81. Mathematicians Are People Too Short quiz introduces great minds from ancient times through the modern day. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/MathQuiz/

Which famous mathematician most interests you? Take our quiz below and find out! How would you describe probability? The likelihood of an event occurring. Something that isn't used so much for symbolic logic. The outcome of the Pythagorean theorem. I can't tell you. The sum of a perfect square. Something with no role in mechanics. Something used in physics to predict new events. Something that isn't needed for a geometry proof. As a chaotic system with irregular behavior. How is math important in your life? Mathematics can be appreciated for its beauty of structure. Technology and the progress of thought invigorates me. I enjoy math for its certainty and solid answers. Discovering new fundamental laws of the universe is my thrill. I am curious and I love scientific and mathematical study. It's fun to trick my friends with math games. All things are numbers; this is the harmony of the universe. I like creating new ways to think. Math, philosophy and theology are equally important. Tell me a little bit about how you see yourself in the future. I work for the government.

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83. The History Of Fingerprints About the uses of latent prints from ancient times through to 1946, as part of site maintained in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. http://onin.com/fp/fphistory.html

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WEBSERVANT FINGERPRINT EXAMINATION The History of Fingerprints Updated 8 May 2005 Why Fingerprint Identification? Fingerprints offer an infallible means of personal identification. That is the essential explanation for their having supplanted other methods of establishing the identities of criminals reluctant to admit previous arrests. Other personal characteristics change - fingerprints do not. In earlier civilizations, branding and even maiming were used to mark the criminal for what he was. The thief was deprived of the hand which committed the thievery. The Romans employed the tattoo needle to identify and prevent desertion of mercenary soldiers. More recently, law enforcement officers with extraordinary visual memories, so-called "camera eyes," identified old offenders by sight. Photography lessened the burden on memory but was not the answer to the criminal identification problem. Personal appearances change. Around 1870 a French anthropologist devised a system to measure and record the dimensions of certain bony parts of the body. These measurements were reduced to a formula which, theoretically, would apply only to one person and would not change during his/her adult life. This Bertillon System, named after its inventor, Alphonse Bertillon, was generally accepted for thirty years. But it never recovered from the events of 1903, when a man named Will West was sentenced to the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. You see, there was already a prisoner at the penitentiary at the time, whose Bertillon measurements were nearly the same, and his name was William West.

84. Hung House Of Tujia Ethnic Groups - A Residential Achitecture From In the ancient time, the holes occupied by the Ba and Chu natives were dark anddamp, and often under attacks by the wild beasts. http://www.yangtze.com/gallery/people/tujiahs.html

85. Spacetime 101 some basic background covering how mathematical models of space and time have evolved since ancient times, from the Pythagorean Rule to Newtonian mechanics, Special Relativity and General Relativity. http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/patricia/st101.html

Here's some basic background covering how mathematical models of space and time have evolved since ancient times, from the Pythagorean Rule to Newtonian mechanics, Special Relativity and General Relativity. What is spacetime? Why was Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity needed? How does Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity work? What is "causality" and what does it have to do with time travel? ... Go back to Time Travel in Flatland.

86. British Society For The History Of Mathematics Mission is to promote research into the development of the field from ancient times to the present, as well as to study uses for teaching the subject. Membership includes researchers, teachers, students, and anyone with a general interest in this topic. Page includes newsletter, list of meetings, archive of journals referenced in publications, and resource links. http://www.bshm.org/

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87. ++Dancing On Paper: Characters Of China++ However, in the ancient time, some other ethnic groups were once quite strong, In the ancient time, people started carving a few characters or paintings http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126668/evo_04.htm

(4) Continuation Ancient Chinese characters remained almost the same after the Tang Dynasty. During a period more than 900 years, the existing system of scripts and calligraphy didn't change a lot, in spite of two dynasties ruled by other ethnic groups. Click here to see the background information At the same time, the culture of Chinese characters continued developing, deep into every corners in China. It can't be separated from people's daily lives. # After the Tang Dynasty Aesthetic standard kept on changing during the dynasties and therefore calligraphy fashions were changing, too. However, great works of art would always be cherished. Go to "Beauty of calligraphy" to view them! The development of Chinese characters slowed down after the Tang Dynasty. We may say that this system of scripts and characters had become well-developed, and there's no need to change. Without any doubt, it became a kind of art. Little kids started learning how to write very early. Click here to see the background information People always judged others by their calligraphy, and one who did well in calligraphy must be good at writing articles, poems and so on. That showed the influence of cultural atmosphere.

88. The History Of Football Brief history of the sport from ancient times to the present. Particular focus on the development of the modern game in England. http://www.nenyl.org.uk/history_of_football.htm

The History of Football The History of Football The Greeks, for whom ball games were an essential party of life, played a form of football as early as 4 BC. The game was known as pheninda and involved kicking the ball, running with it and handling it. There are other examples of early versions of the game evolving elsewhere around the world. In Japan, records show that around the fifth century AD a game called Kemari, which involved eight players ceremonially kicking the ball back to one another across a ground 14 metres square. The evolution of the game in England appears to have its roots in holy days. Written evidence confirms that in the twelfth century a game with a ball was played on Shrove Tuesday in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. On such occasions the whole town would get involved and the game could last for days. The purpose of the game was to gain possession of the ball and deliver it back to the town or parish. In many other places, Shrovetide football lasted until the latter half of the nineteenth century. Throughout the centuries English monarchs tried to ban this version of the game but Edward II, III, Richard II, Henry V and Elizabeth I were all unsuccessful in preventing the continued interest. In the eighteenth century, the game was taken up by the public schools who, realising the importance of team sport, invented their own versions of the game. By 1848 the first serious attempts were being made by Cambridge University to set up a common set of laws. Fifteen years later, The Football Association was founded and Association Football, the game that is played around the world today, was born.

89. The Mill Of Time THE MILL OF TIME. Celestial Cycles And Ancient Mythological Science Who cansay exactly where they were set in ancient times or how accurately the http://www.technosophy.com/milltime.htm

THE MILL OF TIME Celestial Cycles And Ancient Mythological Science Terry Alden We are on the verge today of a much greater appreciation for the scientific achievements of the world's most ancient civilizations and an understanding of the workings of the ancient mind. At a time when it is still fashionable for scientists to dismiss the possibility that the learned men of remote antiquity, long before the classical-period Greeks or the later Romans, could have known about phenomena like precession (the extremely slow wobble of the Earth's axis of rotation) without modern instruments, or about the spherical shape and dimensions of our planetary spacecraft or its orbit about the Sun as the center of a solar system, a few lone investigators have recently found traces of a very high degree of scientific sophistication and knowledge of the natural world preserved in a metaphorical code which we call myth. It is ultimately the purpose of this article to provide a solution to the long-standing mystery of the "Star of Bethlehem" and, in a closely-related problem, to announce the date of the beginning of the New Age, the Age of Aquarius, as determined by a method believed to be the same one used by the ancient Magi of Chaldea and other astronomical priesthoods in very early times. These topics will indeed be covered in the second part of this report. The validity of the statements to be made on these subjects, however, rests on the foundation of the logic and integrity of the system or method of very-long-term time reckoning which the Magi and others, it is believed, followed a system based on both planetary and precessional cycles. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the background or context in which our more specific later tasks will be seen to fit before dealing with them individually. This context turns out to be nothing less than the ancient holistic world-view or paradigm which Joseph Campbell identified as the World Monomyth.

90. Islam And Ottoman Times Survey of Turkish homosexuality from ancient times to the present. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/www/world/europe/turkey/islamottoman.htm

ISLAM AND HOMOSEXUALITY Before the emergence of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula, all kinds of sexuality was being experienced. Although we don't have many documents related to the age, it is understood from the references in the Kur'an that sexuality was not a taboo. Actually Islam didn't mention any strict sexual rules either. If we just take Kur'an as the reference, it may even be called a sex positive religion.The only reference to homosexuality is in the sections about Sodom and Gomorrah. But even in those sections homosexuality is not very clearly condemned. People are punished because of having done everything excessively. They don't only sleep with men, they sleep with women too, they drink too much, they got involved in pleasure too much. "Much" is the keyword here. And the punishment for almost all crimes are mentioned in the Kur'an but there's no specific punishment for homosexuality. But these sections in Kur'an have always been the defending point of homophobic Islamic people.What brings condemnation to homosexuals is not the Kur'an but the Islamic societies. Cultures also shape the religion as well as the society itself. During the first years of Islam, homosexuality was never mentioned as a crime. There are even rumors that Ali, one of the members of Mohammed's family had an affair with Mohammed. And in the famous 1001 Arabian Nights, there are some stories which are openly about homosexual relationships. But this did not mean that there was a conscious homosexual community. If those people knew the word "homosexual" they wouldn't call themselves so. It was just sleeping with men as well as with women.

91. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Anchor (as Symbol) Regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01462a.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... A > The Anchor (as Symbol) A B C D ... Z The Anchor (as Symbol) The anchor, because of the great importance in navigation, was regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety. The Christians , therefore, in adopting the anchor as a symbol of hope in future existence, merely gave a new and higher signification to a familiar emblem. In the teachings of Christianity the virtue of hope occupies a place of great importance; Christ is the unfailing hope of all who believe in Him. St. Peter, St. Paul, and several of the early Fathers speak in this sense, but the Epistle to the Hebrews for the first time connects the idea of hope with the symbol of the anchor. The writers says that we have "Hope" set before us "as an anchor of the soul, sure and firm" (Hebrews 6:19-20). The hope here spoken of is obviously not concerned with earthly, but with heavenly things, and the anchor as a Christian symbol, consequently, relates only to the hope of salvation. It ranks among the most ancient of Christian symbols. The well-known fragment of the inscription discovered in the cemetery of

92. The UnMuseum - Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World Even if you lived in ancient times you would have still needed a time machine tosee all seven. While the Great Pyramid of Egypt was built centuries before http://www.unmuseum.org/wonders.htm

The Great Pyramid of Egypt The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Statue of Zeus at Olympia The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus ... The Lighthouse of Alexandria As a bonus, try visiting some marvels that might have made the list a top ten, but didn't: The Tower of Babel Stonehenge Sphinx Special Features MAP PAGE Time Traveller Tours Post Office Time Traveller Tours , in association with the Museum of Unnatural Mystery, invites you to embark on the ultimate luxury vacation through space and time... See the famous Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Walk through the lush Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Climb the great Lighthouse at Alexandria. Stand before the immense statue of Zeus at Olympia. Marvel at the beauty of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus... Seven Days! Seven Nights! Seven Wonders! Seven Star Hotels!

93. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hermas First or second century, author of the book called The Shepherd (Poimen, Pastor), a work which had great authority in ancient times and was ranked with Holy Scripture. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07268b.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... H > Hermas A B C D ... Z Hermas (First or second century), author of the book called "The Shepherd" ( Poimen , Pastor), a work which had great authority in ancient times and was ranked with Holy Scripture. Eusebius tells us that it was publicly read in the churches, and that while some denied it to be canonical, others "considered it most necessary". St. Athanasius speaks of it, together with the Didache, in connection with the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament, as uncanonical yet recommended by the ancients for the reading of catechumens. Elsewhere he calls it a most profitable book. Rufinus similarly says that the ancients wished it to be read, but not to be used as an authority as to the Faith. It is found with the Epistle of Barnabas at the end of the New Testament in the great Siniatic Bible Aleph (fourth century), and between the Acts of the Apostles and the Acts of Paul in the stichometrical list of the Codex Claromontanus. In accordance with this conflicting evidence, we find two lines of opinion among the earlier Fathers. St. Irenaeus and Tertullian (in his Catholic days) cite the "Shepherd" as Scripture. Clement of Alexandria constantly quotes it with reverence, and so does Origen, who held that the author was the Hermas mentioned by St. Paul, Rom., xvi, 14. He says the work seems to him to be very useful, and Divinely inspired; yet he repeatedly apologizes, when he has occasion to quote it, on the ground that "many people despise it".

94. Ancient Times A selection of articles related to ancient times. New Age Spirituality, BodyMind and Soul). For more dictionary entries, see » ancient times Dictionary http://www.experiencefestival.com/ancient_times

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95. Welcome To The Worldwide Numismatics Homepage Presenting a modest collection of gold coins from ancient times to modern times. Many countries and types are represented. http://www.worldwide-numismatics.com/

Welcome to: www.worldwide-numismatics.com Our tour of world gold coins From ancients: to moderns: with common: and the not so common: They are all here and you are invited to join the tour! Start HERE

96. People Provides simple biographies of astronomers, philosophers, and scientists from ancient times through the modern day. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/people/people.html

Who made the first star map? When did people know that the Earth was round? When were sunspots discovered? The links to the right will lead you to biographies of scientists who lived at different times through history. Discover the people who made science history! Ancient Epoch (before 700) Middle Ages Renaissance Age of Enlightenment Modern Era Today's Scientists Astronauts Windows People People Coloring Book People's Web Last modified prior to September, 2000 by the Windows Team The source of this material is Windows to the Universe , at http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

97. Encyclopedia: And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time And did those feet in ancient times Walk upon England s mountains green? And wasthe holy Lamb of God On England s pleasant pastures seen? http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/And-did-those-feet-in-ancient-time

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98. History Of Photography Timeline A detailed timeline of photography from ancient times to the present. http://www.photo.net/history/timeline

var subscriber_p=0, user_id=0; photo.net Classifieds Shop Classifieds ... Search History of Photography Timeline by Philip Greenspun Home Learn : One Section ancient times: camera obscuras used to form images on walls in darkened rooms; image formation via a pinhole 16th century: brightness and clarity of camera obscuras improved by enlarging the hole inserting a telescope lens 17th century: camera obscuras in frequent use by artists and made portable in the form of sedan chairs 1727: Professor J. Schulze mixes chalk, nitric acid, and silver in a flask; notices darkening on side of flask exposed to sunlight. Accidental creation of the first photo-sensitive compound. 1800: Thomas Wedgwood makes "sun pictures" by placing opaque objects on leather treated with silver nitrate; resulting images deteriorated rapidly, however, if displayed under light stronger than from candles. 1834: Henry Fox Talbot creates permanent (negative) images using paper soaked in silver chloride and fixed with a salt solution. Talbot created positive images by contact printing onto another sheet of paper. 1837: Louis Daguerre creates images on silver-plated copper, coated with silver iodide and "developed" with warmed mercury; Daguerre is awarded a state pension by the French government in exchange for publication of methods and the rights by other French citizens to use the Daguerreotype process.

99. Boston Globe Online / From The Archives / Health Sense Survivors from an ancient time. Author By Chet Raymo. Date MONDAY, March 23, 1998.Page C2. Section Health and Science http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/health/science_musings/032398.htm

Health Sense How and Why Visit Boston.com's health section for health events, doctor profiles, local links and more. Archives Automotive Auto classifieds Big Dig ... Week in Photos Search the Globe: Today Yesterday Search the Web Using Altavista Survivors from an ancient time Author: By Chet Raymo Date: MONDAY, March 23, 1998 Page: Section: Health and Science EXUMA, Bahamas Cryptozoology is the study of unexplained and alleged sightings of strange creatures not documented by standard zoology. The Loch Ness monster, a purported marine dinosaur trapped in the Scottish lake by ancient geologic upheavals or sea-level changes, is a favorite subject of cryptozoologists. The Chupacabra, Puerto Rico's famous ``goatsucker,'' excites continuing curiosity. And of course the Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot and Yeti range wide regions of the world, tantalizing cryptozoologists with footprints and elusive sightings. The Internet hums with cryptozoological speculation, and books on the subject seem to have a broad audience. Nevertheless, as a science, cryptozoology ranks right up there with parapsychology and astrology; that is to say, it is not a science at all. Which is not to say that hidden corners of the Earth do not hold zoological surprises. Remember the coelacanth, a fish long thought to be extinct, discovered living in deep waters of the Indian Ocean in 1938? Remote forests and deep waters might still hide sizable animals, yet undiscovered. The proper scientific attitude, however, is ``Let's wait and see.''

100. Origins Of Measurements Compares units of ancient times with modern ones. http://www.iofm.net/community/kidscorner/maths/origin.htm

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