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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
4: ... Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
8: *[[Marcel Achard|Achard, Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: ...rd Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The couple moved to the [[United States]], Mayer's home cou...
7: ...o couple together in what is called spin orbit coupling. This is like the Earth spinning on its axis a...
19: She was an accomplished scientist. - Human brain (15406 bytes)
7: ...ally pronounced in the [[neocortex]], the most complex portion of the [[cerebral cortex]]. The human b...
15: ...of the brain. Brain stem structures are almost completely enveloped by the cerebellum and telencephalo...
19: The blood supply to the brain involves several [[artery|arteries]...
33: ...l. Emotive stability in humans is associated with planning, experience and an environment that is both...
36: ...s, but function of the human brain is far more complex. - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
5: ... ancient classical texts and learning and their applications in the arts and sciences. Second, it mean...
7: ...[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the blend of art and science during the Renai...
9: ===Multiple Renaissances===
10: ...e [[periodization|periodisation]], [[Lumpers and splitters]])
19: ...aces for when the Middle Ages ended. The starting place of the Renaissance is almost universally ascri... - Slide whistle (1974 bytes)
1: ...'') is a [[wind instrument]] consisting of a [[fipple]] like a [[recorder]]'s and a tube with a [[pist...
3: ...ascending or falling), but it is also possible to play melodies on the slide whistle.
5: ...slide [[saxophone]]s, with reeds rather than a fipple, were also built. - 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... - Germany (46412 bytes)
73: ...to draw up a constitution for the new Germany, completed in [[1849]]. However, the Prussian king [[Fre...
93: ...ncentration camp]]s were set up for groups and people perceived as threats. Open persecution of [[Jew]...
97: ... million more [[Roma (people)|Roma]], [[Slavic people|Slavs]], [[homosexual]]s, [[communist]]s, [[Jeho...
101: ...ern forces [[Berlin Airlift|airlifted food and supplies]].
103: ...t Germany benefitted from the American [[Marshall Plan]] for the reconstruction of Europe after the wa... - Switzerland (22270 bytes)
3: ...ages. The abbreviation is similarly used; for example, it is used as Switzerland's [[country code top-...
63: ...II]], and although a German intervention was both planned and anticipated, it ultimately didn't occur....
65: ...population and the cantons voted in favor of a completely revised federal [[constitution]].
67: ... in May 1992. Switzerland has not advanced this application since the rejection, by referendum, of the...
84: ...], and 1 from the [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]]. This traditional distributi... - 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]]
162: * [[1797]]: [[Cast iron plow]]: [[Charles Newbold]]
201: * [[1831]]: [[Multiple coil magnet]]: [[Joseph Henry]] - 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]]) - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...ch as the [[Fourth Crusade]] against [[Constantinople]], the [[Albigensian Crusade]] against the [[Cat...
4: ...events, the word crusade has evolved to have multiple meanings and connotations. For additional meanin...
7: ...ors always sought an outlet for their violence. A plea for help from the Byzantine Emperor [[Alexius I...
11: ...ried to marshal public opinion in their favor, people became personally engaged in a dramatic religiou...
15: ...lims toward Christian pilgrims; these rumors then played an important role in the development of the c... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ...l]] story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...s are controlled by [[computer]]s, which can make planes that were otherwise unflyable able to fly, su...
15: ...esign, with modern knowledge of aerodynamic principles in mind, was made. Leonardo also sketched desig...
17: ...d examples from nature that such flights can take place without danger, although when the first trials...
19: The first known human flight ever took place in [[Paris]] in [[1783]]. [[Francois Pilatre ... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
3: ...paper. Others include [[papyrus]], bark papers, [[plastic]]s, [[leather]], [[fabric]], wood, and [[can...
10: ... the [[Sistine Chapel]], begun in [[1508]] and completed in [[1514]].
16: ...amous artists have used watercolor painting to supplement their work with [[oil paint]], including [[v...
29: ... with brushes, but it may be applied with other implements in experimental approaches or mixed with ot...
31: The paint is thinned before application to allow for lighter areas within the pain... - Timeline of microscope technology (1673 bytes)
13: ...74]] - [[Anton van Leeuwenhoek]] improves on a simple microscope for viewing biological specimens. - 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 - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
1: This is a list of notable people associated with the [[Renaissance]].
181: * [[Johannes Kepler]]
198: * [[Johannes Kepler]]
245: ==Explorers and Navigators==
248: * [[Samuel de Champlain]] - Microscope (8708 bytes)
3: ...n enlarged image of an object placed in the focal plane of the lens(es).
7: ==Simple optical microscope==
8: ...ism to hold the material to be examined (the [[sample]] or specimen). This use of a single, convex len...
11: ...erration]]. In modern microscopes the mirror is replaced by a lamp unit providing stable, controllable...
34: ...on top of the cover slip, and the lens moved into place where it is immersed in the oil. An oil immers... - January 2 (10888 bytes)
15: *[[1860]] - The discovery of the planet [[Vulcan (planet)|Vulcan]] was announced at a meeting of the [...
30: ...- [[Canada]] and the [[United States]] agree on a plan to preserve [[Niagara Falls]].
41: ...ard]] performs the second successful [[heart transplant]].
49: ...ring factions in [[Bosnia]] meet to discuss peace plans.
51: ...7mm) at [[Chicago]]. In [[Chicago]], temperatures plunge to -13°F (-25°C), and 68 deaths are r... - Roger van der Weyden (3397 bytes)
35: ...ipal figures at least, though Memling may have completed the picture. - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[[1516]]. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|...
7: ... father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in order to becom...
12: ...nfluential in the government, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as...
19: ... (Indeed, the title of Erasmus's book is partly a play on More's name, the word ''folly'' being ''mori...
23: ...d [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''. Both More's and Shakespeare'...
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