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  • The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), located in Manhattan, New York, U.S., is one of the largest and most well-known museums in the ...
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  • The Field Museum of Natural History (commonly abbreviated to FMNH or The Field Museum) is located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It sits ...
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  • written or spoken language that follows the natural flow of speech, uses a language's ordinary grammatical structures, or follows the conventions ...
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  • can develop between human beings and the natural environment, although in ... Throughout history rivers have served important functions for the ...
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  • French historien, from Latin historia (story, history). ... # A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. # One who studies ...
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  • Throughout history rivers have served important functions for the ... to maintain loving dominion over the natural world. Fallen self-centered ...
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  • and implications of science, including the natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, and biology, the social sciences such as psychology, ...
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  • # The humanities; the study of language, literature, history, and ... # The liberal arts, which includes humanities, natural sciences, and ...
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  • American Museum of Natural History (4M) • Empire State Building (4M) • Museum of Modern Art (2.67M) • }} 209735343 ...
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  • of the Ukrainian nation in modern history with direct loss of human life in the range of millions (estimates vary). While the famine in Ukraine ...
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  • | list2 = Evolutionary history of plants Algae Bryophyte Pteridophyte ... [[Category:Natural science and nature-related navigation templates ...
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  • referred to as the father of English natural history. He published important ... Professor of chemistry and natural history, Edward Hitchcock also ...
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  • mostly catalogues or encyclopedias of natural history, but very few works ... During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, natural history was ...
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  • at Harvard, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, Chicago ... ichthyology at the Boston Society of Natural History; and from 1867 to 1869 ...
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  • and argued, in his famous book The Hero in History, that human beings play a creative role in constructing the social world and to transforming ...
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  • == History and Mission == the North American Wildlife Conference. History of the NWF. ...
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  • conditions. Quantification is used in both natural languages and formal languages ... == Quantification in natural language == The notion of quantification ...
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  • for the existence of God in his book Natural Theology. In Natural Theology ... Paulinae, or the Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul, probably the ...
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  • Genetic drift—along with mutation, natural selection, and migration—is ... of alleles in a population, including natural selection, mutation, migration ...
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  • A persistent critic of metaphysics and natural theology, Wright did not ... of evolution, and viewed the idea of natural selection as a unifying ...
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  • "paradigm" in the contexts of history and philosophy of science ... In pre-Kuhnian philosophy of science, natural science was believed ...
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  • Natural law or the law of nature (Latin lex naturalis) is law whose ... Though Aristotle is often referred to as “the father of natural law,” ...
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  • continued Aristotle’s research into natural history, conducting numerous ... === Botany and Natural History === Theophrastus shared Aristotle’s ...
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  • in the Harvard University museum of natural history that his father founded ... and he returned to his interests in natural history at Harvard. ...
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  • The final goal of restoration history is a return to knowing God intimately, as our Heavenly Parent, with whom direct communication again becomes ...
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  • on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, and so on. Modern trends in ...
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  • experimentation without recourse to super-natural or extra-natural reality ... supernatural (including entities like non-natural values, and universals) ...
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  • at Oxford University Museum of Natural History color = pink ... on display at the Oxford Museum of Natural History. Analysis of genetic ...
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  • the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which was adopted ... deemed to be of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common ...
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  • Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, from 1990 to ... nature on the part of people who often in history have dominated for immediate ...
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  • Bernardino Telesio (1509 – 1588) was an Italian philosopher and ... Telesio developed an empirical approach to natural philosophy, which he regarded ...
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  • to its sweeping vistas and dramatic natural features that extend over ... of the most spectacular and undisturbed natural habitats found anywhere ...
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  • their own philosophical frameworks. The natural sciences, which had been ... a priori truths that cannot be reduced to natural facts, while psychologism ...
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  • child. The development of the system of natural and logical consequences ... ===Logical and natural consequences=== Dreikurs described two types ...
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  • ===Wildlife and Natural Resources=== can penetrate the water. Other important natural resources in the region ...
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  • growing in parks, woods, lakes, and other natural areas. ... in disturbed environments whose soil or natural vegetative cover has been ...
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  • human knowledge in ways consistent with our natural purposes. Information and knowledge is intended to support the realization of a peaceful, healthy ...
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  • chord of length equal to the radius made a natural base quantity. One sixtieth ... functions have simpler and more "natural" properties when their ...
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  • provide a safe environment for play in a natural setting. ... org/Index.aspx?page=537 "History of Playgrounds,"] City ...
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  • The area designated by UNESCO as the World Natural Heritage Site includes ... protection and blessing. Third, the natural beauty and uniqueness of ...
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  • are curated at the American Museum of Natural History (NYC) and at the Institute ... * Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2007a. [http://www ...
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  • == History == This element, which was named for France, was the last ... (Atomic Number 87), the Last Discovered Natural Element.] The Chemical Educator ...
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  • ==History and natural occurrence== Sometime after its discovery around ... of such clay silt and sand, creating a natural source of excellent molding ...
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  • explained the process of development as a natural and mechanical one, which ... Athens and gave scientific explanations of natural phenomena. His account of ...
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  • == History == Archaeological evidence shows that dyeing has been carried ... including vat dyes (similar to the ancient natural dyes) and modern synthetic ...
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  • and B. Bronson. 2001. Pearls: A Natural History. New York: Harry Abrams ... of N. H. Landman, et al. Pearls: A Natural History."] Zoogoer (January ...
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  • advanced the development of the theory of natural law and distinguished between ... councillor, was instructed to write a history of the Elector Frederick ...
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  • or most synthetic drugs, preferring "natural" remedies, i.e., relatively ... doctor's role to facilitate this natural process. Second, nature ...
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  • role because of its vast reserves of oil and natural gas. ... The primary exports of the Arabian Peninsula are oil and natural gas ...
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  • (1726) and The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution ... Butler defended natural and revealed religion through a doctrine of ...
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  • Earth's history was viewed as the result of an accumulation of ... ===Cuvier and the natural theologians=== The leading scientific proponent ...
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  • a structure by carving it out of solid natural rock. The craftsman removes ... as accompanied the caves. Throughout the history of rock-cut temples, the ...
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  • == History == ===Origin=== [[Image:Oskar von Miller.jpg|thumb|240px ... ===German Museum for Masterpieces of Natural Science and Technology=== ...
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  • of profits from the large amounts of natural resources in the area. The ... The history of this ocean is intrinsically tied to the debate regarding ...
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  • The Field Museum of Natural History (commonly abbreviated to FMNH or The Field Museum) is located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It sits ...
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  • such as theology, metaphysics, and natural philosophy. Later skeptics ... to other topics, such as ethics, natural philosophy, and theology. ...
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  • from the cactus seed, and peyote in its natural form, are widely distributed ... reality that can best explored through more natural methods. ...
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  • diverse disciplines, such as philosophy, history, law, and economics. Historicism ... If all knowledge is conditioned by history, there is no objectivity ...
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  • for individuals to cede some of their natural rights to the government ... No. 2,"] Teaching American History. Retrieved October 12, 2023 ...
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  • == History == Chlorine was first characterized by the Swedish chemist ... For these reasons, some consumers prefer the use of natural cleaning ...
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  • began to write and speak about American history, promoting the concept of ... theory of Charles Darwin to the history of philosophy. His was deeply ...
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  • Histoire naturelle de l'âme (Natural History of the Soul, 1745), ... Histoire naturelle de l'âme (Natural History of the Soul) (1745) ...
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  • a reality, he moved from a theory of natural rights to social Darwinism ... a reality, he moved from a theory of natural rights to social Darwinism ...
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  • that human beings could not affect natural phenomena, and that all ... with calamities. Wang declared that natural events occur spontaneously ...
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  • art, astronomy, drama, geology, history, literature, medicine, natural ... art, astronomy, drama, geology, history, literature, medicine, natural ...
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  • the majority of thinkers throughout the history of philosophy have had a ... The development of the natural sciences throughout the modern period ...
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  • and shared a reverence for America's natural beauty with contemporary ... *"Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every ...
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  • * Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2007a. [http://www ... * Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2007a. [http://www ...
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  • Gilligan and others have suggested that the history of ethics in Western ... and that we should cultivate our natural capacity to care for others ...
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  • which analyzed disease using principles of natural philosophy, and the Arabic ... on the human soul, his attempts to offer natural explanations for miracles ...
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  • == Etymology and history == The word camphor derives from the French ... proof of concept, but camphor was a scarce natural product with a worldwide ...
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  • be built without the consideration of natural beings, nature, or the Earth ... for the intrinsic value and rights of natural beings, while others argue ...
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  • * Evolutionary history: How does the behavior compare with similar ... study would attempt to replicate the natural conditions of the animal ...
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  • techniques for observing children in natural play situations without ... guidance," supporting the natural growth of their abilities ...
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  • recki stands in the National Museum of Natural History.]] Native American artifacts as well as natural history specimens. ...
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  • in the area are simply a result of natural geographic features. The ... has marked the desert as a poor source of natural resources. However,in recent ...
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  • demonstrated an extensive knowledge of natural history, the heavens, the stars ... demonstrated an extensive knowledge of natural history, the heavens, the stars ...
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  • == History == quot;) predecessors. In early use, the natural impurity arsenic sometimes ...
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  • == Natural occurrence == Although californium does not occur naturally ... == History == Californium was first synthesized by University of California ...
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  • a source of inspiration throughout the history of philosophy. ... on knowledge that can be acquired by natural means through the senses ...
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  • the more volatile hydrocarbons, especially natural gas, were produced from ... of 120°C to 220°C and was converted into natural gas by thermal cracking ...
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  • Arabians in discussions of mathematics and natural science. He was the author ... to Adelard’s contributions to the history of science. Recently scholars ...
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  • that houses them. The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Washington ... museums such as the American Museum of Natural History in New York or the Smithsonian ...
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  • other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing. It is commonly ... but as a byproduct of two other processes: natural gas processing and petroleum ...
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  • and Edmund Husserl) thought that the natural sciences could only ever ... but as a discipline comparable to the natural sciences. Brentano, however ...
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  • very well represented in the religious history of the brass instruments ... by a fifth down, and extends from the B-natural below the bass clef (it ...
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  • who believed that “Heaven,” or the natural order of things, dictated ... 773-819. Cambridge studies in Chinese history, literature, and institutions ...
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  • a monophyletic group arising early in the history of the flowering plants ... Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources or IUCN), there ...
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  • for the “human sciences” (e.g. history, law, literary criticism ... using a model formed exclusively from the natural sciences (Naturwissenschaften ...
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  • == Natural deductive logic == In one version of natural deductive logic presented by E.J. Lemmon ...
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  • covers the entire area. Abundant natural resources include perennial ... the aboriginal drawings have in human history, the caves themselves offer ...
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  • in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. This ... in the world. The American Museum of Natural History displays more original ...
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  • by humans rather than formed by natural processes. Such islands ... modernity, artificial islands have a long history in many parts of the world ...
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  • [[Image:Quagga-london.jpg|thumb|Quagga specimen at Natural History ... to skins such as the one held by the Natural History Museum in London, there ...
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  • election as secretary of the Illinois Natural History Society in 1859. ... helped found the Illinois Museum of Natural History, where he served as ...
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  • elements of community stemming from the natural biological dependence of ... open and honest communication. Traditional natural communities are rooted in ...
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  • In mathematics, the number 1 is the natural number A natural number ... scientists recognize the unity of the natural world and the underlying ...
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  • after his death. In his Historia General y Natural de las Indias of 1535, Gonzalo ... * de Oviedo, Gonzalo Fernández. Historia General y Natural de las Indias. ...
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  • developed from and within the contexts and history of Christianity. While Ethics ... and philosophical ethics such as natural law that are seen as compatible ...
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  • ...We proclaim equally two natural volitions or wills in him and two ... category:history 264001578 ...
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  • States government in 1926. In 1933 the Natural Bridge National Forest was ... offices located in Blacksburg, Marion, Natural Bridge, New Castle, and Wise. ...
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  • who was noted for his pursuit of natural theology and philosophy ... a rational argument in the defense of natural theology and Newtonianism. ...
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