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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
    26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
    29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
    30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
    31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline.
  2. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    7: ... of the school of [[Caravaggio]]. Artemisia was introduced to painting in her father's workshop, showi...
    14: ...trial Tassi was imprisoned for just one year. The trial has subsequently influenced the [[feminism|fem...
    16: ...um of Naples]], is impressive for the violence portrayed, and was interpreted as a wish of psycologica...
    18: ...became a successful court painter, enjoying the patronage of the [[Medici]] and [[Charles I of England...
    24: ...hew of the great [[Michelangelo]]): busy with construction of a maison to celebrate the notable ancest...
  3. Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
    3: ''Note:'' Dates for inventions are often controversial. Inventions are often invented by several...
    7: * 2 MYA: [[Origin of language|Language]] (controversial - this is the earliest likely)
    8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
    34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
    67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
  4. List of painters (54090 bytes)
    14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
    188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
    206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
    219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]])
    287: *[[Pietro da Cortona]] ([[1596]]-[[1669]])
  5. List of inventors (14020 bytes)
    10: *[[Thomas Ahearn]], inventor of the electric stove in [[1892]]
    13: ...orge Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading gun
    24: ...rdeen]], (1908-1991) — co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
    25: *[[Trevor Baylis]], (1937- ) — [[clockwork radio]...
    37: ... Brattain]], (born 1902), US co-inventor of the [[transistor]]
  6. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    2: ...has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," a...
    7: ...lty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explor...
    10: ... the pitch of a stretched string. Galileo also contributed to the rejection of blind allegiance to aut...
    12: ...deductively, and the experiments were merely illustrative thought experiments.
    16: ==Astronomy==
  7. Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
    2: ...)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who w...
    4: ...lity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[...
    21: ...b|left|Engraving after [[Enoch Seeman]]'s 1726 portrait of Newton]]
    23: ...rantham Grammar School]]. In [[1661]] he joined [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where his uncle Willia...
    25: ...ry was invented by him in his later life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events.
  8. History of California (38344 bytes)
    5: ... populated by [[missionary|missionaries]] and fur trappers, to a land of opportunity and wealth, first...
    11: ...and, California|Santa Rosa Island]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the la...
    13: ...ada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] trees, ground them, and leached out the acidic [[tan...
    19: ...ries of [[Zihuatanejo|Ciguatan]], a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated with [[Amazons|A...
    30: ... applied in the account of this voyage. It can be traced back to a series of romances that were very p...
  9. William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
    1: ...l Portrait Gallery]]), in the famous [[Chandos portrait]], artist and authenticity unconfirmed.]]
    4: ... very few playwrights who have excelled in both [[tragedy]] and [[comedy]].
    6: ... of Shakespeare plays|chronology of the plays]] attributed to him are often uncertain. His prolific ou...
    14: ...s also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of England.
    16: ...earebirthplace.JPG|left|thumb|230px|The house in Stratford known as 'Shakespeare's Birthplace' (althou...
  10. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    3: ...hought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
    9: ...theism|pantheistic]] [[hylozoism]], and not the [[Trinity]].
    10: ...noBrunomnemonic.gif|thumb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices:...
    13: ...same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined the [[Cal...
    15: ...t many of his contemporaries found it easier to attribute them to magical powers.
  11. List of chemists (10401 bytes)
    23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
    26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
    33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
    41: ...st, winner of the [[1950]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
    48: ...st, winner of the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
  12. 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 a...
    8: ...such as [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] [[social funct...
    14: ... was the case around 4500 BC. Fire altars, with astronomical basis, have been found in the third mille...
    18: A text on [[Vedic astrology]] that has been dated to [[1350 BC]], was wr...
  13. James Cook (14770 bytes)
    1: ...t.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime...
    5: ==Introduction==
    8: ...ebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command h...
    12: ...phy and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the [[Saint Lawrence River]] during the si...
    14: ...xtent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given by the [[Admiralty]].
  14. March 20 (10075 bytes)
    10: ...eat Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
    14: ... of [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]].
    15: ...ce]] becomes the first woman executed in an [[electric chair]].
    21: ...]] – [[Dachau]], the first [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]], is completed.
    22: ...[[Douglas MacArthur]], at [[Terowie]], [[South Australia]], makes his famous speech regarding the [[Ba...
  15. List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
    1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
    31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
    33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
    42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
    71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]])
  16. List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
    1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
    33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
    35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
    72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
    82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]])
  17. Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
    2: ... a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
    12: ...ave followed his own curriculum; he was "little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not comp...
    14: ...s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|Eng...
    20: ... with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how Men were moved to enter into society, ...
    22: ...nts of Law''. This means his initial political doctrine was not shaped by the [[English Civil War]].
  18. List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
    5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
    102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
    185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
    187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
    191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}}
  19. Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
    3: ...]]. The lowest point on earth—the [[Mariana Trench]]—lies some 10,911 m (35,797 ft) below ...
    7: ...and the [[Indian ocean]]s on the west, and the [[Straits of Magellan]] links the Pacific with the [[At...
    9: ...med the ocean. For most of his voyage from the [[Straits of Magellan]] to the [[Philippines]], Magella...
    15: ...e Trench]], and the [[Tonga Trench]]. Most of the trenches lie adjacent to the outer margins of the wi...
    20: ==Elevation extremes==
  20. Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
    3: ...ied with the question of large-scale patterns and trends in the development of [[science]], and asking...
    7: ... Available methods of communication have improved tremendously over time. Instead of waiting months or...
    9: ...f nations and institutions of stature), but also strongly segregated into different fields of study. T...
    15: ...y countries has been met with an increase of industrial and private investment. The funding of science...
    25: *[[Poetry]] and [[rhyme]] allowed people to remember memor...

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