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- Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
47: ...sexuality]], and she voted in favour of the principle of [[David Steel]]'s Bill to legalise [[abortion... - Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
2: ...70|370]]–[[415]]) was a [[neo-Platonism|neo-Platonic]] [[philosopher]], [[mathematician]], and [...
4: ... embarked on an intense campaign to destroy pagan places of worship.
12: ...ol of Plato and Plotinus, she explained the principles of philosophy to her auditors, many of whom cam...
14: ...imple formula, that of calling God to witness, as Plato did, whenever they deny anything or whenever t...
18: Theories, without sufficient data, (in the ancient world it is common for "historia... - Rosalind Franklin (9829 bytes)
8: ...ere not accepted as members of the University, simply as 'students of Girton and Newnham Colleges', t...
12: ...o similar research). Unfortunately, Randall had implied that Franklin alone would be working on DNA, a...
15: ...and Franklin illuminating their X-ray diffraction data published in the same issue of ''Nature'' support...
18: ... should have been working together. It has been implied by Wilkins himself that this situation may wel... - Grace Hopper (7469 bytes)
7: In [[1949]], Hopper became an employee of the [[J. Presper Eckert|Eckert]]-[[John Ma...
14: In the 1970s, she pioneered the implementation of [[standards]] testing of computers, ...
25: ...sociation of Information Technology Professionals|Data Processing Management Association]].
38: ... is famous for her ''nanoseconds'' visual aid. People (such as generals and admirals) used to ask her ... - Lise Meitner (3907 bytes)
4: ...ent to [[Berlin]] in [[1907]] to study with [[Max Planck]] and the chemist [[Otto Hahn]]. She worked t...
10: ... might allow a [[chain reaction]] leading to an explosion. Because this could be used as weapon, and t...
12: ...omen's Press Club (USA) in 1946; received the Max Planck Medal of the German Physics Society, 1949. - Harriet Tubman (5215 bytes)
5: ...hought that she was born in around 1820, but that data cannot be authenticated because there are no reco...
9: ...was never captured. And she guided hundreds of people trapped in slavery up to the free states, during...
13: ...chickens with her. Whenever she felt that the people in the area were getting suspicious of her, she ...
15: ...anticipated by her pursuers and later resumed her planned route at a safer location.
33: ...ore perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people." -- [[Frederick Douglass]] - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...nge class]] [[steam locomotive]], at [[Bristol Temple Meads]] station, Bristol, England]]
3: ...red locomotives, and may be referred to as [[multiple unit]]s or [[railcar]]s; the use of these self-p...
12: ...should the locomotive break down, it is easy to replace it with a new one. Failure of the motive power...
14: ...e payload-hauling cars means that either can be replaced without affecting the other. At some times, l...
21: ... or [[oil]]. Because of the steam engine, some people took to calling the steam locomotives themselves... - Actinium (7046 bytes)
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135: == Applications ==
136: ...e]]. Otherwise it has no significant industrial applications.
156: ...th effects, actinium-227 is about as dangerous as plutonium. Ingesting even small amounts of actinium-... - 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... - Evaluation (3857 bytes)
5: ...r worth because of the higher demand and lower supply of qualified mathematics teachers.
7: ...valuator competence and integrity, respect for people, and regard for the general and public welfare. ...
12: ...ature information for understanding an evaluation plan or report?
14: # What is the evaluand these people care about?
18: ...hat processes and activities were used to collect data to answer the questions and compare the evaluand ... - Ceramics (15941 bytes)
1: ... and other ceramic materials. This article will explore the history, techniques, cultural significance...
21: ...ured into molds, making it easier to produce multiple copies of a design.
23: *Glazing and Firing: Glazing involves applying a coating that will turn to glass when the po...
30: ...raku ware, known for its simplistic beauty, is deeply intertwined with the Japanese tea ceremony and Z...
50: == Examples of Ceramic Materials == - Process (6114 bytes)
3: ==Examples==
4: ...sis of a [[clock]]. Below are a few specific examples of processes.
7: ...rigin of species. (generally assumed to be an example of a recurrent process)
8: ...creation]] of the universe by God would be an example of a ''divine process''. (generally assumed to ...
11: ...e [[information processing]] of a [[stream]] of [[data]]. - Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
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]].
18: ...e always been adding or improving the topographic data: this is a testimony of the persistent popularity... - Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
1: ...a [[heliocentric model]] of the [[solar system]], placing the [[Sun]], not the [[Earth]], at the cente...
11: ...tly quite strong, as the following passage from [[Plutarch]] suggests (''On the Apparent Face in the O...
21: ...orrect [[geometry]], but inaccurate observational data, Aristarchus concluded that the Sun was 20 times ... - Culture (23440 bytes)
6: ...ntries as more civilized than others, and some people as more cultured than others. Thus some cultural...
8: ... the indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ...different culture"; but class as "uncultured". People lacking "culture" often seemed more "natural", a...
12: ... (philosophy)|authentic]] unblemished lives, uncomplicated and uncorrupted by the highly-stratified [[...
14: ...ties produced for, and consumed by, non-élite people or the [[proletariat|masses]]. (Note that some c... - Map (10223 bytes)
3: A '''map''' is a simplified depiction of a [[space]], a navigational aid...
9: ...wer to the universe. Medieval "T-O" maps, for example, show [[Jerusalem]] at the center of the world, ...
33: ...ring a larger map to show the same area. For example, maps designed for the hiker are often scaled at...
35: ...ectional [[road sign|road signs]] are further examples of this kind.
37: ...to deliver visual usefulness to its user, for example, by exaggerating the width of roads. With the [... - Cartography (10500 bytes)
3: ...red from [[measurement]] and can be stored in a [[database]], from which it can be extracted for a varie...
19: ...representing the curved surface of the earth on a plane. [[Eratosthenes]], [[Anaximander]], and [[Hipp...
21: ...not produce world maps because their cosmology supplied no dogma describing distant lands outside thei...
23: ...er-world.jpg|thumb|left|World map by [[Johannes Kepler]].]]
25: ...of globalism that was started with the [[Age of Exploration]] would continue during the [[Renaissance]... - Science (19868 bytes)
10: ... than to literally predicting the future. For example, to say, "a paleontologist may make predictions ...
15: ... accumulation of facts, as the empiricist model implies.
21: ...er-intuitive]]. [[Atomic theory]], for example, implies that a granite boulder which appears a heavy, ...
28: ...deas that allows a scientist to explain why the apple fell and make predictions about other falling ob...
30: ...theless conceivable that they will some day be supplanted. Younger theories such as [[string theory]] ... - History of ancient Egypt (28563 bytes)
27: ...ng|fishers]] and [[hunter-gatherer|gathering]] peoples using [[stone tool]]s (see [[10th millennium BC...
29: ...y lakes that resulted from seasonal rains. The people who settled there must have realized the benefit...
31: The descendants of these people may well have begun Egyptian civilization in the...
39: ...t Egyptians considered themselves to be '''The People of Two Lands''', these lands being Lower and Upp...
41: ...the central government were typically open-air temples constructed of wood or sandstone. - Egyptian chronology (11665 bytes)
7: ...tested dates in other calendaric systems, for example, Greek, Jewish, Assyrian, Persian, and Julian/Gr...
9: The archeological record is incomplete, also (with relics and artifacts missing or de...
15: ... that the beginning of the next Sothic cycle took place in [[26 BCE]], instead of 139 CE.
17: ...' states that all the plausible second millennium placements require that a major calendrical readjust...
21: ...n found in a tomb of [[Dorak]], near [[Constantinople]], tells E. Bacon, ''Archaeology; Discoveries in...
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