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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
3: ...ry and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's re...
6: ===The Roman Beginning===
7: ...ince her father's style took heavily inspiration from [[Caravaggio]] during that period, her style was...
12: ... restore her reputation, he later reneged on his promise and Orazio reported Tassi to the authorities.
14: ...ure to a painter. Both procedures were used to corroborate the truth of her allegation, the torture de... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...ctical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practical form. Where the...
7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
10: * 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: *[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] an...
44: *[[Alessandro Algardi]] ([[1595]]-[[1654]])
46: *[[Alessandro Allori]] ([[1577]]-[[1621]])
52: *[[Altichiero]] ([[1320]]-[[1395]])
54: *[[Rodolfo Amoedo]] ([[1857]]-[[1941]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: ...rge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
19: *[[Robert Baden Powell]]- scouting movement
29: ...r]], (1813-1898), [[England]] — [[Bessemer process]]
36: ...63;]], (1711-1787) — [[Croatia]], ring-[[micrometer]], water [[telescope]]
40: ..., [[Germany]] and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...ristotle]]. In addition, his conflict with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] is taken as a major early ex...
7: ...ty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explore...
10: ...ters of science and to the separation of science from [[philosophy]] or religion. These are the primar...
14: ...search into Galileo's unpublished working papers from as early as [[1604]] clearly showed the reality ...
16: ==Astronomy== - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...wton's laws of motion|laws of motion]], laid the groundwork for [[classical mechanics]]. Newton also s...
4: ...n the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Bacon]] had claimed in the [[13th century]].
19: .... As Newton became engrossed in his studies, the romance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else....
25: ...ater life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
29: ...thod" were superior, and were generally adopted throughout the English-speaking world. (Curiously, in ... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: ...k|This article covers the History of California through 1900; for events in the 20th century and beyon...
3: ...e known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...49, then with its fertile agricultural lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-tech...
11: ... Woman]] on [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early i...
13: ...othills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tannin]] to... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...e]], and his plays are continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare was among the very few ...
6: ...ays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific output is especially impressive in light of ...
8: ...p://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shakespeare quotations from Shakespearean plays], the [[List of titles of wo...
12: ...individual whose life can be clearly mapped out through the study of considerable historical evidence.
14: ... also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...'' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heresy|...
9: ... [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associated with [[N...
11: ...her influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]], [[Marsilio Ficino]], and [[...
13: ...d the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. He left [[Rome]] for the same reason and abandoned the Dominic...
15: ...ion. At this time, he began to gain fame for his prodigious memory. Bruno's feats of memory were appar... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
11: *[[Amedeo Avogadro]], (1776-1856), Italian physicist
22: *[[Robert Bunsen|Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], (1811-1899), German invento...
28: *[[Heinrich Caro]], (1834-1910), German chemist
29: *[[Wallace Carothers]] (1896-1937), American chemist
33: *[[Robert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemi... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...up by cultures around the world using the raw, astronomical data collected.
4: Ancient astronomers were able to differentiate between stars an...
8: ...uch as [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] [[social functi...
10: ...ty and thirty-one days apiece. Various Roman emperors altered the calendar subsequently. [[Julius Cae...
14: ...was the case around 4500 BC. Fire altars, with astronomical basis, have been found in the third millen... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
5: ==Introduction==
7: ...n [[North Yorkshire]], near the town of [[Middlesbrough]]. Cook was one of five children born to Grac...
8: ... start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
12: ...nd]], which brought him to the attention of the [[Royal Society]].
14: ...to the Antarctic circle repeatedly and exploring around the [[Great Barrier Reef]]), ability to lead m... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
9: ... the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
10: ...at Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
11: ...regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.
14: ...aris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
16: ...e start of the New Aeon known as the Aeon Of The Crowned And Conquering Child. - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
15: *[[Robert Adrain]] (Ireland)
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
21: *[[al-Marrakushi ibn Al-Banna]] (Morocco, [[1256]] - [[1321]])
24: *[[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] (France, [[1717]] - [[1783]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[...
18: *[[Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs]] ([[Germany]], [[1912]] – [[1954]])
20: *[[Robert Grant Aitken|Robert Aitken]], ([[United States|USA]], [[1864]] &n...
23: *[[V. Albitskij|Vladimir Aleksandrovich Al'bitskij]] ([[Russia]]) - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...obbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Po...
6: ...contemporary of [[Ren頄escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations....
10: ...Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magd...
12: ...sh, 3rd Earl of Devonshire|William Cavendish]], Baron of Hardwick (and later [[Duke of Devonshire|Earl...
14: ...t democratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus undesirable. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
11: *[[John Abercrombie]], (1780-1844)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}}
22: *[[Robert Adamson]], (1852-1902) - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...pproximately [[1 E7 m|19,800 km]] (12,300 miles) from [[Indonesia]] to the coast of [[Colombia]]. The ...
9: ...e Pacific rim are full of [[volcano]]es and often rocked by [[earthquake]]s. [[Tsunami]]s, caused by u...
15: ... mountain arcs that rise above the sea as island groups, such as the [[Solomon Islands]] and [[New Zea...
17: ...e mid-oceanic ridge. About 3000 km (1800 miles) across, the rise stands about 3 km (2 miles) above the...
18: ...ea life. Terrigenous sediments are confined to narrow marginal bands close to land. - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ...le amount of cross-fertilization between distant groups and individuals.
9: ...linary limitations to the scientific publication process.
13: ...[[Berlin]] [[1700]]. Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op...
15: ...pe, in a practical sense it has usually centered around wherever it could find the most funding.
17: Early scientific societies provided valuable functions, including a community op...
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