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Power of learning through data. From science to history, Britannica brings data and information to life in a new way, aimed for students to better understand people, places and events. Our infographics takes you through historical timelines, major events and explores wartime tactics.
2 days ago · The field of science has developed over many centuries as a way of studying and understanding the world, beginning with the primitive stage of simply noting important regularities in nature and continuing through the rise of modern science. The modern-day sciences cover a vast range of fields, including biology, chemistry, meteorology ...
2 days ago · Health & Medicine. The study of the human mind and body, how these function, and how they interact—not only with each other but also with their environment—has been of utmost importance in ensuring human well-being. Research on potential treatments and preventive medicine has expanded greatly with the development of modern medicine, and a ...
May 17, 2024 · Rachel Carson (born May 27, 1907, Springdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died April 14, 1964, Silver Spring, Maryland) was an American biologist well known for her writings on environmental pollution and the natural history of the sea. Carson early developed a deep interest in the natural world. She entered Pennsylvania College for Women with the ...
Explore the world through Britannica’s interactive atlas. Choose a city, sight, monument, or place. Drop your tourist on the map and experience your sights from an on-the-ground, 360 degree vantage point with high resolution photography. For the super curious, learn key stats about the place you’ve selected and uncover related articles and ...
Encyclopaedia - History of encyclopaedias: The first fragments of an encyclopaedia to have survived are the work of Speusippus (died 339/338 bce), a nephew of Plato’s. Speusippus conveyed his uncle’s ideas in a series of writings on natural history, mathematics, philosophy, and so forth. Aristotle’s wide-ranging lectures at the Lyceum were equally influential, and he and Plato appear to ...
Encyclopædia Britannica - Reference Work, 11th Edition, Supplements: The 11th edition brought a change in both plan and method of the Encyclopædia Britannica. Previous editions had consistently planned to provide comprehensive treatises on major subjects as well as detailed information on particulars and had inevitably lacked coherence because of the method of printing, whereby they appeared ...
