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- Hypatia of Alexandria (10302 bytes)
12: ...losophy to her auditors, many of whom came from a distance to receive her instructions. On account of the se...
14: ...her career: "Their philosophy consists in a very simple formula, that of calling God to witness, as Plato... - Maple (3638 bytes)
14: ...s it falls and carry the [[seed]]s a considerable distance on the wind. The name 'acer' derives from the Lat...
17: ...aple ''Acer carpinifolium'', has pinnately-veined simple leaves that resemble those of [[hornbeam]]s. - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ... organs are found in a variety of creatures. The simplest eyes do nothing but detect whether the surround...
11: ...among the [[arthropod]]s and are composed of many simple facets which give a pixelated image (not multiple...
15: Some of the simplest eyes, called [[ocelli]], can be found in animal...
16: Jumping spiders have simple eyes that are so large, supported by an array of ...
73: ...t, another green light, and lastly blue light. In simple terms, this allows human beings to see [[RGB colo... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
8: ...t became unsafe to travel or carry goods over any distance and there was a consequent collapse in trade and ...
68: ...ula'' and ''media tempora''). There seem to be no simple reason why a particular language ended up with th... - Map (10223 bytes)
33: ...wing the reader to infer the actual sizes of, and distances between depicted objects. A larger scale shows ...
35: ... map that also depicts approximate bearings. The simple maps shown on some directional [[road sign|road s... - Volcano (27295 bytes)
12: ...00 years ago; it flowed all the way to the sea, a distance of 130 kilometers, and covered an area of 800 squ...
111: ...250px|Shiprock, New Mexico a volcanic neck in the distance, with radiating dike on its south side. Photo cre...
126: ...a ridge, but has different characteristics than a simple volcano.
140: There are debates about the simple "hotspot" concept, since theorists cannot agree o... - Sun (20830 bytes)
10: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>Earth
21: ! align="left" | Mean distance from<br>[[Milky Way]] core
128: ...rbits the center of the [[Milky Way galaxy]] at a distance of about 25,000 to 28,000 [[light-year]]s from th...
138: ...tial_distribution|exponential]] relationship with distance from the centre of the Sun. Nevertheless, the Sun...
151: ...helium emitting [[photons]], which travel a brief distance before being re-absorbed by other [[ions]]. - History of science (41710 bytes)
29: ...omical information in a systematic manner through simple observation. Though they had no knowledge of the...
78: ... galaxies recede positively correlates with their distance, led to the understanding that the [[universe]] i...
93: ...[amino acid]]s, could themselves be built up from simpler molecules in a [[simulation]] of primordial [[pr...
117: ...uced the occurrency of [[puerperal fever]] by the simple experiment of requiring physicians to wash their ... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
66: ...in penny arcades, where people could watch short, simple films. This was especially important to Thomas Ed...
93: ...could be used to transmit electricity over longer distance than Edison's [[direct current]] due to the abili... - Microscope (8708 bytes)
7: ==Simple optical microscope==
8: A '''simple microscope''', as opposed to a standard compound ...
11: ...ams below show '''compound microscopes'''. In its simplest form—as used by [[Robert Hooke]], for exa...
42: ...tion), the smaller the depth of field and working distance. A stereo microscope has a useful magnification u...
54: ...ristiaan Huygens]], another Dutchman, developed a simple 2-lens ocular system in the late 1600's that was ... - Pluto (planet) (26470 bytes)
136: ...termining the mass for the Pluto-Charon system by simple application of [[Kepler's laws of planetary motio...
165: Little is known about Pluto because of its great distance from Earth and because no exploratory spacecraft ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
75: ...]]. Their venture was initially a failure for the simple reason that there was no incentive for emigration...
86: ...part of the [[British Empire]] - others served to distance them from Britain and led to the [[American Revol... - DNA (29095 bytes)
5: In [[bacterium|bacteria]] and other [[prokaryote|simple]] [[biological cell|cell]] organisms, DNA is not ...
12: :Wikipedia needs to be accurate, but it can be simple ''and'' accurate. Dumbing down something too muc...
22: This section presents a brief and simple overview of DNA.
61: ...o-acid]] sequence of the protein is determined by simple cellular rules of [[Translation (biology)|transla...
166: ...eotides, the chemical composition of DNA appeared simple, perhaps even uniform. Organisms, on the other ha... - Meditation (26064 bytes)
34: ...se and power. Some mantras can be translated into simple words, but invariably the deeper meaning can only...
53: ...ment]], often left his apostles and the crowds to distance himself in the wilderness areas of [[Palestine (r...
81: Meanwhile, the amygdala, which is a simpler structure (and older in evolutionary terms), mak...
87: ...al cortex is more affected than the comparatively simple and robust amygdala, resulting in lowered inhibit... - Elbow-joint (10539 bytes)
17: ...to the back of the lateral epicondyle some little distance from the trochlea. Below, it is fixed to the uppe...
41: ...on of the joint between the ulna and humerus is a simple hinge-joint, and allows of movements of flexion a... - Crossbow (7510 bytes)
28: ...iddle of the [[15th century]]. The advantage of a simple wooden prod is that the bow as a whole was lighte...
46: ...n a crossbow bolt arriving without warning from a distance away; or it may mean the rare but known event of ... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
62: ... between the Earth and the Sun, compared with the distance between the Earth and the fixed stars, is very sm...
106: ...perience engendered in his thought a desire for a simpler and more elegant model of the universe. He was a...
132: ...n, especially since they are admirable as well as simple and bring with them a huge treasure of very skill... - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
16: ...red a slow learner, possibly due to [[dyslexia]], simple [[shyness]], or the significantly rare and unusua...
33: ...f Einstein, claimed that Einstein depended on the distance that existed in his and Mileva's marriage in orde...
57: ...special theory of relativity]], a theory of time, distance, mass and energy which was consistent with [[elec...
63: ...uences, because the absolute concepts of time and distance are rejected. The theory came to be called the "... - Ship (18843 bytes)
10: ... top of the keelson), [[Draft (nautical)|draft]] (distance between the highest waterline and the bottom of t...
14: ...and engaged some [[engineer]]s to derive a fairly simple [[formula]] to determine the position of a line o...
54: * [[Draft (nautical)|Draft]] - The vertical distance from the current waterline to the lowest point of...
57: * [[Freeboard]] - The vertical distance from the current waterline to the highest continu... - Train (10331 bytes)
33: ...higher, electric traction is less favored on long-distance lines. Electric trains receive their current via...
37: ...ns travel between [[train station|stations]]; the distance between stations may vary from under 1 km to much...
39: ...ompetition with [[airplane]]s in speed. Very long distance trains such as those on the [[Trans-Siberian rail...
45: For shorter distances many cities have networks of [[commuter train]]s...
49: ...celerate and decelerate faster than heavier, long-distance trains.
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