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81Science in Medieval Western Europe — consisted of the study of nature, including practical disciplines, the mathematics and natural philosophy. During the Middle Ages Western Europe would see a virtual collapse of civilization at the era s outset leading to a period of intellectual… …
82Naturalism (philosophy) — This article is about the term that is used in philosophy. For other uses, see Naturalism (disambiguation). Part of a series on Irreligion …
83An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump — Infobox Painting title=An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump artist=Joseph Wright of Derby year=1768 type=Oil on canvas height=183 width=244 height inch=72 width inch =94½ museum = National Gallery city = London, England An Experiment on a Bird …
84Newton, Sir Isaac — born Jan. 4, 1643, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, Eng. died March 31, 1727, London English physicist and mathematician. The son of a yeoman, he was raised by his grandmother. He was educated at Cambridge University (1661–65), where he discovered the… …
85Taoism — Taoist, n., adj. Taoistic, adj. /dow iz euhm, tow /, n. 1. the philosophical system evolved by Lao tzu and Chuang tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to… …
86probability and statistics — ▪ mathematics Introduction the branches of mathematics concerned with the laws governing random events, including the collection, analysis, interpretation, and display of numerical data. Probability has its origin in the study of gambling… …
87science, history of — Introduction the history of science from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the 20th century. On the simplest level, science is knowledge of the world of nature. There are many regularities in nature that mankind has had to… …
88Albertus Magnus — Albertus redirects here. For others with the same given name, see Albertus (given name). For the typeface, see Albertus (typeface). Saint Albertus Magnus (St. Albert the Great) Saint Albertus Magnus, fresco, 1352, Treviso, Italy …
89Mary Shelley — Richard Rothwell s por …
90Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy — Hugh H.Benson INTRODUCTION Cicero in Tusculan Disputations famously tells us that Socrates first called philosophy down from the sky, set it in cities and even introduced it into homes, and compelled it to consider life and morals, good and evil …
