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Bernardino Telesio Bernardino Telesio
Telesio, Bernardino (1509–88), Italian humanist. In 1566 he founded a scientific academy at Naples. His doctrines were based on an extreme empiricism, but he built up a speculative system in which the Aristotelian doctrine of matter and form was replaced by one of matter and force.... Read more
End of the universe (Cosmology) End of the universe (Cosmology)
Big Crunch Theory The Big Crunch Theory is made possible by Big Bang cosmology, which states that all matter in the universe is now racing away from all other matter. If there is enough matter in the universe to create a gravitational force sufficient to bring this movement to a halt and to... Read more
conscience conscience
conscience sense of moral awareness or of right and wrong. The concept has been variously explained by moralists and philosophers. In the history of ethics , the conscience has been looked upon as the will of a divine power expressing itself in man's judgments, an innate sense of right and wrong... Read more
Royal Society Royal Society
Royal Society oldest scientific organization in Great Britain and one of the oldest in Europe. The Royal Society was first incorporated in 1662 as the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. It was founded in 1660 by a group of learned men in London who met to promote scientific... Read more
Miscegenation Miscegenation
Miscegenation BIBLIOGRAPHY Miscegenation is generally defined as an intimate sexual relationship between individuals of different races. In practice, however, it has mostly referred to relationships between whites and people of color. Because of its pejorative connotation, the word is not... Read more
materialism materialism
materialism in philosophy, a widely held system of thought that explains the nature of the world as entirely dependent on matter, the fundamental and final reality beyond which nothing need be sought. Certain periods in history, usually those associated with scientific advance, are marked by strong... Read more
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Mother Goose Mother Goose
Mother Goose name associated with nursery rhymes . Most English nursery rhymes have been ascribed to Mother Goose. The origin of the name is still a matter of dispute. Some trace it to a French collection of tales by Charles Perrault (1697) that had the subtitle Contes de ma mère L'Oye ... Read more
Physical sciences Physical sciences
Physical Sciences. Sharing a common subject of study—the inanimate universe of matter and energy—the sciences of astronomy, physics, and chemistry also share aspects of a common history. In many instances, these three basic physical sciences even overlap, giving rise to joint... Read more
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