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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
7: ...et Marfa, and shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] ...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]])
10: *[[Empress]] [[Elizabeth of Russia|Yelizaveta Petrovna]] ([[1709]]-[[1762]]
11: *Grand Duchess Nataliya Petrovna ([[1713]]-[[1715]])
12: *Grand Duchess Margarita Petrovna ([[1714]]-[[1715]]) - List of painters (54090 bytes)
14: ...[1912]]-[[1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
104: *[[Francesco Bartolozzi]] ([[1728]]-[[1815]])
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
206: *[[Bertram Brooker]] ([[1888]]-[[1955]])
219: *[[William Partridge Burpee]] ([[1846]]-[[1940]]) - Isaac Newton (23339 bytes)
2: ...)|English]] [[physicist]], [[mathematician]], [[astronomer]], [[philosopher]], and [[alchemist]] who w...
4: ...lity]]). He was the first to realise that the spectrum of [[color|colour]]s observed when [[white]] [[...
21: ...b|left|Engraving after [[Enoch Seeman]]'s 1726 portrait of Newton]]
23: ...rantham Grammar School]]. In [[1661]] he joined [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where his uncle Willia...
25: ...ry was invented by him in his later life, to illustrate how he drew inspiration from everyday events. - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: [[Image:Morse_sam.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http:...
2: ...ge. Originally created for [[Samuel Morse]]'s electric [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] in the mid-1830s, it w...
4: ...al (e.g. a flashing light). Because Morse code is transmitted using just two states — on and off —...
7: # intra-character gap (between the dots and dashes withi...
17: ..., and when the current was removed the receiver retracted the armature, so that portion of the tape wa... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
15: *[[Antoine Baum]], (1728-1804), French chemist
18: *[[Joseph Black]], (1728-1799), chemist
23: ...r]], (1860-1917), [[1907]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
26: ...an chemist, winner of 1961 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
33: ...ert Curl]], winner of 1996 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...t.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, National Maritime...
3: '''James Cook''' ([[October 27]], [[1728]] – [[February 14]], [[1779]]) was a [[King...
5: ==Introduction==
8: ...ebra]], [[trigonometry]], [[navigation]], and [[astronomy]], skills he would need one day to command h...
12: ...phy and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the [[Saint Lawrence River]] during the si... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...n [[English language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
33: *[[Petrus Apianus]] (Germany, [[1495]] - [[1552]])
42: *[[Emil Artin]] (Austria, [[1898]] - [[1962]])
71: *[[Eugenio Beltrami]] (Italy, [[1835]]-[[1900]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: '''Famous [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
33: *[[Anders Ůgstr? ([[Sweden]], [[1814]] – [[1874]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[1557...
72: *[[Wilhelm von Biela]] ([[Austria]], [[1782]] – [[1856]])
82: *[[John Gatenby Bolton]] ([[England]], [[Australia]], [[1922]] – [[1993]]) - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
5: *[[Pietro d'Abano]], (1250?-1316)
102: *[[David Malet Armstrong]], (born 1926){{fn|C}}{{fn|O}}{{fn|R}}
185: *[[Bernard of Chartres]], (d. 1130){{fn|C}}
187: *[[Bernard Silvestris]] (or ''Bernard of Tours''), (1147-1178){{fn|R}...
191: *[[Bhartrhari]], (5th century){{fn|R}} - Nickel (13955 bytes)
19: |[[transition metal]]s
25: |8908 [[kilogram per cubic metre|kg/m³]], 4.0
28: |align="center"|lustrous, metallic<br>[[Image:Ni,28.jpg|125px|]]
39: |121 [[picometre|pm]]
44: |[[Electron configuration]] - History of chemistry (8174 bytes)
2: ...keptical Chymist'' ([[1661]]), but is often more strictly dated to [[Antoine Lavoisier]]'s discovery o...
3: ...[Image:Chemistry_flask.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
6: ==The vitalism debate and organic chemistry==
8: ...dely used drug [[aspirin]]. The discovery also contributed greatly to the theory of [[isomerism]].
12: Throughout the [[19th century]], chemistry was divided between those who followed the [[ato... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
13: ...f Russia|District]]: || [[Northwestern Federal District|North West Russia]]
19: | [[Area]]: || 606 [[Square kilometre|km�]]
33: ...00px|The [[Neva]] river has been called the main street of St Petersburg]]
36: ...;́д, [[1924]]–[[1991]]) and '''Petrograd''' (Петроk...
38: ..., it served thenceforth as the capital of the country during the [[Russian Empire|imperial period]] of...
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