Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia - 20th Century
The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Overview
The twentieth century saw a remarkable shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of technological, medical, social,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Significant People
20th century - World leaders. Africa Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia Jomo Ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th-century Philosophy: Encyclopedia - 20th-century Philosophy
The 20th century brought with it upheavals that produced a series of conflicting developments within philosophy over the basis of knowled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Fox
Twentieth (20th) Century Fox, shorthand for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, is one of the major movie studios, located in the Cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India
Science and technology in ancient India covered all the major branches of human knowledge and activities, including mathematics, astronom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Concert Dance: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Concert Dance
20th century concert dance is the name given to a category of dance forms that include: Free dance Modern dance Expressionist dance Post...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Bc
(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC) 20th century BC - Events. 2064 – 1986 BC -- Twin Dynasty wars in Egypt. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Limited: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Limited
The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train operated by the New York Central Railroad from 1902 to 1967, during which time it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music
20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Brass Instrumentalists: Encyclopedia - 20th Century Brass Instrumentalists
20th century brass instrumentalists include: trumpet (see also List of trumpeters) Nat Adderly Maurice André Louis Armstrong Graham As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birla Institute Of Technology And Science: Encyclopedia - Birla Institute Of Technology And Science
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India (popularly known as 'BITS Pilani') is one of the premier technology s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Invention In Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Invention In Birmingham - 20th Century
1902: Frederick William Lanchester patents disc brakes. 1902: George Andrew Darby patents his electrical Heat-Indicator and Fire Alarm. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Radio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Radio - 20th Century Developments
Developments in the 20th century: Aircraft used commercial AM radio stations for navigation. This continued through the early 1960s when...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - Science And Technology
The lines between science and technology are not always clear. Generally, science is the reasoned investigation or study of nature, aimed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Geography: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Geography - 20th Century
In the West during the 20th century, the discipline of geography went through four major phases: environmental determinism, regional scie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Subcultures In The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Subcultures In The 20th Century - Subcultures
The 20th century, particularly the latter half, was a time of increasing social diversity and individualism. The world wars that dominate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The 20th Century In Review: Encyclopedia Ii - The 20th Century In Review - Major Events
The 20th century was marked by a period of change. With inventions such as the light bulb, the automobile, and the telephone in the late ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Electronic Music
Main article: Electronic art music Technological advances in the 20th century enabled composers to use electronic means of producing soun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Technology - Science Engineering And Technology
The distinctions between science, engineering and technology are not always clear. Generally, science is the reasoned investigation or st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazilian Science And Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazilian Science And Technology - History
Brazilian science effectively began only in the first decades of the 19th century, when the Portuguese royal family, headed by D. João V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - High-tech Expansion
Starting in the 1950s, high technology companies in Northern California began a spectacular growth that continued through the end of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - Economic Power House
Conversely, during the same period, the Golden State also attracted commercial and industrial expansion of astronomical rates. The adopti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Science And Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Science And Technology - Bibliography
Historiography of science H. Floris Cohen, The Scientific Revolution: A Historiographical Inquiry, University of Chicago Press 1994 - Di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Fox - 20th Television
20th Century Fox - TV series. Crusade In Europe (1949) My Friend Flicka (1956-1958) Broken Arrow (1956-1960) Man Without A Gun (1957-1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Fox - History
The company is the result of a 1935 merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1914, and Twentieth Century Pi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London In Film: Encyclopedia Ii - London In Film - 20th Century
Edwardian London has been depicted in several films, notably the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets in 1949, the Merchant Ivory E.M. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Islam - The 20th Century
The modern age brought radical technological and organizational changes to Europe and Islamic countries found themselves less modern when...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Fox - Notable Films
Among the studio's notable films: 20th Century Fox - 1930s. Cavalcade (drama, 1933, Academy Award winner, "Best Picture") State Fair (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dutch People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dutch People - Science And Technology
List of Dutch people - Before 20th Century. Daniel Bernoulli, (1700-1782), mathematician and physicist Herman Boerhaave, (1668-1738), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21st Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 21st Century - Science Fiction Set In The Remaining Years Of The 21st Century
21st century - Television and film. The popular adult swim series Sealab 2021 takes place in the year 2021 The events of Stargate SG-1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21st Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 21st Century - Science Fiction Set In The Remaining Years Of The 21st Century
21st century - Television and film. The popular adult swim series Sealab 2021 takes place in the year 2021 The events of Stargate SG-1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21st Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 21st Century - Science Fiction Set In The Remaining Years Of The 21st Century
21st century - Television and film. The events of Stargate SG-1 continue into the early 21st century. Stargate Atlantis is set in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Medicine & Surgery
Ayurveda as a science of medicine owes its origins in ancient India. Ayurveda consists of two Sanskrit words – ‘ayur’ meaning age o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 20th Century - From 1914 To 1945
The folly of the First World War generated even more radical tendencies. The Dada movement -- which began in a café in Switzerland in 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazilian Science And Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazilian Science And Technology - Organization
Brazil has today a well developed organization of science and technology, which is considered the best and largest in Latin America. Basi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subject-object Problem: Encyclopedia Ii - Subject-object Problem - In 20th Century Philosophy
Karl Marx's philosophy of dialectical materialism is founded on Hegel's doctrine of dialectics; although Marx, being concerned mostly wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subject-object Problem: Encyclopedia Ii - Subject-object Problem - In 20th Century Philosophy
Karl Marx's philosophy of dialectical materialism is founded on Hegel's doctrine of dialectics; although Marx, being concerned mostly wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 20th Century - Overview
Twentieth century French literature was profoundly shaped by the historical events of the century and was also shaped by -- and a contrib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Chemistry
Ancient India’s development in chemistry was not confined at an abstract level like physics, but found development in a variety of prac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Fine Arts
Max Muller, a German Indologist has once declared that “ If I am asked which nation had been advanced in the ancient world in respect o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Mathematics
Mathematics represents a very high level of abstraction attained by human brain. In ancient India, roots to mathematics can be traced to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature Of The 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 20th Century - From 1895 To 1914
The early years of the century (often called the "Belle époque") saw radical experiments in all genres and Symbolism and Naturalism unde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Concert Dance: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Concert Dance - Relationship To Art Movements
Although sharing the name of art movements the dance forms may not relate to them directly. From an ideological and conceptual point of v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Shipbuilding & Navigation
A panel found in Mohenjodaro depicts a sailing craft, and thousands of years later Ajanta murals also depict a sea-faring ship. The scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ballymena: Encyclopedia Ii - Ballymena - 20th Century
In 1900, Ballymena assumed urban status. The Adairs disposed of most of their Ballymena estate to the occupying tenants in 1904, under th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Technology In Ancient India: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Technology In Ancient India - Physics
The root to the concept of atom in ancient India is derived from the classification of material world in five basic elements by ancient I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dictatorship: Encyclopedia Ii - Dictatorship - The 20th Century
Dictatorship - Intrawar era. In the twentieth century, dictatorship has been an essential pillar of single-party states, military regim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popular Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Popular Culture - 20th Century Popular Culture
In modern urban mass societies, popular culture has been crucially shaped by the development of industrial mass production, the introduct...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Post-modern Music
20th century classical music - Post-modernity's birth. Post-modernity can be said to be a response to modernism which asserts that the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dictatorship: Encyclopedia Ii - Dictatorship - The 20th Century
Dictatorship - Interbellum. In the twentieth century, dictatorship has been an essential pillar of single-party states, military regime...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestine: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestine - The 20th Century
In European usage up to World War I, the name "Palestine" was used informally for a region that extended in the north-south direction typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Bratislava: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Bratislava - 20th Century
History of Bratislava - 21st century. 2003: the millionth car is produced at Volkswagen Bratislava; the factory produces the models To...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sheffield: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sheffield - The 20th Century To The Present
Sheffield remained a major industrial city throughout the first half of the 20th century, however the downturn in world trade following t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Era: Encyclopedia Ii - Victorian Era - Science Technology And Engineering
The impetus of the industrial revolution had already occurred, but it was during this period that the full effects of industrialisation m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Modernism
Main article: Modernism Modernism is the name given to a series of movements (See Modernism) arising out of the idea that the 20th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Invention In Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Invention In Birmingham - 18th Century
1738: Lewis Paul and John Wyatt, of Birmingham, patent the Roller Spinning machine and the flyer-and-bobbin system, for drawing Wool to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century Classical Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century Classical Music - Romantic Style
Particularly in the early part of the century, many composers wrote music which was an extension of 19th century Romantic music. Harmony,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science And Invention In Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - Science And Invention In Birmingham - 19th Century
1828: Josiah Mason improved a cheap, efficient slip-in nib which could be added to a fountain pen. 1830. With the invention of a new mach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestine: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestine - 20th Century
In European usage up to World War I, the name "Palestine" was used informally for a region that extended in the north-south direction typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - Oil Movies And The Military
In the 1920s, oil was discovered, first near Newhall, in northern Los Angeles County. Soon, more oil was found all over the L.A. Basin an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Century Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Universal Century Technology - Mobile Suit Technology
Universal Century Technology - AMBAC. Active Mass Balance Auto Control (AMBAC) is a fundamental technology that allows for thrusterless...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Literature - 20th Century
In sharp contrast to these early frontier writers most of the white inhabitants of Australia were city dwellers. Even Banjo Paterson, who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Century Technology: Encyclopedia Ii - Universal Century Technology - Minovsky Technology
Universal Century Technology - Mega Particle Cannon. The ubiquitous mega particle cannon - variously referred to as the beam cannon, me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Literature - 20th Century
In sharp contrast to these early frontier writers most of the white inhabitants of Australia were city dwellers. Even Banjo Paterson, who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Policy: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Policy - Technology Development
This is a policy in which science is not supported, so much as engineering, the application of science. The emphasis is usually given to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyborg: Encyclopedia Ii - Vyborg - 20th-century Vicissitudes
Following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the fall of the Russian Empire, Finland declared itself independent. During the Finnish Civi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Graphic Design: Encyclopedia Ii - Graphic Design - 20th Century
Modern Design of the early 20th century, much like the fine art of the same period, was a reaction against the decadence of typography an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of California 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of California 20th Century - The California Legal Revolution
Prior to the 1960s, California's legal system was notorious for the backward, incoherent and repressive nature of its laws, and its chaot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrication In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Metrication In The United States - 20th Century
The Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (General Conference on Weights and Measures), the governing body that has overall respons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Requiem: Encyclopedia Ii - Requiem - 20th Century Developments
In the 20th century the requiem evolved in several new directions. The genre of war requiems is perhaps the most notable, which comprise ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Requiem: Encyclopedia Ii - Requiem - 20th Century Developments
In the 20th century the requiem evolved in several new directions. The genre of war requiems is perhaps the most notable, which comprise ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Science & Technology Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Science & Technology Of China - History
USTC was founded in Beijing in September of 1958. Mr. Guo Moruo was the first president. The establishment was hailed as "A Major Event i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberty Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberty Bell - 20th Century
On January 1, 1976, in anticipation of increased visitation during the bicentennial year of American independence, the bell was transport...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strelna: Encyclopedia Ii - Strelna - Vicissitudes In The 20th Century
After 1917 the palace fell into decay: it was handed over to a children labour commune, then to a secondary school. For a period during W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviation History: Encyclopedia Ii - Aviation History - Before The 20th Century
See List of early flying machines and First flying machine. During the 9th century, the Muslim Moors Armen Firman and Abbas Qasim Ibn Fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aviation History: Encyclopedia Ii - Aviation History - Before The 20th Century
See List of early flying machines and First flying machine. Around 900 AD, the Moors Armen Firman and Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas are known t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swoon Hypothesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Swoon Hypothesis - 20th Century
Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, in their 1982 book Holy Blood, Holy Grail, speculated that Pontius Pilate was bribed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cruiser: Encyclopedia Ii - Cruiser - Later 20th Century
The rise of air power during World War II dramatically changed the nature of naval combat. Even the fastest cruisers could not outrun an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arts In Seattle: Encyclopedia Ii - Arts In Seattle - Seattle In The Early 20th Century
Although Seattle in the early 20th century was more of a center for variety shows and vaudeville than for the high arts, the Seattle Symp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Brocken: Encyclopedia Ii - The Brocken - 20th Century History
On this mountain the world's first television tower was built in 1935; it began by broadcasting the "Deutsche Reichspost". It carried the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castlevania Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Castlevania Timeline - 20th Century
1917: (The events of Castlevania: Bloodlines) Twenty-years (according to the manual of the game) after the death of Quincey Morris, a wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jefferson State: Encyclopedia Ii - Jefferson State - 20th Century
In October of 1941, the mayor of Port Orford, Oregon, Gilbert Gable, announced that the Oregon counties of Curry, Josephine, Jackson, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quad: Encyclopedia Ii - Quad - Science And Technology
Quad - Biological Sciences. The short form of a muscle's name: the quadriceps In studies of animal locomotion and walking machines, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sydney: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sydney - 20th Century
With industrialisation Sydney expanded rapidly, and by the early 20th century it had a population well in excess of one million. The Grea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Galway: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Galway - 20th Century
In 1972, part of the city center was destroyed by fire. The area involved the southern-west corner of Eyre Square, where the Bank of Irel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poland: Encyclopedia Ii - Poland - Science Technology And Education
The education of Polish society was a goal of rulers as early as the 12th century. The library catalog of the Cathedral Chapter of Krakó...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Europe - Early 20th Century: The World Wars
After the relative peace of most of the 19th Century, the rivalry between European powers exploded in 1914, when World War I started. On ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Illinois - 20th Century
In the 20th century, Illinois emerged as one of the most important states in the union. It currently has the 6th largest population and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Education In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Education In Japan - Pre-war 20th Century
In the early twentieth century, education at the primary level was egalitarian and virtually universal, but at higher levels it was multi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Big Bang: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Big Bang - Early 20th Century
Observationally, in the 1910s, Vesto Slipher and later Carl Wilhelm Wirtz determined that most spiral nebulae were receding from Earth. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Alaska: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Alaska - 20th Century
History of Alaska - Alaska Territory. By the turn of the 20th century, commercial fishing was gaining a foothold in the Aleutian Island...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Golf Instruction: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Golf Instruction - 20th Century
Although both the first golf magazines and the British and American Professional Golfers' Associations appeared early in the 20th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Europe - Late 20th Century: The Cold War
World War I and especially World War II ended the pre-eminent position of western Europe. The map of Europe was redrawn at the Yalta Conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Reputation: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Reputation - 20th Century
Shakespeare continued to be considered the greatest English writer of all time throughout the 20th century. Most Western educational syst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Science & Technology Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - University Of Science & Technology Of China - Academics
USTC consistently adheres to the school-running principle of pursuing the national interest and innovative pioneering. It upholds the com...   » Read the article

Article - Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia Ii - Encyclopedia - Encyclopedias From The 18th To Early 20th Century
The beginnings of the modern idea of the general-purpose, widely distributed printed encyclopedia precede the 18th-century encyclopedists...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Webster's Dictionary: Encyclopedia Ii - Webster's Dictionary - 19th- And Early 20th-century Editions
Noah Webster, the author of extremely popular readers and spelling books for schools, published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dicti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Important Developments Events And Achievements
20th century - Science and technology. The assembly line and mass production of motor vehicles and other goods allowed manufacturers t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Important Developments, Events And Achievements
20th century - Science and technology. The assembly line and mass production of motor vehicles and other goods allowed manufacturers t...   » Read the article