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12 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism | Anarchism | Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is against all forms of authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including the state and capitalism. Anarchism advocates for the replacement of the state with stateless societies and voluntary f... |
308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle | Aristotle | Aristotle ( Aristotélēs, ; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he beg... |
309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%20American%20in%20Paris | An American in Paris | An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the .
Gershwin scored the piece for the standard... |
316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy%20Award%20for%20Best%20Production%20Design | Academy Award for Best Production Design | The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted from the Art Directors' branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien... |
332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalia%20%28book%29 | Animalia (book) | Animalia is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. It was originally published in 1986, followed by a tenth anniversary edition in 1996, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2012. Over four million copies have been sold worldwide. A special numbered and signed anniversary edition was also published in 1996, with a... |
334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Atomic%20Time | International Atomic Time | International Atomic Time (abbreviated TAI, from its French name ) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid. TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories worldwide. It is a continuous scale ... |
359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Atlas%20Shrugged%20characters | List of Atlas Shrugged characters | This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged.
Major characters
The following are major characters from the novel.
Protagonists
Dagny Taggart
Dagny Taggart is the protagonist of the novel. She is vice president in charge of operations for Taggart Transcontinental, under her brother, James Tagg... |
580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer | Astronomer | An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either observational (by analyzing the data) or theoretical astronomy. Examples of topics... |
590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin | Austin | Austin refers to:
Common meanings
Austin, Texas, United States, a city
Austin (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
Austin Motor Company, a British car manufacturer
Places
Canada
Austin, Manitoba, an unincorporated community
Austin, ... |
597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroasiatic%20languages | Austroasiatic languages | The Austroasiatic languages ( ) are a large language family spoken throughout mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority populations scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malays... |
612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20mean | Arithmetic mean | In mathematics and statistics, the arithmetic mean ( ), arithmetic average, or just the mean or average (when the context is clear) is the sum of a collection of numbers divided by the count of numbers in the collection. The collection is often a set of results from an experiment, an observational study, or a survey. T... |
621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian | Amphibian | Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all tetrapods, excluding the amniotes (tetrapods with an amniotic membrane, such as modern reptiles, birds, and mammals). All extant (living) amphibia... |
628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous%20Huxley | Aldous Huxley | Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including novels and non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems.
Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with an undergrad... |
630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada | Ada | Ada may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, a novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Film and television
Ada TV, a television channel in Northern Cyprus
Ada (1961 film), a 1961 film by Daniel Mann
Ada (2019 film), a short biopic about Ada Lovelace
Ada... A Way of Life, a 2008 Bollywood musical ... |
632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen%20%28disambiguation%29 | Aberdeen (disambiguation) | Aberdeen is a city in Scotland.
Aberdeen may also refer to:
Places
Africa
Aberdeen, Sierra Leone
Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Asia
Hong Kong
Aberdeen, Hong Kong, an area and town on southwest Hong Kong Island
Aberdeen Channel, a channel between Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island) and Nam Long Shan on the H... |
634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis%20of%20variance | Analysis of variance | Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a collection of statistical models and their associated estimation procedures (such as the "variation" among and between groups) used to analyze the differences among means. ANOVA was developed by the statistician Ronald Fisher. ANOVA is based on the law of total variance, where the obse... |
639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkane | Alkane | In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a tree structure in which all the carbon–carbon bonds are single. Alkanes have the general chemical form... |
642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer%20%28law%29 | Answer (law) | In law, an answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to someone or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem.
In the common law, an answer is the first pleading by a defendant, usually filed and serve... |
643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate%20court | Appellate court | An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of the world, court systems are divided into at least three levels: the trial court, which ... |
651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%20the%20Beautiful | America the Beautiful | "America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two never met.
Bates wrote the words as a poem, originally entitled "Pikes Peak". It was... |
655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus | Abacus | An abacus (: abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a hand-operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until the adoption of the Arabic numeral system. An abacus consists of a two-dimensional array of slidable beads (or similar objects).... |
656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid | Acid | An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
The first category of acids are the proton donors, or Brønsted–Lowry acids. In the special case of aqueous solutions, proton... |
659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20National%20Standards%20Institute | American National Standards Institute | The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international standards so that Amer... |
661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument%20%28disambiguation%29 | Argument (disambiguation) | In logic and philosophy, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence or reasons for accepting a particular conclusion.
Argument may also refer to:
Mathematics and computer science
Argument (complex analysis), a function which returns the polar angle of a complex number
Command-line ar... |
662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%2011 | Apollo 11 | Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes ... |
665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Modest%20Proposal | A Modest Proposal | A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift in... |
674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy | Anatomy | Anatomy () is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Anatomy is inherently tied to dev... |
675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming%20the%20consequent | Affirming the consequent | In propositional logic, affirming the consequent, sometimes called converse error, fallacy of the converse, or confusion of necessity and sufficiency, is a formal fallacy of taking a true conditional statement (e.g., "if the lamp were broken, then the room would be dark") under certain assumptions (there are no other l... |
678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel | Abel | Abel is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was a younger brother of Cain, and the second son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepherd who offered his firstborn flock up to God as an offering. God accepted his offering but not his brother's. Cain then ... |
682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe | Adobe | Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of earthen construction, or various architectural styles like Pueblo Revival or Territor... |
683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure | Adventure | An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to create psychological arousal or in ... |
694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia%20Minor%20%28disambiguation%29 | Asia Minor (disambiguation) | Asia Minor is an alternative name for Anatolia, the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey.
Asia Minor may also refer to:
Asia Minor (album), an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece
"Asia Minor" (instrumental), a 1961 instrumental recording by Jimmy Wisner (op... |
705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Angola | Politics of Angola | The current political regime in Angola is presidentialism, in which the President of the Republic is also head of state and government; it is advised by a Council of Ministers, which together with the President form the national executive power. Legislative power rests with the 220 parliamentarians elected to the Natio... |
708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Angola | Transport in Angola | Transport in Angola comprises:
Roads
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Angola:
the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway
the Beira-Lobito Highway
Railways
There are three separate railway lines in Angola:
Luanda Railway (CFL) (northern);
Benguela Railway (CFB) (central), operated by the Lobito Atlantic Rail... |
709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan%20Armed%20Forces | Angolan Armed Forces | The Angolan Armed Forces () or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army (), the Angolan Navy () and the National Air Force of Angola (). Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000. The FAA is headed by the Chief of the General Staff António Egídio de Sousa Santos since 2018, who report... |
710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Angola | Foreign relations of Angola | The foreign relations of Angola are based on Angola's strong support of U.S. foreign policy as the Angolan economy is dependent on U.S. foreign aid.
From 1975 to 1989, Angola was aligned with the Eastern bloc, in particular the Soviet Union, Libya, and Cuba. Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with We... |
713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android%20%28robot%29 | Android (robot) | An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being often made from a flesh-like material. Historically, androids existed only in the domain of science fiction and were frequently seen in film and television, but advances in robot technology have allowed the design of functional and realistic humanoid robots.
Ter... |
728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20anthropologists | List of anthropologists | Anthropologist
A
John Adair
B. R. Ambedkar
Giulio Angioni
Jon Altman
Arjun Appadurai
Talal Asad
Timothy Asch
Scott Atran
Marc Augé
B
Nigel Barley
Fredrik Barth
Vasily Bartold
Keith H. Basso
Daisy Bates
Gregory Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson
Richard Bauman
Ruth Behar
Ruth Benedict
Dorothy A. Bennett
Carl H. Berendt
... |
734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinopterygii | Actinopterygii | Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of skin supported by radially extended thin bony spines called lepidotrichia, as op... |
742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms%20%28journal%29 | Algorithms (journal) | Algorithms is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal of mathematics, covering design, analysis, and experiments on algorithms. The journal is published by MDPI and was established in 2008. The founding editor-in-chief was Kazuo Iwama (Kyoto University). From May 2014 to September 2019, the editor-in-chi... |
748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur%20astronomy | Amateur astronomy | Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes. Even though scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomers make contributions in doing citizen science, such as by monitoring variable st... |
752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art | Art | Art is a diverse range of human activity and its resulting product that involves creative or imaginative talent generally expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and its interpretation has varied greatly through... |
764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostida | Agnostida | Agnostida are an order of extinct arthropods which have classically been seen as a group of highly modified trilobites, though some recent research has doubted this placement. Regardless, they appear to be close relatives as part of the Artiopoda. They are present in the Lower Cambrian fossil record along with trilobit... |
766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract%20%28law%29 | Abstract (law) | In law, an abstract is a brief statement that contains the most important points of a long legal document or of several related legal papers.
Types of legislation
The abstract of title, used in real estate transactions, is the more common form of abstract. An abstract of title lists all the owners of a piece of land... |
772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere | Ampere | The ampere ( , ; symbol: A), often shortened to amp, is the unit of electric current in the International System of Units (SI). One ampere is equal to 1 coulomb (C) moving past a point per second. It is named after French mathematician and physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), considered the father of electromagn... |
775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm | Algorithm | In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm () is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. Algorithms are used as specifications for performing calculations and data processing. More advanced algorithms can use con... |
777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual%20plant | Annual plant | An annual plant is a plant that completes its life cycle, from germination to the production of seeds, within one growing season, and then dies. Globally, only 6% of all plant species and 15% of herbaceous plants (excluding trees and shrubs) are annuals. The annual life cycle has independently emerged in over 120 diffe... |
779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthophyta | Anthophyta | The anthophytes are a paraphyletic grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. The group, once thought to be a clade, contained the angiosperms – the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses – as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales.
Detailed morphological and molecular ... |
780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas%20%28disambiguation%29 | Atlas (disambiguation) | An atlas is a collection of maps.
Atlas may also refer to:
Mythology
Atlas (mythology), an Ancient Greek Titanic deity
Atlas of Atlantis, the first legendary king of Atlantis
Atlas of Mauretania, a legendary king
Places
United States
Atlas, Illinois
Atlas, Texas
Atlas, West Virginia
Atlas, Wisconsin
Atlas D... |
782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthwash | Mouthwash | Mouthwash, mouth rinse, oral rinse, or mouth bath is a liquid which is held in the mouth passively or swirled around the mouth by contraction of the perioral muscles and/or movement of the head, and may be gargled, where the head is tilted back and the liquid bubbled at the back of the mouth.
Usually mouthwashes are a... |
784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Korzybski | Alfred Korzybski | Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski (, ; July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950) was a Polish-American independent scholar who developed a field called general semantics, which he viewed as both distinct from, and more encompassing than, the field of semantics. He argued that human knowledge of the world is limited both by the huma... |
786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagales | Asparagales | Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) is an order of plants in modern classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. The order takes its name from the type family Asparagaceae and is placed in the monocots amongst the lilioid monocots. The order has only recently been re... |
787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alismatales | Alismatales | The Alismatales (alismatids) are an order of flowering plants including about 4,500 species. Plants assigned to this order are mostly tropical or aquatic. Some grow in fresh water, some in marine habitats. Perhaps the most important food crop in the order is the corm of the taro plant, Colocasia esculenta.
Description... |
788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiales | Apiales | The Apiales are an order of flowering plants. The families are those recognized in the APG III system. This is typical of the newer classifications, though there is some slight variation and in particular, the Torriceliaceae may also be divided.
Under this definition, well-known members include carrots, celery, parsle... |
789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterales | Asterales | Asterales () is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants that includes the large family Asteraceae (or Compositae) known for composite flowers made of florets, and ten families related to the Asteraceae. While asterids in general are characterized by fused petals, composite flowers consisting of many florets create ... |
794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocution | Allocution | An allocution, or allocutus, is a formal statement made to the court by the defendant who has been found guilty prior to being sentenced. It is part of the criminal procedure in some jurisdictions using common law.
Concept
An allocution allows the defendant to explain why the sentence should be lenient. In plea barga... |
795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affidavit | Affidavit | An ( ; Medieval Latin for "he has declared under oath") is a written statement voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation which is administered by a person who is authorized to do so by law. Such a statement is witnessed as to the authenticity of the affiant's signature by a taker of oaths... |
799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius%20%28constellation%29 | Aquarius (constellation) | Aquarius is an equatorial constellation of the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces. Its name is Latin for "water-carrier" or "cup-carrier", and its old astronomical symbol is (♒︎), a representation of water. Aquarius is one of the oldest of the recognized constellations along the zodiac (the Sun's apparent path). I... |
801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism | Asterism | Asterism may refer to:
Asterism (astronomy), a pattern of stars
Asterism (band), a Japanese rock band
Asterism (gemology), an optical phenomenon in gemstones
Asterism (typography), (⁂) a moderately rare typographical symbol denoting a break in passages
See also
Aster (disambiguation)
Asterisk (disambiguatio... |
809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda | Anaconda | Anacondas or water boas are a group of large boas of the genus Eunectes. They are a semiaquatic group of snakes found in tropical South America. Three to five extant and one extinct species are currently recognized, including one of the largest snakes in the world, E. murinus, the green anaconda.
Description
Although ... |
825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian%20German | Austrian German | Austrian German (), Austrian Standard German (ASG), Standard Austrian German (), Austrian High German (), or simply just Austrian (), is the variety of Standard German written and spoken in Austria and South Tyrol. It has the highest sociolinguistic prestige locally, as it is the variation used in the media and for oth... |
840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom%20of%20choice | Axiom of choice | In mathematics, the axiom of choice, abbreviated AC or AoC, is an axiom of set theory equivalent to the statement that a Cartesian product of a collection of non-empty sets is non-empty. Informally put, the axiom of choice says that given any collection of sets, each containing at least one element, it is possible to c... |
843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Clockwork%20Orange%20%28novel%29 | A Clockwork Orange (novel) | A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novella by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on ref... |
844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Amsterdam ( , , ; literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 921,402 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially ref... |
846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum%20of%20Work | Museum of Work | The Museum of Work (Arbetets museum) is a museum located in Norrköping, Sweden. The museum is located in the Strykjärn (Clothes iron), a former weaving mill in the old industrial area on the Motala ström river in the city centre of Norrköping. The former textile factory Holmens Bruk (sv) operated in the building from 1... |
848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi | Audi | Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide.
The origins of the company are complex, dating back to the early 20th century and the initial enterprise... |
849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft | Aircraft | An aircraft (: aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or, in a few cases, direct downward thrust from its engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, helicopters, airships (in... |
857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeenshire | Aberdeenshire | Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen, which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includes all of the area of the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire (except the area making up Aberdeen City coun... |
859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztlan%20Underground | Aztlan Underground | Aztlan Underground is a band from Los Angeles, California that combines Hip-Hop, Punk Rock, Jazz, and electronic music with Chicano and Native American themes, and indigenous instrumentation. They are often cited as progenitors of Chicano rap.
Background
The band traces its roots to the late-1980s hardcore scene in t... |
869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Film%20Institute | American Film Institute | The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees.
Leadership
The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, b... |
872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira%20Kurosawa | Akira Kurosawa | was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dynamic style, strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it; he was involved ... |
876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor%20neuron%20diseases | Motor neuron diseases | Motor neuron diseases or motor neurone diseases (MNDs) are a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells which control voluntary muscles of the body. They include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), pseudobulbar palsy, progressive muscular ... |
878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abugida | Abugida | An abugida (; from Ge'ez: )sometimes also called alphasyllabary, neosyllabary, or pseudo-alphabetis a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a consonant letter, and vowel notation is secondary, similar to a diacritical mark. This contrasts with a full alp... |
881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegiance | Allegiance | An allegiance is a duty of fidelity said to be owed, or freely committed, by the people, subjects or citizens to their state or sovereign.
Etymology
The word allegiance comes from Middle English (see Medieval Latin , "a liegance"). The al- prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegianc... |
885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altenberg | Altenberg | Altenberg (German for "old mountain" or "mountain of the old") may refer to:
Places
Austria
Altenberg, a town in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Tulln District
Altenberg bei Linz, in Upper Austria
Altenberg an der Rax, in Styria
Germany
Altenberg (Bergisches Land), an area in Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia
Altenberg Abb... |
887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MessagePad | MessagePad | The MessagePad was a series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Computer for the Newton platform in 1993. Some electronic engineering and the manufacture of Apple's MessagePad devices was undertaken in Japan by Sharp. The devices are based on the ARM 610 RISC processor and all featured handwriting... |
888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20E.%20van%20Vogt | A. E. van Vogt | Alfred Elton van Vogt ( ; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction author. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of the most popular and influential practitioners of science fiction in the mid-twentiet... |
890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Kournikova | Anna Kournikova | Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian model and television personality, and former professional tennis player. Her appearance and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name one of the most c... |
892 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons%20Maria%20Jakob | Alfons Maria Jakob | Alfons Maria Jakob (2 July 1884 – 17 October 1931) was a German neurologist who worked in the field of neuropathology.
He was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria and educated in medicine at the universities of Munich, Berlin, and Strasbourg, where he received his doctorate in 1908. During the following year, he began clini... |
896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon | Argon | Argon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ar and atomic number 18. It is in group 18 of the periodic table and is a noble gas. Argon is the third most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, at 0.934% (9340 ppmv). It is more than twice as abundant as water vapor (which averages about 4000 ppmv, but varies greatly), 23 tim... |
903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arable%20land | Arable land | Arable land (from the , "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. Alternatively, for the purposes of agricultural statistics, the term often has a more precise definition:
A more concise definition appearing in the Eurostat glossary similarly refers to actual rather than pot... |
904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium | Aluminium | Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. It has a great affinity towards oxygen, forming a protective layer of oxide on the surface when exposed to air. Alum... |
905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Chemistry | Advanced Chemistry | Advanced Chemistry is a German hip hop group from Heidelberg, a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, South Germany. Advanced Chemistry was founded in 1987 by Toni L, Linguist, Gee-One, DJ Mike MD (Mike Dippon) and MC Torch. Each member of the group holds German citizenship, and Toni L, Linguist, and Torch are of Italian, ... |
910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne%20Kaijser | Arne Kaijser | Arne Kaijser (born 1950) is a professor emeritus of history of technology at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and a former president of the Society for the History of Technology.
Kaijser has published two books in Swedish: Stadens ljus. Etableringen av de första svenska gasverken and I fädrens spår.... |
911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archipelago | Archipelago | An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archipelago, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Lakshadweep Islands, the Galápagos I... |
915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey%20Markov | Andrey Markov | Andrey Andreyevich Markov (14 June 1856 – 20 July 1922) was a Russian mathematician best known for his work on stochastic processes. A primary subject of his research later became known as the Markov chain. He was also a strong, close to master-level chess player.
Markov and his younger brother Vladimir Andreevich Mar... |
921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angst | Angst | Angst is fear or anxiety (anguish is its Latinate equivalent, and the words anxious and anxiety are of similar origin). The dictionary definition for angst is a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity.
Etymology
The word angst was introduced into English from the Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch word and the Germ... |
924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.%20A.%20Milne | A. A. Milne | Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry. Milne was primarily a playwright before the huge success of Winnie-the-Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. Milne served in both world war... |
925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asociaci%C3%B3n%20Alumni | Asociación Alumni | Asociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is an Argentine rugby union club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires. The senior squad currently competes at Top 12, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system.
The club has ties with former football club Alumni because both were established ... |
928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom | Axiom | An axiom, postulate, or assumption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning 'that which is thought worthy or fit' or 'that which commends itself as evident'.
The precise definition varie... |
929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha | Alpha | Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; , , or ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , which is the West Semitic word for "ox". Letters that arose from alpha include the Latin letter A and the Cyrillic letter А.
Us... |
930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin%20Toffler | Alvin Toffler | Alvin Eugene Toffler (October 4, 1928 – June 27, 2016) was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outst... |
931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Amazing%20Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man is an ongoing American superhero comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it was the character's first title, launching seven months after his introduction in the final issu... |
933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM | AM | AM or Am may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
A minor, a minor scale in music
A.M. (Chris Young album)
A.M. (Wilco album)
AM (Abraham Mateo album)
AM (Arctic Monkeys album)
AM (musician), American musician
Am, the A minor chord symbol
Armeemarschsammlung (Army March Collection), catalog of German milit... |
951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign island country in the Caribbean. It lies at the conjuncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles.
The country consists of two major islands, Antigua and Barbuda, which are approximately apart, and several smaller islands... |
953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azincourt | Azincourt | Azincourt ( ; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is situated north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges. It is often erroneously known as Agincourt ( ) in English, as the village had never been called as such throughout its history, however, there... |
957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiaceae | Apiaceae | Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, including such well-know... |
958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axon | Axon | An axon (from Greek ἄξων áxōn, axis) or nerve fiber (or nerve fibre: see spelling differences) is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, in vertebrates, that typically conducts electrical impulses known as action potentials away from the nerve cell body. The function of the axon is to transmit informati... |
960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic%20alphabet | Aramaic alphabet | The ancient Aramaic alphabet was used to write the Aramaic languages spoken by ancient Aramean pre-Christian tribes throughout the Fertile Crescent. It was also adopted by other peoples as their own alphabet when empires and their subjects underwent linguistic Aramaization during a language shift for governing purposes... |
966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20shot | American shot | "American shot" or "cowboy shot" is a translation of a phrase from French film criticism, , and refers to a medium-long ("knee") film shot of a group of characters, who are arranged so that all are visible to the camera. The usual arrangement is for the actors to stand in an irregular line from one side of the screen t... |