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986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Plague%20%28novel%29 | The Plague (novel) | The Plague () is a 1947 absurdist novel by Albert Camus. It tells the story from the point of view of a narrator in the midst of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the start of the last chapter. The novel presents a snapshot of life in Oran as seen through the author'... |
988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied%20ethics | Applied ethics | Applied ethics is the practical aspect of moral considerations. It is ethics with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations in private and public life, the professions, health, technology, law, and leadership. For example, bioethics is concerned with identifying the best approach to moral issues in t... |
991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute%20value | Absolute value | In mathematics, the absolute value or modulus of a real number , is the non-negative value without regard to its sign. Namely, if is a positive number, and if is negative (in which case negating makes positive), and For example, the absolute value of 3 and the absolute value of −3 is The absolute value of a ... |
993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog%20signal | Analog signal | An analog signal is any continuous-time signal representing some other quantity, i.e., analogous to another quantity. For example, in an analog audio signal, the instantaneous signal voltage varies continuously with the pressure of the sound waves.
In contrast, a digital signal represents the original time-varying qua... |
994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecales | Arecales | Arecales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely recognised only for the past few decades; until then, the accepted name for the order including these plants was Principes.
Taxonomy
The APG IV system of 2016 places Dasypogonaceae in this order, after studies showing Dasypogonaceae as sister to Areca... |
1000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule%20Poirot | Hercule Poirot | Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (Black Coffee and Alibi), and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.
Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in f... |
1002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20Marple | Miss Marple | Miss Jane Marple is a fictional character in Agatha Christie's crime novels and short stories. Miss Marple lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective. Often characterized as an elderly spinster, she is one of Christie's best-known characters and has been portrayed numerous times o... |
1004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April | April | April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days.
April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hem... |
1005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August | August | August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, August falls in the season of summer. In the Souther... |
1006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron | Aaron | According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ( or ) was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses. Information about Aaron comes exclusively from religious texts such as the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament (Luke, Acts, and Hebrews), and the Quran.
The Hebrew Bible relates that, unlike Moses, who grew up in... |
1008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%206 | April 6 |
Events
Pre–1600
46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
1320 – The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
1453 – Mehme... |
1009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2012 | April 12 |
Events
Pre-1600
240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.
1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his b... |
1010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2015 | April 15 |
Events
Pre-1600
769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings.
1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.
1450 – Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and ... |
1011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%2030 | April 30 |
Events
Pre-1600
311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any te... |
1012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2022 | August 22 |
Events
Pre-1600
392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1485 – The Battle of Bosworth Field occurs; Richard III dies, marking the end of the Ho... |
1013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2027 | August 27 |
Events
Pre-1600
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned junior king and queen of England.
1232 – Shikken Hojo Yasutoki of the Kamakura shogunate promulgates the Goseibai Shikimoku, the first Japanese legal code governing the sa... |
1014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol%20%28chemistry%29 | Alcohol (chemistry) | In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl () functional group bound to a saturated carbon atom. Alcohols range from the simple, like methanol and ethanol, to complex, like sucrose and cholesterol. The presence of an OH group strongly modifies the properties of hydrocarbo... |
1016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achill%20Island | Achill Island | Achill Island (; ) is the largest of the Irish isles and lies off the west coast of Ireland in County Mayo. It has a population of 2,345. Its area is . Achill is attached to the mainland by Michael Davitt Bridge, between the villages of Achill Sound and Polranny. A bridge was first completed here in 1887. Other centres... |
1017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Ginsberg | Allen Ginsberg | Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexu... |
1018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraically%20closed%20field | Algebraically closed field | In mathematics, a field is algebraically closed if every non-constant polynomial in (the univariate polynomial ring with coefficients in ) has a root in .
Examples
As an example, the field of real numbers is not algebraically closed, because the polynomial equation has no solution in real numbers, even though all i... |
1019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%206 | August 6 |
Events
Pre-1600
1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1601–1900
1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1... |
1020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly%20Karpov | Anatoly Karpov | Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, and politician. He was the 12th World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985, a three-time FIDE World Champion (1993, 1996, 1998), twice World Chess champion as a member of the USSR team (1985, 19... |
1021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect%20ratio | Aspect ratio | The aspect ratio of a geometric shape is the ratio of its sizes in different dimensions. For example, the aspect ratio of a rectangle is the ratio of its longer side to its shorter side—the ratio of width to height, when the rectangle is oriented as a "landscape".
The aspect ratio is most often expressed as two intege... |
1022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto%20racing | Auto racing | Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organised, with the first recorded as early as 1867. Many of the earliest events wer... |
1023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-capitalism | Anarcho-capitalism | Anarcho-capitalism (colloquially: ancap or '"an-cap"') is an anti-statist, libertarian political philosophy and economic theory that seeks to abolish centralized states in favor of stateless societies with systems of private property enforced by private agencies, the non-aggression principle, free markets and self-owne... |
1027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%209 | August 9 |
Events
Pre-1600
48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
1173 – Co... |
1028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes | Aristophanes | Aristophanes (; , ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion (), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete. These provide the most valuable examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy a... |
1029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Schweitzer | Albert Schweitzer | Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method curren... |
1030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian%20school%20of%20economics | Austrian school of economics | The Austrian School is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result exclusively from the motivations and actions of individuals. Austrian school theorists hold that economic theory should be exclusively derived from basi... |
1032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess | Abscess | An abscess is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body. Signs and symptoms of abscesses include redness, pain, warmth, and swelling. The swelling may feel fluid-filled when pressed. The area of redness often extends beyond the swelling. Carbuncles and boils are types of abscess that often inv... |
1036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalborg%20Municipality | Aalborg Municipality | Aalborg Municipality () is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality straddles the Limfjord, the waterway which connects the North Sea and the Kattegat east-to-west, and which separates the main body of the Jutland peninsula from the island of Vendsyssel-Thy n... |
1038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus | Aarhus | Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest of Copenhagen.
Dating back to the late 8th century, Aarhus was founded as a ha... |
1043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cavefish | Northern cavefish | The northern cavefish or northern blindfish (Amblyopsis spelaea) is found in caves through Kentucky and southern Indiana. It is under review for possible listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in the United States as of 2023, and the IUCN lists the species as near threatened.
During a 2013 study of Amblyopsi... |
1046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatement | Abatement | Abatement refers generally to a lessening, diminution, reduction, or moderation; specifically, it may refer to:
421-a tax abatement, property tax exemption in the U.S. state of New York
Abatement of debts and legacies, a common law doctrine of wills
Abatement in pleading, a legal defense to civil and criminal actio... |
1049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur | Amateur | An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist.
History
Historically, the amateur was considered to be the ideal balance between pure i... |
1051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis%20Carrel | Alexis Carrel | Alexis Carrel (; 28 June 1873 – 5 November 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing techniques. He invented the first perfusion pump with Charles Lindbergh opening the way to organ transplantation. Carrel was also a pione... |
1055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Souls%27%20Day | All Souls' Day | All Souls' Day, also called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, is a day of prayer and remembrance for the faithful departed, observed by certain Christian denominations on 2 November. Through prayer, intercessions, alms and visits to cemeteries, people commemorate the poor souls in purgatory and gain them ... |
1057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole%20France | Anatole France | (; born , ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant l... |
1058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Gide | André Gide | André Paul Guillaume Gide (; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author whose writings spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement, to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars. ... |
1063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms%20for%20calculating%20variance | Algorithms for calculating variance | Algorithms for calculating variance play a major role in computational statistics. A key difficulty in the design of good algorithms for this problem is that formulas for the variance may involve sums of squares, which can lead to numerical instability as well as to arithmetic overflow when dealing with large values.
... |
1064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond | Almond | The almond (Prunus amygdalus, syn. Prunus dulcis) is a species of small tree from the genus Prunus, cultivated worldwide for its seed, a culinary nut. Along with the peach, it is classified in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by corrugations on the shell (endocarp) surrounding the seed.
T... |
1069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | Demographics of Antigua and Barbuda | This article is a demography of the population of Antigua and Barbuda including population density, ethnicity, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Population
According to the 2011 census the estimated resident population of Antigua and Barbuda was 86,295.
The estimated population of is ().
... |
1070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | Politics of Antigua and Barbuda | The politics of Antigua and Barbuda takes place in a framework of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, wherein the sovereign of Antigua and Barbuda is the head of state, appointing a governor-general to act as vice-regal representative in the nation. A prime minister is appointed by the governor-... |
1072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20in%20Antigua%20and%20Barbuda | Telecommunications in Antigua and Barbuda | Telecommunications in Antigua and Barbuda are via media in the telecommunications industry.
Telephone
Telephones – main lines in use: 37,500 (2006)
country comparison to the world: 168
Telephones – mobile cellular: 110,200 (2006) (APUA PCS, Cable & Wireless, Digicel)
country comparison to the world: 177
Telephone sy... |
1074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua%20and%20Barbuda%20Defence%20Force | Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force | The Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force (ABDF) is the armed forces of Antigua and Barbuda. The ABDF has responsibility for several different roles: internal security, prevention of drug smuggling, the protection and support of fishing rights, prevention of marine pollution, search and rescue, ceremonial duties, assistanc... |
1078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism | Antisemitism | Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. This sentiment is a form of racism, and a person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Though antisemitism is overwhelmingly perpetrated by non-Jews, it may occasionally be perpetrated by Je... |
1081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Azerbaijan | Economy of Azerbaijan | The economy of Azerbaijan has completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil-based economy (with the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline), from one where the state played the major role. The transition to oil production led to remarkable growth figures as projects came online; reaching 26.4% in 2005 (... |
1082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Azerbaijan | Geography of Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus region, situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and West Asia. Three physical features dominate Azerbaijan: the Caspian Sea, whose shoreline forms a natural boundary to the east; the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north; and the extensive flatlands at the country's cen... |
1087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Azerbaijan | Foreign relations of Azerbaijan | The Republic of Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the Council of Europe... |
1088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani%20Armed%20Forces | Azerbaijani Armed Forces | The Azerbaijani Armed Forces () is the military of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was re-established according to the country’s Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991. The original Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's armed forces were dissolved after Azerbaijan was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Sovie... |
1091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Armenia | Geography of Armenia | Armenia is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus region of the Caucasus. The country spans Eastern Europe and West Asia, with cultural ties to both regions. Armenia is bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran, Azerbaijan's exclave Nakhchivan, and Turkey.
The terra... |
1092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Armenia | Demographics of Armenia | After registering steady increases during the Soviet period, the population of Armenia declined from its peak value of 3.633 million in 1992 to 2.986 million in 2017.
Whilst the country's population increased steadily during the Soviet Union as a result of periods of repatriation and low emigration rates, it has decli... |
1093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20Armenia | Politics of Armenia | The politics of Armenia take place in the framework of the parliamentary representative democratic republic of Armenia, whereby the president of Armenia is the head of state and the prime minister of Armenia the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the president and the Gover... |
1094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20Armenia | Economy of Armenia | The economy of Armenia grew by 12.6% in 2022, according to the country's Statistical Committee and the International Monetary Fund. Total output amounted to 8.5 trillion Armenian drams, or $19.5 billion. At the same time, Armenia's foreign trade turnover significantly accelerated in growth from 17.7% in 2021 to 68.6% i... |
1096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Armenia | Transport in Armenia | This article considers transport in Armenia.
Railways
Total
in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
Broad gauge
825 km of gauge (825 km electrified) (1995)
There is no service south of Yerevan.
City with metro system: Yerevan
International links
Azerbaijan - closed - same gauge
Georgia - y... |
1097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed%20Forces%20of%20Armenia | Armed Forces of Armenia | The Armed Forces of Armenia (), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army (), is the national military of Armenia. It consists of personnel branches under the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, which can be divided into two general branches: the Ground Forces, and the Air Force. Although it was partially form... |
1098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20relations%20of%20Armenia | Foreign relations of Armenia | Since its independence, Armenia has maintained a policy of trying to have positive and friendly relations with Iran, Russia, and the West, including the United States and the European Union. It has full membership status in a number of international organizations, such as the Council of Europe and the Eurasian Economic... |
1110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20American%20Samoa | Demographics of American Samoa | Demographics of American Samoa include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean.
Vital statistics
Births and deaths
Structure ... |
1111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics%20of%20American%20Samoa | Politics of American Samoa | Politics of American Samoa takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the governor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular A... |
1112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy%20of%20American%20Samoa | Economy of American Samoa | The economy of American Samoa is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the United States, with which American Samoa conducts the great bulk of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and processing plants are the backbone of the private ... |
1129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%2013 | August 13 |
Events
Pre-1600
29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensiv... |
1130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna | Avicenna | Ibn Sina (; 980 – June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna (), was the preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world, flourishing during the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Iranian rulers. He is often described as the father of early modern medicine. His philosophy was of th... |
1132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ashes | The Ashes | The Men's Ashes is a Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil. The obituary stated that English cricket... |
1134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis | Analysis | Analysis (: analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent developme... |
1135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner%20Doubleday | Abner Doubleday | Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his fin... |
1136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s%20National%20Game | America's National Game | America's National Game is a book by Albert Spalding, published in 1911, that details the early history of the sport of baseball. It is one of the defining books in the early formative years of modern baseball.
Much of the story is told first-hand; since the 1850s, Spalding had been involved in the game, first as a pi... |
1140 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude%20modulation | Amplitude modulation | Amplitude modulation (AM) is a modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave. In amplitude modulation, the amplitude (signal strength) of the wave is varied in proportion to that of the message signal, such as an audio signal. This technique contrasts ... |
1141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean%20Fresnel | Augustin-Jean Fresnel | Augustin-Jean Fresnel (10 May 1788 – 14 July 1827) was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, excluding any remnant of Newton's corpuscular theory, from the late 1830s until the end of the 19th century. He is perhaps better know... |
1143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbot | Abbot | Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The female equivalent is abbess.
Origins
The title had its origin in the monasteri... |
1144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardipithecus | Ardipithecus | Ardipithecus is a genus of an extinct hominine that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene epochs in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Originally described as one of the earliest ancestors of humans after they diverged from the chimpanzees, the relation of this genus to human ancestors and whether it is a homini... |
1146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly%20line | Assembly line | An assembly line is a manufacturing process (often called a progressive assembly) in which parts (usually interchangeable parts) are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced. By mechanically moving the parts to t... |
1148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide | Adelaide | Adelaide ( ; ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The... |
1152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Garner | Alan Garner | Alan Garner (born 17 October 1934) is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native county of Cheshire, North West England, being set in the region and making use of ... |
1154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%202 | August 2 |
Events
Pre-1600
338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
216 BC – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
49 BC – Ca... |
1155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20%28disambiguation%29 | Atlantic (disambiguation) | The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans, that separates the old world from the new world.
Atlantic may also refer to:
Places
In Canada
Atlantic, Nova Scotia
Atlantic Canada
In the United States
Atlantic, Iowa
Atlantic, Massachusetts
Atlantic, North Carolina, an unincorporated community i... |
1158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20number | Algebraic number | An algebraic number is a number that is a root of a non-zero polynomial in one variable with integer (or, equivalently, rational) coefficients. For example, the golden ratio, , is an algebraic number, because it is a root of the polynomial . That is, it is a value for x for which the polynomial evaluates to zero. As ... |
1160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automorphism | Automorphism | In mathematics, an automorphism is an isomorphism from a mathematical object to itself. It is, in some sense, a symmetry of the object, and a way of mapping the object to itself while preserving all of its structure. The set of all automorphisms of an object forms a group, called the automorphism group. It is, loosely ... |
1162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion | Accordion | Accordions (from 19th-century German , from —"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame). The essential characteristic of the accordion is to combine in one instrument a melody sec... |
1164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20intelligence | Artificial intelligence | Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines or software, as opposed to the intelligence of humans or animals. It is also the field of study in computer science that develops and studies intelligent machines. "AI" may also refer to the machines themselves.
AI technology is widely used throughout indust... |
1166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro%20Celt%20Sound%20System | Afro Celt Sound System | Afro Celt Sound System are a European and African group who fuse electronic music with traditional Gaelic and West African music. Afro Celt Sound System were formed in 1995 by producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and feature a wide range of guest artists. In 2003, they temporarily changed their name to Afrocelts before r... |
1167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20philosophy | Ancient philosophy | This page lists some links to ancient philosophy, namely philosophical thought extending as far as early post-classical history ().
Overview
Genuine philosophical thought, depending upon original individual insights, arose in many cultures roughly contemporaneously. Karl Jaspers termed the intense period of philosophi... |
1168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximander | Anaximander | Anaximander ( ; Anaximandros; ) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia (in modern-day Turkey). He belonged to the Milesian school and learned the teachings of his master Thales. He succeeded Thales and became the second master of that school where he counted Anaximenes and, arguably... |
1169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL | APL | APL is an abbreviation, acronym, or initialism that may refer to:
Science and technology
132524 APL, an asteroid
Abductor pollicis longus muscle, in the human hand
Acute promyelocytic leukemia, a subtype of acute myelogenous leukemia
Applied Physics Letters, a physics journal
Nampula Airport (IATA airport code: APL),... |
1170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect | Architect | An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the t... |
1171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation | Abbreviation | An abbreviation (from Latin , meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word abbreviation itself can be abbreviated as abbr., abbrv., or abbrev.; NPO, for nil (or nothing) per (... |
1174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite | Aphrodite | Aphrodite ( ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart , desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. Aphrodite's major symbols include seashells, myrtles, roses, doves, sparrows, and swans. The cult of Aphrodite... |
1175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April%201 | April 1 |
Events
Pre-1600
527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his troops spend three days extensively looting Constantinople, is formally crowned on April 4.
157... |
1176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisymmetric%20relation | Antisymmetric relation | In mathematics, a binary relation on a set is antisymmetric if there is no pair of distinct elements of each of which is related by to the other. More formally, is antisymmetric precisely if for all
or equivalently,
The definition of antisymmetry says nothing about whether actually holds or not for any . An an... |
1177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister%20Crowley | Aleister Crowley | Aleister Crowley (; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, philosopher, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the e... |
1178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife | Afterlife | The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body. The surviving essential aspect varies between belief systems; it may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spi... |
1181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrometry | Astrometry | Astrometry is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. It provides the kinematics and physical origin of the Solar System and this galaxy, the Milky Way.
History
The history of astrometry is linked to the history of star catalogues, w... |
1182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena | Athena | Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from which she most ... |
1183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber%20Diceless%20Roleplaying%20Game | Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game | The Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game created and written by Erick Wujcik, set in the fictional universe created by author Roger Zelazny for his Chronicles of Amber. The game is unusual in that no dice are used in resolving conflicts or player actions; instead a simple diceless system of comparativ... |
1184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athene%20%28disambiguation%29 | Athene (disambiguation) | Athene or Athena is the shrewd companion of heroes and the goddess of heroic endeavour in Greek mythology.
Athene may also refer to:
881 Athene, a main-belt asteroid
Athene (bird), a genus of small owls
Athene (Cynuria), a town in ancient Cynuria, Greece
Athene Glacier, a glacier in Antarctica
HMS Athene, an aircraft ... |
1187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloy | Alloy | An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which at least one is a metal. Unlike chemical compounds with metallic bases, an alloy will retain all the properties of a metal in the resulting material, such as electrical conductivity, ductility, opacity, and luster, but may have properties that differ from those of the... |
1192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic%20revolution | Artistic revolution | Throughout history, forms of art have gone through periodic abrupt changes called artistic revolutions. Movements have come to an end to be replaced by a new movement markedly different in striking ways.
Scientific and technological
1
Not all artistic revolutions were political. Sometimes, science and technological ... |
1193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrarianism | Agrarianism | Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy that has promoted subsistence agriculture, family farming, widespread property ownership, and political decentralization. Adherents of agrarianism tend to value traditional bonds of local community over urban modernity. Agrarian political parties sometimes aim to support... |
1194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic | Atomic | Atomic may refer to:
Of or relating to the atom, the smallest particle of a chemical element that retains its chemical properties
Atomic physics, the study of the atom
Atomic Age, also known as the "Atomic Era"
Atomic scale, distances comparable to the dimensions of an atom
Atom (order theory), in mathematics
At... |
1196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle | Angle | In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle.
Angles formed by two rays are also known as plane angles as they lie in the plane that contains the rays. Angles are also formed by the intersection of two planes; ... |
1197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asa | Asa | Asa may refer to:
People and fictional characters
Asa (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters so named
Asa people, an ethnic group based in Tanzania
Aṣa, Nigerian-French singer, songwriter, and recording artist Bukola Elemide (born 1982)
Asa (rapper), Finnish rapper Matti Salo (bo... |