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- Evolution (27661 bytes)
18: ...]], it has completely replaced earlier accepted explanations for the origin of species, including [[cr...
31: ...irmed by the science of [[DNA]] genetics. For example, every living thing makes use of [[nucleic acid]...
35: ...process is exceedingly slow, the diversity and complexity of modern life requires that the Earth be ve...
37: ...e includes input from the fields of geology and [[planetary science]]. These sciences provide informat...
44: ...nd [[Vermiform appendix|appendix]] are common examples. - Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
136: ...entric orbit]], Neptune is sometimes the furthest planet from the [[Sun]]. Neptune is named after the ...
138: ... spacecraft, ''[[Voyager 2]]'', which flew by the planet on [[August 25]], [[1989]].
142: ...ated by [[accretion|infalling matter]] during the planet's birth, now slowly radiating away into space...
144: ...nus (planet)|Uranus]]. There is likely to be a [[planetary core|core]] consisting of (molten) rock an...
146: ...be characteristic of flows in the interior of the planet and not the result of Uranus' sideways orient... - January 17 (12233 bytes)
8: ...73]] - Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first explorer to cross the [[Antarctic Circle]].
14: * [[1893]] - American [[sugar]] planters led by the [[Committee of Safety (Hawaii)|C...
20: ...oviet Union|Soviet]] forces capture the almost completely destroyed [[Poland|Polish]] city of [[Warsaw...
22: * 1945 - [[Sweden|Swedish]] diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappears in [[Hungary]...
36: ...r second full-length album, [[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]. - January 1 (18244 bytes)
1: ...'' refers to the order in which the months are displayed, [[January]] to [[December]]. The first day o...
7: ...known [[gladiator]] competition in [[Rome]] takes place.
15: ...vet Island]] is discovered by [[France|French]] explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]].
17: *[[1797]] - Albany replaces New York City as the capital on New York.
18: ... Great Britain]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]] is completed to form [[United Kingdom]] - Economics (30960 bytes)
1: ...social sciences)|positive]] when it attempts to explain the consequences of different choices given a ...
3: ...omics may in principle be (and increasingly is) applied to any problem that involves choice under scar...
5: Some economists use [[price]] and [[supply and demand]] to create [[Model (economics)|econo...
15: ...national income and output|national income]], [[employment]] and [[inflation]]. Note that [[general eq...
19: ...nto the macro-micro categorization. These subdisciplines include: [[international economics]], [[labou... - Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
2: ...al-Bishop of [[Porto]] in [[864]]. He undertook diplomatic missions to [[Bulgaria]] ([[866]]) and [[Fr...
4: ...didate for the papal see. But due to political complications he left Rome and the court of [[Pope John...
8: ...ween [[Odo, Count of Paris]] and [[Charles the Simple]] for the [[France|French]] crown, the pope side... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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54: ...ivisions in preference to the static theories exemplified by the [[Maginot Line]].
56: ...ble exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a major role in de Gaulle's career.
63: ... were in favor of continuing the war. He took the plane back to [[Bordeaux]] (provisory seat of the Fr... - Sandro Botticelli (8995 bytes)
7: Lorenzo de' Medici was quick to employ his talent. Botticelli made consistent use of t...
19: ... new uses of pagan Antiquity in the Renaissance explored these themes in depth.)
22: ...dants, both young and old, are greatly varied, displaying the artist's perfect mastery of his professi...
33: ...Hudson, 1976) or Levey, M. and Mandel, G., The Complete Paintings of Botticelli (London, 1970)
41: ...ject of the Primavera. See the following for a sample of the different ideas. Dempsey includes a lucid... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
3: ...], [[musician]], [[poet]], and romantic comedic [[playwright]]. Machiavelli was also a key figure in [...
10: ...as other Italian [[city-state]]s on [[Diplomacy|diplomatic]] missions. During this time he would draw ...
12: .... He died in Florence in [[1527]] and his resting place is unknown, however a symbolic tomb in his hon...
27: ...cally speaking rides Power or Power rides all the Players.
35: ... in contemporaneous Italian politics. (As an example, he compares the way in which Roman generals use... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...ple as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the status of citizens.
25: ...mpted in the meanwhile to go ahead with Calonne's plans. When the measures were opposed in the ''Parl...
37: ...w demanded that credentialling itself should take place as a group. Negotiations with the other estat...
42: ...]], an assembly not of the Estates but of "the People". The National Assembly's first act was to pass ...
53: ...]], banished the reformist minister Necker and completely reconstructed the ministry. Much of Paris, p... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ... fates. ''As a rule, the best place to clarify complexities is in the article on the individual in que...
18: ...r, supported his brother and later made King of Naples, and then of Spain.
22: *[[Louis de Breteuil]] - [[royalist]], briefly supplanted [[Jacques Necker|Necker]] in the royal cabin...
65: ...dvocating yet more radical measures than those in place
73: ...Battle of Valmy|Valmy]], [[marshal of France]], employed in the administration of the army under the [... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
3: ...a]], and Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat, resulting in the [[Bourbon Dy...
18: ...Until the time of Napoleon, European states had employed relatively small armies with a large proporti...
20: ...ed the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier resupply and compatibility among his army's artillery pie...
22: ... revolution rather than ideas which found their implementation in it.
24: ... be given to Napoleon, however. [[Lazare Carnot]] played a large part in the reorganization of the Fre... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...an Philippe de Vries suggested that it had "taken place at a more or less provincial level." Fernand B...
8: ...n Frankish [[Carolingian]] ruler [[Charles the Simple]] allowed the [[Vikings]] of [[Rollo of Normandy...
17: ...hese lost lands became a major focus of English diplomacy. Another effect of the war was to galvanize...
27: ...st by his father. A compromise homage in [[1329]] pleased neither side, but in [[1331]], facing seriou...
31: In [[1336]], Philip made plans for an expedition to restore David to the Scot... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
4: ...] period in the arts, and receives contemporary application in the unity of science movement which inc...
6: ...od, piety and belief were integral parts in the exploration of [[natural philosophy]] and [[ethics]] i...
8: ...sm | empirical]] philosophical ideas, and their application to [[political economy]], [[government]] a...
12: ...purposes, these two eras are [[lumpers/splitters|split]]; however, it is equally acceptable to think o...
14: ...r instability. Instead, (according to those that split the two periods), the Age of Reason sought to e... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
9: ...a]]. New races in [[Bahrain]] and [[China]], one planned for [[2005]] in [[Turkey]], and others discu...
24: ...n's superiority, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model.
28: ...aluminium sheet chassis called a [[monocoque]] in place of the traditional tubular chassis; this prove...
35: ...ntributing to [[Bernie Ecclestone]]'s eventual complete financial control of the sport.
39: ...ade their way to the showroom. The FIA, due to complaints that technology was determining the outcome ... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
142: *[[John Pople|John A. Pople]], (1925-2004), [[theoretical chemistry|theoreti...
143: *[[Roy J. Plunkett]], (1910-1984), discoverer of [[Teflon]]
171: *[[K. Barry Sharpless]]. (1941- ) [[2001]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistr... - Hot air balloon (8769 bytes)
9: ...ith animals, the first manned balloon flight took place on [[21 November]] [[1783]]. King Louis XVI ha...
11: ... air balloon flight in the [[United States]] took place on [[January 9]], [[1793]]. The 45-minute-long...
26: ...ntrol of the descent. The flap is pulled open completely to collapse the balloon after landing. In so... - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
6: ... to a change in style over time, but instead to application of existing regional artistic styles to a ...
8: ...ndous accumulation of wealth among the coastal peoples, and much of this wealth was spent and distribu...
12: ...e time spent carving after initial designs are completed usually lasts about a year, so the commission...
16: ... in archeological studies which display clear examples of the same design.
18: ... the [[Tlingit]], [[Haida]], and [[Tsimshian]] peoples of Southeast [[Alaska]] and Northwestern Britis... - Mellotron (7426 bytes)
3: ...irectly underneath) each key enable performers to play the pre-recorded sound assigned to that key whe...
6: Although tape samplers had been explored in research studios (e.g., [[Hugh LeCaine]]'s...
8: ...ly "copying" his idea, and that one of his own people (Bill Fransen) was the reason for this. He event...
16: ...y for the later [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]].
24: ...s in the Dark]], who featured it heavily on their platinum-selling ''Architecture & Morality'' album (... - List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
325: *[[List of people by occupation]]
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