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- List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
5: ...aries, Louis]], (born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
8: ..., Marcel]], (1899-1974), playwrighter and scriptwriter
9: ... Achebe|Achebe, Chinua]], (born 1930), Nigerian writer
24: *[[Wolfert Acker|Acker, Wolfert]] (1667-1753) - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
6: ...he choice of a convent would seem surprising, but it was really only an aspect of the clear idea that ...
8: ...centre for the discussion and consumption of the literary arts. In her early thirties she was responsi...
10: ...[Louis XIV]]. Not long after, however, she was visited by [[Christina of Sweden|Christina]], former qu...
12: ...he Flirt Avenged"). She was also noted for her a wit; among her numerous sayings and quips are "Much m...
14: ...r known as [[Madame de Maintenon]], the lady-in-waiting who would later become the second wife of Loui... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...ntioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochin...
4: ...iovanni in Laterano]]. However, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies ta...
8: ...eror Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great ba...
10: ... should be rebuilt. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the...
12: ...he church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: ... variable, and how they change in time. The majority of Earth's observed weather is located in the [[...
10: ...menon)|halo]] around the moon, without bothering with explanations.
12: ...th the hair [[hygrometer]], which measures [[humidity]].
14: ...keep accurate and detailed records of weather conditions on a daily basis, and was one of the first Am...
16: ...ublished in 1835 on the energy yield of machines with rotating parts, such as waterwheels. - List of painters (54090 bytes)
10: ...[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]], ([[1475]]-[[1564]]), Italian [[sculptor]] and [[painter]]
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
15: ...llo Santi|Raphael]], ([[1483]]-[[1520]]), [[Italy|Italian]] [[painter]]
34: *[[Christoph Ludwig Agricola]] ([[1667]]-[[1719]])
90: *[[Edward Mitchell Bannister]] ([[1828]]-[[1901]]) - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...classical mechanics]]. Newton also shares credit with [[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] ...
4: ...ht]] passed through a prism was inherent in the white light and not added by the prism as [[Roger Baco...
6: ... when exposed to air; the [[binomial theorem]] in its entirety; and the principles of conservation of ...
14: ...on was two years of age, his mother went to live with her new husband, leaving her son in the care of ...
19: ...ance cooled and Miss Storey married someone else. It is said he kept a warm memory of this love, but N... - John Locke (14749 bytes)
2: [[Image:Locke-John-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|400px|thumb|John Locke Image...
3: ...rkeley]]. Locke is perhaps most often contrasted with [[Thomas Hobbes]].
6: ... than the classical material taught at the University.
8: ...ment for a liver infection. Cooper was impressed with Locke and pressed him to become part of his reti...
10: ...ng - an impact that resonated deeply in Locke's writing of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. - Skyscraper (12706 bytes)
3: ...se'' is also used to describe tall buildings, but it tends to be applied specifically to residential b...
5: ...ntury]], buildings of over six stories were rare. It was impractical to have people walk up so many fl...
9: ...the Field's building. Another contender for the title is the 1892 ten-story [[Wainwright Building]] b...
11: ... hang off this frame like curtains--hence the architectural term curtain wall for tall systems of glas...
13: ...rankfurtMain.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frankfurt with its skyscrapers]] - History of California (38344 bytes)
3: ... of the known '''history of California''' begins with European exploration.
5: ...lands and prodigious oil fields, and finally with its high-technology leadership.
10: ...e:Tunnel view.jpg|thumb|300px|California's [[Yosemite Valley]].]]
11: ...sland]] are among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin ...
13: ...ared, they found many [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes living in the p... - List of popes (77758 bytes)
4: ...tenure of [[Pope Siricius]], and there have been either 265 or 266 popes, depending on whether a sourc...
6: ... [[Archbishop]] and [[metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of the Roman Province'' and ''[[Servus Servor...
7: ...been [[Sovereign]] in the State of the [[Vatican City]] (the [[Holy See]]).
36: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); Feast day [[23 Sep...
57: | <small>Traditionally martyred (no evidence); feast day [[26 Oct... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...ety]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[United States Postmaster General]].
9: ...antucket]], [[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, a...
23: ...with a great deal of savvy about cultivating a positive image of an industrious and intellectual young...
25: ...ssue the famous ''[[Poor Richard's Almanack]]'' (with content both original and borrowed) on which a l...
27: ...raged the opening of libraries in other American cities, and Franklin felt that this [[enlightenment (... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - Rene Descartes (17976 bytes)
1: ...sequent western philosophy is a reaction to his writings, which have been closely studied from his tim...
2: [[Image:Rene-Descartes-portrait-photo-image-crca.jpg|thumb|400px|Rene Descartes I...
4: ...at he will write on his topic "as if no one had written on these matters before". Nevertheless, many e...
6: ...of the [[electronic computer]] and by the possibility of [[machine intelligence]], blossomed into, e.g...
8: His most famous statement is ''[[Cogito ergo sum]]'' (''I think, therefore I am.''). - Antigua and Barbuda (8199 bytes)
21: | '''[[Capital]]'''<br> - Population:
24: ...alm|Head of State]]''' || [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]], <small>''Queen''<br>''r...
31: ...nbsp;- Total:<br> - [[Population density|Density]]
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58: ...[1834]]. The islands became an independent state within the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] in [[1981]], a...
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