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- Oceanography (3841 bytes)
1: ...thin the science: Oceanography's definition is simple, it's the study of oceans.
5: ...aphy''', which is [[marine geology]], including [[plate tectonics]] and other studies of the ocean flo...
11: ...odern sounding in deep sea in 1840, and [[Charles Darwin]] published a paper on [[reef]]s and the formatio...
15: ...onal Science Foundation to give grant money to people doing studies in the field of oceanography.
19: **Abyssal Plan - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
14: :''See also:'' [[List of Chicago White Sox people]]
17: ...y [[Charles Comiskey]], a former major-league ballplayer who starred with the [[St. Louis Cardinals|St...
25: ...eball, banned all the accused nonetheless. As the players were leaving a hearing, a boy fan (said by s...
27: ... White Sox finished in the second division (fifth place or lower) 22 times, until the team rebuilt und...
30: ...reflected a tendency to win games through scrappy play rather than consistently strong hitting or pitc... - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
2: ...ily of [[personal computer]]s manufactured by [[Apple Computer]], Inc. of [[Cupertino, California]], [...
4: ...as named after the [[McIntosh]], a variety of [[apple]] fruit favored by [[Jef Raskin]]. The original ...
7: ...ern and more secure [[Unix]]-based successor (AKA Darwin, a modern OS based on Mach 3.0 and 4.4 BSD), name...
26: * User programmability through [[HyperCard]], [[AppleScript]] and Automator (Introduced in Mac OS X 10...
27: * The [[SCSI]] interface ([[Macintosh Plus|Mac Plus]], [[1986]]) - Agnosticism (14359 bytes)
8: ...al sense) were [[Thomas Henry Huxley]], [[Charles Darwin]], and [[Bertrand Russell]]. It has been argued f...
32: ===Charles Darwin ===
34: ...ting [[Charles Kingsley]] and [[Asa Gray]] as examples, and for himself, he had "never been an Atheist...
36: ...aim truth "abroad from the house-tops", but while Darwin agreed that Christianity was "not supported by th...
42: ...'Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?'' (subtitled ''A Plea For Tolerance In The Face Of New Dogmas''), he ... - William Dampier (7308 bytes)
1: ...ht|250px|William Dampier, pirate, navigator and explorer]]
2: ...rcumnavigate]] the world twice, and went on to complete a third circumnavigation.
4: ...ld]] in June [[1673]]. In [[1674]] he worked as a plantation manager on [[Jamaica]], but he soon retur...
16: ... Roebuck|HMS ''Roebuck'']] with a commission to explore Australia and New Guinea.
24: ... in [[Brazil]]. Fisher returned to England and complained about his treatment to the Admirality. Dampi... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognis...
8: ...eir governor. Buccaneers were also occasionally employed as privateers.
10: ...were known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'...
12: ...f Malacca]]. Originally a culture of seafaring people, their name became synonymous with piracy in the...
40: ...l freedom of the high seas, and violate the principle ''extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paret... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
149: *[[George Howard Darwin]] ([[Britain]], [[1845]] – [[1912]])
318: *[[Johannes Kepler]] ([[Germany]], [[1571]] – [[1630]])
346: *[[Pierre-Simon Laplace]] ([[France]], [[1749]] – [[1827]])
463: *[[Philip Plait]] ([[United States|USA]])
464: *[[Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana]] ([[Italy]], [[1781]] – [[1864]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
391: *[[Frederick Copleston]], (1907-1994)
422: *[[Charles Darwin]], (1809-1882){{fn|R}}
896: *[[David Kaplan (philosopher)|David Kaplan]], (born 1933){{fn|O}}
897: *[[Mordecai Kaplan]], (1881-1983){{fn|R}}
907: *[[Johannes Kepler]], (1571-1630){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - Quran (41479 bytes)
14: ...'Suspended Odes'', are believed by some to be examples of pre-Islamic Arabic; others say that they wer...
16: ...r. Partly in response to the religious need to explain the Qur'an to poorer speakers, [[Arabic gramma...
18: ...that when the book is published, it must never simply be entitled "The Qur'an." The title must always...
26: ...e story of Adam) in the Qur'an. Muslim scholars explain these repetitions as emphasizing and pointing ...
38: or, to give a less loose example, the whole of surat [[al-Fil]]: - Chimpanzee (10645 bytes)
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26: ...latively weak [[alpha male|alpha]], and highly complex social relationships; Bonobos, on the other han...
30: ...cient Greek god of [[nature]]. Biologists would apply ''Pan'' as the genus name of the animal. Chimps ... - Neanderthal (12705 bytes)
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16: ...alaeolithic]] and [[Lower Paleolithic]], in the [[Pleistocene]] epoch).
24: ...in August, [[1856]], three years before [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Origin of Species]] was published. The fos...
28: ...e remains were from ancient [[Europe]]ans who had played an important role in modern human origins. Ov... - Biology (23579 bytes)
2: ...velop a list of the most basic topics in biology, please see [[Wikipedia:biology basic topics]].''
4: ... fields that are often viewed as independent disciplines. Together, they study life over a wide range ...
23: ==Principles of biology==
25: ...nevertheless characterized by several major principles and concepts which include: universality, evolu...
33: ...e of universal processes is also present, for example in most [[metazoan]] organisms the basic steps o... - Andes (13210 bytes)
4: [[Image:Andesplane.jpg|thumb|300px|Plane's view of the Andes, Peru.]]
12: ...u-Chile [[oceanic trench]]. The descending Nazca plate is young and buoyant [[lithosphere]], which re...
13: ...f the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] south of the Scotia Plate which appear to be a continuation of the Andes...
23: ===Plant and animal life===
24: ...of the original forests remaining [http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/andes_climate_page.htm]. - Genetics (12654 bytes)
1: ...] of [[organism]]s. The word genetics was first applied to describe the study of inheritance and the s...
3: ...tication]] and [[selective breeding|breeding]] of plants and animals. In modern research, genetics pro...
5: ...fluencing, although, in many instances, do not completely determine, the final [[phenotype]] of the or...
7: ...stic. For example, a single gene may produce multiple products, depending on how its [[transcription (...
12: ...ld be highly useful. Since that time many more complex forms of inheritance have been demonstrated. - Tortoise (8250 bytes)
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30: ...s called the [[carapace]], the underside is the [[plastron]], and the two are connected by the bridge.
34: ...ancestor, had diverged to different forms. One of Darwin's tortoises, named [[Harriet]], is believed to st... - Maltese (dog) (7842 bytes)
25: ...oogle.com/search?q=cache:uGvJAFKuRCUJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/065gb98_en.doc+site:www.fci.be+%2265+/...
55: ...rs. They are relatively easy to train and enjoy a playful game of fetch. These intelligent dogs learn ...
57: ... owner and will bark or may bite if animals or people infringe on their territory or are perceived as ...
59: ...nered of all little dogs, yet they are lively and playful as well as vigorous. Because of their size, ...
62: ... are considered [[hypoallergenic]] and so many people who are allergic to dogs in general, may not be ... - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...lombia]]. The western limit of the ocean is often placed at the [[Strait of Malacca]]. The lowest poin...
9: The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] explorer [[Ferdinand Magellan]] named the ocean. For m...
26: ...low, because little evaporation of seawater takes place in these areas.
42: ... Ring of Fire]] is the world's foremost belt of explosive volcanism.
46: ...ds, high islands, coral reefs, and uplifted coral platforms. Continental islands lie outside the Andes... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ...ge:Charles Darwin aged 51.jpg|thumb|300px|Charles Darwin, about the same time as the publication of ''[[Th...
2: '''Charles Robert Darwin''' ([[12 February]] [[1809]]–[[19 April]] [...
4: ...imilar theory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
6: ...inued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The...
8: In a national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westminster Ab... - Jane Goodall (4250 bytes)
10: ...as interested in animals from her youth; this, coupled with her [[secretary|secretarial]] training pro...
25: ==Professional Accomplishments==
34: ...The Wild Thornberrys]] entitled "The Trouble With Darwin". She's also a character in ''[[Irregular Webcom... - California Condors (7528 bytes)
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24: ...ite on the wings which do not appear until the completion of the first moulting. As an adaptation for ...
30: ... lost or removed, another egg is laid to take its place. Researchers and breeders take advantage of th...
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