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- History of science (41710 bytes)
4: ...nowledge]]. This change is considered to be so fundamental that older inquiries are known as ''pre-sci...
11: ...dge, and to de-emphasize the view that scientific data is self-evident, value-free, and context-free.
40: ... long period that followed is also known as the [[Dark Ages]]. While the [[Byzantine Empire]] still he...
43: ...[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitruvian Man]], an example of the bl...
46: ...vitalization of Europe. This provided a solid foundation for all future scientific work. Contact with ... - Earth science (5396 bytes)
26: ... observation satellite|satellite]] and ship-board data, is increasingly giving scientists the ability ...
42: **Earthquake Damage
53: **Plate Boundaries
60: **Volcano Damage - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
10: ...rology'' goes back to the book ''Meteorologica'' (dating from about [[340 BC]]) by [[Aristotle]], who ...
14: ... the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily basis.
20: ...teorology)|front]]s, that is, sharply defined boundaries between air masses.
40: ...a sufficient amount of [[Metadata (computing)|metadata]] attached and can then be conveniently retriev...
42: ...eneficial for [[numerical weather prediction]]. Lidar can be used to study clouds that are so thin tha... - History of biology (3053 bytes)
1: The '''history of biology''' dates as far back as the rise of various civilizatio...
3: ...n introduced independently by [[Karl Friedrich Burdach]] in [[1800]], [[Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus]...
7: ...ed this field was the British scientist [[Charles Darwin]], who was encouraged to publish his thought ...
9: Darwin's famous work ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'...
10: [[Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|left|thumb|[[Charles Darwin]], [[1854]]]] - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
1: ...|nomadic tribes]] coming from areas now in modern day [[Mongolia]] and [[Manchuria]].
3: The Wall stretches over a formidable [[1 E6 m|6,350 km]] (3,946 [[mile]]s), from [[...
5: ... history. The Great Wall that can still be seen today was built during the [[Ming Dynasty]], on a much...
18: ...0 kilometers have all but turned to rubble, and today it ends on the western end at the historic site ...
20: ...hus to cross. Legend has it that they took three days for the Manchu armies to pass. After they conqu... - Crusade (28507 bytes)
2: ...gns — usually sanctioned by the [[Papacy]]— that took place during the [[11th century|11th...
9: ... Spanish Catholics are allowed to substitute [[Friday abstinence]] with prayer or alms (except during ...
18: ...a of a holy war emerged from this background.'' — [[Norman F. Cantor]]
51: ...of the Crusader states with a foolish attack on [[Damascus]]. In [[1149]], both leaders had returned t...
76: ...ed to a foolhardy attack on [[Cairo]], and an inundation of the [[Nile]] compelled them to choose betw... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
6: ...s [[Han Chinese]] groups and Zhu declared the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in [[1368]], establishing...
12: ...self-supporting agricultural communities. Neo-feudal land-tenure developments of late [[Sung Dynasty|...
14: ... of literature and philosophy was revamped. Candidates for posts in the civil service or the officer ...
16: ...wu attempted to, and largely succeeded in, consolidating control over all aspects of government, so th...
18: ...insisting that they remained illiterate, and liquidating those who commented on state affairs. Hongwu... - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
1: ...n-IcarusandDaedalus.jpg|right|thumb|Icarus and Daedalus]]
3: ...Daedalus]] and [[Icarus (mythology)|Icarus]]. Daedalus was trapped on the island of Minos, and so bui...
5: ...airplanes were made of [[canvas]] and [[wood]]. Today airplanes are made of [[aluminium]], and increas...
9: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo1.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter body ]]
11: ...mage:Ornithopter_leonardo2.jpg|thumb|left|200 px| da Vinci's Ornithopter wings ]] - List of scientists (561 bytes)
- Government (12596 bytes)
9: ...t'' covers both meanings, whereas [[French in Canada|Canadian French]] also generally uses it to mean ...
24: The modern standard unit of [[territory]] is a [[country]]. In addi...
56: ...s Hobbes]] - [[John Locke]] - [[David Hume]] - [[Adam Smith]] - [[Jeremy Bentham]] - [[the Federalist ...
59: ... - [[Robert Nozick]] - [[Hannah Arendt]] - [[Mohandas Gandhi]] - [[Ayn Rand]]
97: ...results|Elections by country]] - [[Electoral calendar]] - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...gh at maturity and, more importantly, having secondary branches supported on a single main stem or tru...
11: ...he [[Cretaceous]] Period. Most species of trees today are [[flowering plant]]s and conifers. The listi...
20: ...ted to determine the age of the tree, and used to date cores or even wood taken from trees in the past...
31: ...k.uni-bonn.de/conifers/cu/se/index.htm Gymnosperm Database])
32: ...-bonn.de/conifers/pi/ps/menziesii2.htm Gymnosperm Database]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: *[[William George Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] — [[computer game]] - Geography of the United States (15104 bytes)
27: [[Canada]]:
59: The U.S. shares borders with [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]],
61: ...more south). At the eastern half the northern boundary is more south, except for [[Lake of the Woods]]...
65: ...'s third largest country after [[Russia]] and Canada with an area roughly:
66: *slightly smaller than [[Canada]] - Human (48024 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Hominidae]]}}
14: ...apiens | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
16: ''[[Homo sapiens idaltu]]'' (extinct)<br/>
35: ...ere are a number of perspectives regarding the fundamental nature and substance of humans. These are b... - Civilization (29205 bytes)
11: Civilization can also mean the standard of behavior, similar to [[etiquette]]. "Civiliz...
28: ...lex institutions associated with civilizations. Today, many tribal societies live inside states and un...
34: ...uced the earliest known [[pottery]] in the world, dating to the [[11th millennium BC]]. More stable li...
37: ...in the southwestern corner of Egypt, near the [[Sudan]] border, before [[8000 BC]]. Climate changes an...
46: ...script may pre-date any other form of writing and dates to no later than about [[3500 BCE]]. Other vil... - Agriculture (19147 bytes)
13: ...for the ''study'' of the practice of agriculture—more formally known as [[agricultural science]]...
32: ...an farmer to produce food for 2.5 people, where today, due to engineering technology (also, [[plant br...
46: ...on a significant scale. There are many sites that date to between ca. 8,500 BC and 7,500 BC where the ...
85: ...ion causes the plant to produce a toxin to reduce damage from insects (c.f. [[Starlink]]).
91: ...the culture of bees, traditionally for [[honey]]—increasingly for crop [[pollination]]. - Politics (7193 bytes)
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18: ... was supplanted by monarchy, and a system of [[Feudalism]] as an arrangement where a single-family dom...
23: ...llapse of the Roman Empire, Europe reverted to feudal monarchy.
30: ...wer in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles.
37: ...ary monarchies where authority was given to descendants of previous leaders. Followers submit to this ... - Food (24212 bytes)
15: *[http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdcact1.htm US federal def...
30: The number of meals in a [[day]], their [[size]], [[composition]], when and how...
59: ...getable]]s, including [[dulse]], [[kombu]], and [[dabberlocks]]
61: ...[[globe artichoke]]s, [[broccoli]], and [[daylily|daylilies]]
67: * [[Dairy product]]s, including [[milk]] - Pioneer 11 (5118 bytes)
7: ... of the [[heliosphere]]; [[neutral hydrogen]] abundance; distribution, size, mass, [[flux]], and veloc...
9: ...by Pioneer 11 on [[September 1]], [[1979]], three days before its closest encounter. The [[moon]] [[Ti...
11: ...ng generator power output. Science operations and daily [[telemetry]] ceased on [[September 30]], [[19...
21: ...eer 10 and 11 spacecraft at distances between 20–70 AU from the Sun has consistently indicated t...
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