") and ''γραφειν'' ("to write...
11: ... Mapping by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]]s as they explored new lands added new techniques. During the [...
13: ...eography had become recognized as a discrete discipline and became part of a typical universitycurricu...
15: ...antity of knowledge and the number of tools has exploded. There are strong links between geography and...
22: ...graphical knowledge into categories that can be explored globally - Pan pipes (2209 bytes)
2: ...reek language|Greek]] συριγξ) has long been popular as a folk instrument,...
4: ...l style, pipes are fine tuned to correct pitch by placing small pebbles or dry corn [[kernel]]s into t...
6: The pan pipe is played with breath blown horizontally across the ope...
8: ... is derived. (''Pan pipes'' is both singular and plural.) Other names for the instrument include '''... - Nile (13738 bytes)
8: ...name for the Nile was ''Aigyptos'' (Αιγυπτος), which itsel...
12: ...e lengths of rivers vary over time (especially in plains, where rivers often change course), and, seco...
30: ...ummer, when the great rains fall on the Ethiopian Plateau; the rest of the year the great rivers drain...
42: ...nean Sea]]; a side channel, the [[Bahr Yussef]], splits from the main channel downriver from the city ...
50: ...James Augustus Grant]] in 1860-1863 for further explorations around Lake Victoria and traced the Nile ... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...ta;- (''ge-'', "the earth") and λογος (''logos'', "word", "reason")) ...
3: ... processes that are collectively referred to as [[plate tectonics]]. Geologists help locate and manage...
5: ...tudies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
20: ...[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. In his paper, he explained his theory that the Earth must be much older...
22: Followers of Hutton were known as ''[[Plutonism |Plutonists]]'' because they believed that some rocks... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: ...[Western Australia]] – and astronomers' and planetologists' estimates of the age of the [[solar ...
4: ...ntists such as [[Martin Luther]] and [[Johannes Kepler]] believed in a similar date, and some today co...
6: Few people had conceived the idea of a time that stretched ...
9: ...ew [[natural history|naturalists]] were trying to place the age of the Earth on a more scientific basi...
13: ... of the age of the Earth to creation tales, or simply assumed that the Earth always had been, always w... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ...r of Macedon''', in Greek {{polytonic|Μέγας Ἀλέξα...
6: ...s lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which he app...
9: ...eeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.2-3) relates that both Phi...
11: ...er was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.1), his father descended f...
14: ...omannus]], the recently crowned King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander t... - Pythagoras (10747 bytes)
2: Πυθαγόρας) was an [[Ionians | Io...
13: ...ssential organizing factor of this life: the disciples would sing hymns to [[Apollo]] together regular...
17: ...oo]]s, including the proper way to stir a fire or place one's shoes before going to sleep.
21: The idea that Pythagoras forbade his disciples to eat beans has been questioned by some recent...
25: ... scientist, or a wild [[shaman]]-figure. <!-- examples here might be nice --> The truth no doubt lies ... - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
1: ...[[science]] involving the [[observation]] and [[explanation]] of events occurring beyond the [[Earth]]...
5: ...onfused with [[astrology]], which assumes that people's destiny and human affairs in general are corre...
8: ...at they are rarely considered as independent disciplines anymore. Motions and positions of objects ar...
10: ...rned mainly with figuring out the observational implications of different models, and involves working...
12: ...n of space under study (e.g., Galactic astronomy, Planetary Sciences); by subject, such as star format... - Sun (20830 bytes)
76: ...ic]]) <br>67.23? <br>(to the [[Milky Way|galactic plane]])
122: ... as do innumerable other bodies including other [[planet]]s, [[asteroid]]s, [[meteoroid]]s, [[comet]]s...
124: ...bits is called ''its'' sun, and stars in a [[multiple star system]] are referred to as the "suns" of b...
128: ... [[light-year]]s from the [[galactic centre]], completing one revolution in about [[1 E15 s|226 Ma]] (...
136: ...un mostly because of the large mass of [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]. - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ...ipse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and [[Jupiter]]. [[image:433eros.jpg|...
4: ... term to the small moons of the [[gas giant|giant planets]]. The first [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-...
6: ...solar system, and some argue that not every minor planet should be called an "asteroid".
10: ...em, and [[minor planet]] for a taxonomy of the subplanetary objects that include asteroids. The term '...
14: ...360) 1981 VA]]; the last numbered and named minor planet was [[99905 Jeffgrossman]] [http://cfa-www.ha... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...ize and bulk composition. Although all planets' [[planetary orbit|orbits]] are [[ellipse|elliptical]],...
9: ...|Korean]], and [[Japan]]ese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Metal Star'', based on the [[Five El...
14: ...5 km/h). Winds in the upper atmosphere circle the planet in only 4 days, helping to distribute the hea...
16: ...site is actually true. The cloud cover keeps the planet much cooler than it would be otherwise. The ...
18: ...[sulfuric acid]] droplets and cover the planet completely, obscuring any surface details from the [[Op... - 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''). - Lightning (33113 bytes)
2: [[image:Lightning.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Multiple cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning str...
10: ... in [[Philadelphia]] but while waiting for its completion, he got the idea of using a flying object, s...
16: ... engraver knocked out, the doorframe of the room split, and the door itself torn off its hinges.
22: ... has two components: the first is that falling droplets of ice and rain become electrically polarized ...
57: During the eighties, implementation of flight test campaigns proved that an... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
8: ...both in the [[human body]] and in organisms (e.g. plants, animals) that humans eat.
14: ...al study very time-consuming and expensive, and explains why a proper science of human nutrition is ra...
22: ...ng also provided milk and dairy products, and sharply increased the availability of meats and the dive...
41: ...e in different species of animals, applying principles of physics in nutrition.
44: ...uble [[vitamin B]] (in 1915; now known to be a complex of several water-soluble vitamins) and names [[... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
45: ...ission in 1993, the telescope was restored to its planned quality, and became a vital research tool as...
58: ...unch in 1968 until 1972, well beyond its original planned lifetime of one year.
60: ...y working life, and the concurrent development of plans for the re-usable [[Space Shuttle]] indicated ...
64: ... telescope, and forced cuts in the budget for the planning stages which at the time consisted of very ...
68: ... the [[European Space Agency]]. ESA agreed to supply some of the instruments for the telescope as wel...
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