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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...explorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[...
6: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
28: ...rlands|Dutch]], died on [[Novaya Zemlya]] [[Northeast Passage]]
30: ... several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tombouctou]] and other pla... - Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
42: ...e [[Detroit Institute of Arts]] (notable for her mastery of the "chiaroscuro" effects of the candle lig...
52: ...ittent during this second neapolitan period. The last known letter to her mentor is dated [[1650]] and ...
57: ...- the chance to choose the hilt of the sword! At last don't you think that the only aim of Giuditta is ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
46: * the use of [[yeast]] for:
54: ...el [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
67: * [[150s BC]]: [[Astrolabe]]: [[Hipparchus]]
79: * [[4th century|300s]]: [[Stirrup]] in [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|China]] - List of painters (54090 bytes)
376: *[[Alfred East]] ([[1849]]-[[1913]])
549: *[[Vlastimil Hofman]] ([[1881]]-[[1970]])
976: *[[Andrea Pozzo]] ([[1642]]-[[1709]])
979: *[[Maurice Prendergast]] ([[1861]]-[[1924]])
1014: *[[Guido Reni]] ([[1575]]-[[1642]]) - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
20: ... - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
73: *[[George Eastman]], (1854-1932), [[United States|USA]] — ...
77: *[[John S. Eastwood]] (1857-1924) - reinforced concrete multiple ...
93: *[[Galileo Galilei]], (1564-1642), [[Italy]] — [[thermometer]]
100: *[[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]], (1638-... - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ...e has been referred to as the "father of modern [[astronomy]]," as the "father of modern [[physics]]," ...
7: ...culty teaching [[geometry]], [[mechanics]], and [[astronomy]] until [[1610]]. During this time he explo...
16: ==Astronomy==
18: ...g businesses. He published his initial telescopic astronomical [[observation]]s in March [[1610]] in a ...
22: ...dditional observations of them in [[1620]]. Later astronomers overruled Galileo's naming of these objec... - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...le)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who ...
29: ...s among the brightest scientists of his era, the last twenty-five years of his life were marred by a bi...
52: ...s not the first of the age of reason: he was the last of the magicians." Newton's interest in alchemy c...
61: ...with whom he formed an intense relationship that lasted until [[1693]]. The end of this friendship led ...
75: ...f the temporary Chester branch). Newton became [[master of the Mint]] upon Lucas' death in [[1699]]. Th... - History of California (38344 bytes)
11: ...races of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciation]]) about 13,0...
13: ...lized according to the particular environment. Coastal tribes were a major source of trading beads ([[...
36: ...lo led an expedition in two ships from the west coast of [[New Spain]]. He sailed northward and landed ...
40: ... Ferrelo]], sailed north after Cabrillo's death, past [[Point Arena|Cabo de Fortunas]] to the modern C...
50: ...English colonial claims were made from the East Coast in the 1600s were "from Sea to Sea." These colon... - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
4: ...re's literary achievement is not confined to his mastery of the poetic and dramatic form; his ability t...
14: ... to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is also the [[Feast Day]] of [[Saint George]], [[patron saint]] of En...
21: ...to the marriage. There appears to have been some haste in arranging the ceremony: Anne was three months...
25: ...layers hyde'', supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you: and beeing...
41: ...ands. (Enclosure enabled land to be converted to pasture for sheep, but removed it as a resource for th... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...an''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[philosopher]], [[astronomer]], and [[occultist]] executed as a [[heres...
7: ...a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572...
15: ...uno's feats of memory were apparently based, at least in part, on an elaborate system of mnemonics, but...
21: ...rts to Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's spy master, have been found in surviving records of Walsin...
25: ...lay authorities before falling foul of the ecclesiastics of whatever sect. - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
93: *[[Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner]] (1783 - 1857)
130: *[[Isaac Newton]], (1642-1727), scientist
140: *[[Louis Pasteur]], (1822-1895), French [[biochemistry|biochemi...
198: *[[William Hyde Wollaston]], (1766-1828), [[England|English]] [[chemist]] - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: ...wn up by cultures around the world using the raw, astronomical data collected.
4: Ancient astronomers were able to differentiate between stars ...
8: ... (such as [[Stonehenge]]) probably fulfilled both astronomical and [[religion|religious]] [[social func...
14: ...is was the case around 4500 BC. Fire altars, with astronomical basis, have been found in the third mill...
18: A text on [[Vedic astrology]] that has been dated to [[1350 BC]], was w... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
8: ...lgebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command ...
12: ...to good use in the [[1760s]] mapping the jagged coast of [[Newfoundland]], which brought him to the att...
20: ...[[1642]]). Cook mapped the complete New Zealand coastline, making only minor mistakes (such as calling ...
22: ... to [[Australia]], where he discovered its east coast. The site of Cook's first landing, at Kurnell on...
30: ...ast Indies|Batavia]], the capital of the [[Dutch East Indies]], to put in for repairs. Batavia was kno... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
8: *[[1602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
107: ... - Sir [[Isaac Newton]], English physicist, (b. [[1642]])
127: *Feast of [[Cuthbert of Lindisfane|St. Cuthbert]], [[pat... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
35: *[[Antoine Arbogast]] (France, [[1759]] - [[1803]])
190: *[[Jean Gaston Darboux]] ([[France]], [[August 14]],[[1842]] -...
299: * [[James Gregory (astronomer and mathematician)|James Gregory]] (Scotla...
372: *[[Gaston Julia|Gaston Maurice Julia]] (Algeria, France, [[1893]] - [[...
613: *[[Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro]] (Italy, [[1853]] - [[1925]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
90: *[[Louis Boyer (astronomer)|Louis Boyer]] ([[France]])
132: *[[Josep Comas Sol ([[Spain]])<!--Last name = "Comas Solᦱuot;, list under C -->
166: *[[Terence Dickinson]], ([[Canada]]), astronomer and author
202: *[[Charles Fehrenbach (astronomer)|Charles Fehrenbach]] ([[France]], [[1914]... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
12: ... curriculum; he was "little attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until...
14: ...methods during the tour in contrast to the [[scholastic philosophy]] which he had learned in Oxford. Hi...
20: ...e universally explicable in terms of motion, at least as motion or mechanical action was then understoo...
30: The [[English Civil War]] broke out in [[1642]], and when the Royalist cause began to decline f...
32: ...ver from [[Jersey]] around July. This engagement lasted until [[1648]] when Charles went to Holland. - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
109: *[[Georg Anton Friedrich Ast]], (1778-1841)
110: *[[Mary Astell]], (1666-1731){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
128: *[[Gaston Bachelard]], (1884-1962){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}...
155: *[[Sebastiano Basso]], (16th century)
311: *[[Hector-Neri Casta]], (1924-1991){{fn|C}} - Pacific Ocean (14615 bytes)
3: ...0 km]] (12,300 miles) from [[Indonesia]] to the coast of [[Colombia]]. The western limit of the ocean i...
7: ...s the Pacific with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east.
9: ...ami]]s, caused by underwater earthquakes, have devastated many islands and wiped out whole towns.
17: ...eastern margin of the [[Pacific Basin]] is the [[East Pacific Rise]], which is a part of the worldwide ...
28: ... the warm Japan or [[Kuroshio Current]]. Turning eastward at about 45�N, the Kuroshio forks and some ... - Theories and sociology of the history of science (16096 bytes)
7: ...had the support of a religious community. In contrast, today there are more scientists alive now than h...
13: ...[Accademia del Cimento]], [[Florence]] [[1657]], lasted 10 years. The [[Royal Society]] of [[London]], ...
39: ...ed in [[1925]]), each one more accurate than the last.
41: ...y just more accurate versions of theories of the past. Rather, Kuhn's version of scientific development...
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