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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...'s capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Ve...
17: ...an strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Ca...
21: ...en who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
25: ...hy]] and imposed a republic in [[1889]]. However, plans for moving the nation's seat city to the terri... - 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]]) - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
4: ...Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the...
8: ... the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural dis...
11:
23: ...istory burns nearly 16,000 acres and kills two people.
40: ...rain after the country tested missiles in various places. - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
7: ...d. From [[1984]] to [[1990]], Streep won six [[People's Choice Award]]s for Favorite Motion Picture Ac...
9: ...ence. In the [[1990s]], therefore, Streep took to playing roles with greater variety, including farce ...
11: ...[Music of the Heart]]'', for which she learned to play the [[violin]].
13: ...nd in [[2004]] took on two largely comedic roles, playing the character originated by [[Angela Lansbur... - Geology (12007 bytes)
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...
24: ...n Paris. To prove this, they formulated the principle of [[Stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] succession of ... - Antarctica (14761 bytes)
4: ...arth's [[North Pole]] on the opposite side of the planet.
15: Antarctica is the coldest place on earth. [[Weather pattern|Weather front]]s ...
53: ... that at a given time there are at least 1,000 people living in Antarctica. This varies considerably w...
103: ...[John Calvin Batchelor]]'s "The Birth of the [[People's Republic]] of Antarctica" ([[1983]])
106: <!-- Somebody who can read Japanese, please check the year here http://www.nacos.com/koma... - Togo (15373 bytes)
57: ... occupied by French and British forces. Togo was split between the British and the French by League of...
61: ...ca]] has averaged at least two a year since then, plus many more unsuccessful attempts). President [[S...
63: ...olitical party. After nearly losing his life in a plane crash that he (at least publicly) chalked up t...
65: ...Togo's economy fell into ruin. The government was plagued by numerous coup attempts. Eyad魡 himself f...
67: ...g scores of protesters in several clashes. The people of France and Togo were furious, and under their... - 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... - 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...
27: ...ment of]] [[agriculture]], which allowed for a surplus of food, it became possible for early [[Civiliz...
29: ...ture of the planets and stars, many theoretical explanations were proposed. - 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 - 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... - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
136: ...entric orbit]], Neptune is sometimes the furthest planet from the [[Sun]]. Neptune is named after the ...
138: ... spacecraft, ''[[Voyager 2]]'', which flew by the planet on [[August 25]], [[1989]].
142: ...ated by [[accretion|infalling matter]] during the planet's birth, now slowly radiating away into space...
144: ...nus (planet)|Uranus]]. There is likely to be a [[planetary core|core]] consisting of (molten) rock an...
146: ...be characteristic of flows in the interior of the planet and not the result of Uranus' sideways orient... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ... fates. ''As a rule, the best place to clarify complexities is in the article on the individual in que...
18: ...r, supported his brother and later made King of Naples, and then of Spain.
22: *[[Louis de Breteuil]] - [[royalist]], briefly supplanted [[Jacques Necker|Necker]] in the royal cabin...
65: ...dvocating yet more radical measures than those in place
73: ...Battle of Valmy|Valmy]], [[marshal of France]], employed in the administration of the army under the [... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...a]], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dy...
18: ...Until the time of Napoleon, European states had employed relatively small armies with a large proporti...
20: ...ed the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier resupply and compatibility among his army's artillery pie...
22: ... revolution rather than ideas which found their implementation in it.
24: ... be given to Napoleon, however. [[Lazare Carnot]] played a large part in the reorganization of the Fre... - Medieval Inquisition (8204 bytes)
7: ...g around [[1170]]. Heretical individuals, for example [[Peter of Bruis]], had always been a challenge ...
13: ...d in this inquisition were not effective. For example, according to the ''Ad abolendam'', it was requi...
23: ...n addition, the inquisitors could simply force people to be interrogated. Once information had been ga...
27: ...als, persons of bad reputation, excommunicated people, and convicted heretics. Blood relationship did ...
39: ...f [[Toulouse]] (in modern France), executed 42 people out of over 700 guilty verdicts in fifteen years... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: ...ze in Physics|Nobel Prize for Physics]] for his explanation of the [[photoelectric effect]] and "for h...
7: Einstein himself was deeply concerned with the social impact of scientific d...
16: ...d time later than most children, he was able to apply a more developed intellect. Another, more recent...
20: ...ind alone in Munich lodgings to finish school, completing only one term before leaving school in sprin...
22: ... finish secondary school, where he received his diploma in [[1896]] September. During this time he lod... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
5: ...rm drag|drag]]. This propelling is typically accomplished by cupping the hands and using them as [[pad...
17: ... as critical as the above items. Most swimmers simply grab water with their hand flat, or the fingers ...
21: ... the implementation of some or all of these principles.
31: ... United States. FINA regulates four swimming disciplines, swum over different distances.
33: ...efers to "any style", and in competitive swimming places no restrictions on what action the competitor... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...lpine]] trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland [[wheat]], on which the city depende...
12: ...ian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war horses.
14: ...period and politics and the military were kept completely separate. War was regarded as a continuation...
20: Though the people of Venice generally remained orthodox [[Roman Ca...
31: ...n groups. As weapons became more expensive and complex to operate, professional soldiers were assigned... - 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]])
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