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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
141: *[[Alexander von Humboldt]], (1769-1859), German naturalist, explored [[Cen... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ...athered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Achieve...
23: ...or several generations. He attended and then attempted to institute many reforms at the [[College of W...
35: ...er of [[American exceptionalism]] (see also [[exceptionalism]]).
67: *[[Embargo Act of 1807]], an attempt to force respect for U.S. [[neutrality]] by endin...
125: ...amilton's, was the most impressible, the most receptive, mind of his time in America. The range of his... - Germany (46412 bytes)
66: ...d the [[Hanseatic League]]. In [[1530]], the attempt of the [[Protestant Reformation]] of Catholicism ...
73: ... power, rejected crown and constitution. This prompted violent rollbacks by the monarchs, and the demi...
75: ...lm I]] and the increasingly liberal parliament erupted over military reforms. The king appointed [[Ott...
95: ...nd]], violating the Versailles Treaty, in an attempt to rebuild national self-esteem. Emboldened, Hitl...
134: ...23]], [[1949]], the Federal Republic of Germany kept a notably low profile in international relations.... - Dinosaur (35313 bytes)
2: ...age | image = [[Image:Trex skull.gif|225px|]] | caption = Skull of ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex|T. Rex]]'' fr...
18: ...e [[pelycosaur]] ''[[Dimetrodon]]'', the winged [[pterosaur]]s, and the aquatic [[ichthyosaur]]s, [[pl...
20: ...mage of dinosaurs as sluggish, [[cold-blooded]] reptiles. [[Vertebrate paleontology]] has also become ...
27: ...("lizard" or "reptile"). Contrary to popular perception, the name was chosen to express Owen's awe at ...
30: ... it may sound) birds are technically considered reptiles."<br />—[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/d... - Asteroid (24334 bytes)
1: ... within the [[asteroid belt]], with [[ellipse|elliptical]] orbits between those of [[Mars (planet)|Mar...
4: ... be confused with Adolf Erman (1854-1937), the egyptologist --->.
62: ...steroid was discovered every year after that (except the wartime year 1945). Notable asteroid hunters ...
78: ... increased the level of alarm: the increasing acceptance of [[Walter Alvarez]]' theory of [[K-T extinc...
105: ...e (or feminized) names were used; [[Alexander von Humboldt]] was the first man to have an asteroid named aft... - Tree (23723 bytes)
22: .... In many trees, the arrangement of the branches optimizes exposure of the leaves to sunlight.
30: ...tasy or outright fraud. The following are now accepted as the top five tallest reliably measured speci...
31: ...dwood]] ''Sequoia sempervirens'': '''112.83 m''', Humboldt Redwoods State Park, [[California]] ([http://www....
35: ...alyptus regnans|Australian Mountain-ash]] ''Eucalyptus regnans'': '''92.0 m''', Styx Valley, [[Tasmani...
53: ... trees, and generally only for the trunk. No attempt has ever been made to include [[root]] volume. - Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = ''Archaeopteryx''}}<br/>{{StatusFossil}}
2: ...odel.jpg|250px|]] | caption = A model of ''Archaeopteryx lithographica''<br/> on display at the [[Oxfo...
11: {{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''Archaeopteryx'''''}}
14: ..._binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Archaeopteryx lithographica | author = [[Hermann von Meyer|...
17: ...'''Archaeopteryx lithographica''''' is widely accepted as the earliest and most primitive known [[bird... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...1715]]) was a [[England|English]] explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer. He was the first Eng...
7:
9: ...ain Davis, took command. Dampier transferred to Captain Swan's ship, the ''Cygnet'', and on [[31 March...
32: ...rts'', and after a disagreement with Dampier, he opted to remain on the island. Selkirk's misgivings w...
41: ...] helped [[Charles Darwin]]'s and [[Alexander von Humboldt]]'s development of their theories, - Saint Paul, Minnesota (13759 bytes)
35: ...t]]s have painted and decorated giant Peanuts sculptures around the city. These have been very popular...
90: *Humbolt Senior High School [http://humboldtsr.spps.org/]
91: *Humboldt Junior High School - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (15483 bytes)
9: ...ulty, and for the breadth of the topics they attempt to cover. Hegel introduced a system for understan...
21: ...y. This view is in direct opposition to the conceptions of individual rights and [[existentialism]] w...
27: ...(now known as the [[Humboldt University of Berlin|Humboldt-Universit䴠zu Berlin]]), advocated evangelical o...
65: ...lar philosopher, and this ''Companion'' is no exception.)
68: *Michael Forster ''Hegel and Skepticism''. Harvard University Press, 1989. ISBN 067... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
12: *[[Abhinavagupta]] (fl. c. 975 - 1025){{fn|R}}
32: *[[Agrippa the Sceptic]], (1st/2nd century){{fn|R}}
799: *[[Wilhelm von Humboldt]], (1767-1835){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
967: *[[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]], (1744-1829){{fn|O}}
1304: *[[Ptolemy]], (c. 85-c. 165){{fn|R}} - Aztec (38742 bytes)
13: ... city [[Tenochtitlan]] should be built. This sculpture is in [[Mexico City]].]]
14: ... of the work of [[William Prescot]], it became adopted by most of the world, including the Mexican sch...
45: ...ence as distinct entities apart from these ''teixiptla'' representations of ''teotl'' (Boone 1989).
66: ... Tlaxcala also practiced the human sacrifice of captured Aztec warriors.
74: In the later days of the empire, the concept of ''macehualli'' also had changed. Eduardo Nogue... - Andes (13210 bytes)
13: ...ing in minor to major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to this day. In the extreme south a major [[t...
17: ...ndash;300 km wide throughout its length, except in the Bolivian flexure where it is 640 km w...
144: * [[Pico Humboldt]], 4,940 m - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
15: ...acific basin is relatively uniform, with a mean depth of about 4270 m (14,000 ft). The major irregular...
30: ...n and the other turns north to form the Peru or [[Humboldt Current]].
59: ...mineral wealth is hampered by the ocean's great depths. In shallow waters off the coasts of Australia ...
71: * Soule, Gardner, The Greatest Depths (1970) - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
19: ...m Grant's enthusiasm for the theories of [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] and Charles' grandfather Erasmus ab...
26: ...e had gained his degree, residence requirements kept Darwin at Cambridge till June and following Hensl...
27: Inspired by [[Alexander von Humboldt]]'s ''Personal Narrative'' he wanted to study nat...
29: ...entleman's companion to [[Robert FitzRoy]], the captain of [[HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']] which was dep...
45: ===Return to celebrity and science, inception of theory === - Penguin (7847 bytes)
3: ...e = [[image:penguin-thumbnail1.jpg|Penguins]] | caption = }}
12: ''[[Aptenodytes]]''<br />
13: ''[[Eudyptes]]''<br />
14: ''[[Eudyptula]]''<br />
15: ''[[Megadyptes]]''<br /> - Black Howler Monkeys (4913 bytes)
2: ...owler Uwho.jpg|225px|Mantled Howling Monkey]] | caption =[[Mantled Howler]]<br>(''Alouatta palliata'')...
37: [[Alexander von Humboldt]] said that "their eyes, voice, and gait are indi...
39: ...ile seldom aggressive, they do not take well to captivity and are of surly disposition, and hence are ... - Howler Monkeys (5154 bytes)
2: ...owler Uwho.jpg|225px|Mantled Howling Monkey]] | caption =[[Mantled Howler]]<br>(''Alouatta palliata'')...
39: [[Alexander von Humboldt]] said that "their eyes, voice, and gait are indi...
41: ...ile seldom aggressive, they do not take well to captivity and are of surly disposition, and hence are ... - History of geography (6224 bytes)
5: ...ques. One technique was the [[periplus]], a description of the ports and landfalls a coastwise sailor ...
13: ...''Physical Geography'' on reading ''Kosmos''. Von Humboldt himself persuaded her to publish (after the publi...
23: ...to many contemporary geographers, and leads to skepticism among many of them of claims of environmenta...
25: ...al geographers focused on the collection of descriptive information about places, as well as the prope...
27: ...out the spatial arrangement of phenomena. They adopted the philosophy of [[positivism]] from the natur... - History of ecology (10158 bytes)
5: ===The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt===
8: ... the German explorer [[Alexander von Humboldt]]. Humboldt is often considered a father of ecology. He was ...
10: ...tion with respect to [[geological]] data. One of Humboldt's famous works was "Idea for a Plant Geography" (...
32: Tansley's concept of the ecosystem was adopted by the energetic and influential biology educat...
37: ...ociology) argue that organizations do not only adapt to an environment. Instead it is also the environ...
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