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21Nicholas Hawksmoor — This article is about Nicholas Hawksmoor. For the novel Hawksmoor, see Hawksmoor (novel). Nicholas Hawksmoor Born c.1661 Nottinghamshire Died 25 March 1736(1736 03 25) Millbank, London Nationality English …
22Antikythera mechanism — The Antikythera mechanism (main fragment) The Antikythera mechanism (  / …
23Saratov — (audio ru|Саратов|Ru Saratov.ogg) is a major city in southern Russia. It is the administrative center of Saratov Oblast and a major port on the Volga River. Population: ru census|p2002=873055|p1989=904643 In addition to ethnic Russians, the city… …
24Pierre-Simon Laplace — Laplace redirects here. For the city in Louisiana, see LaPlace, Louisiana. For the joint NASA ESA space mission, see Europa Jupiter System Mission. Pierre Simon, marquis de Laplace Pierre Simon Laplace (1749–1827). Posthumous portrait …
25Gresham College — is an unusual institution of higher learning off Holborn in central London. It enrolls no students and grants no degrees. The Collège de France offers perhaps a Parisian equivalent. Gresham College has provided lectures free and open to the… …
26Bion of Borysthenes — ( el. Βίων Βορυσθενίτης), was a Greek philosopher, who lived c. 325 c. 250 BC. After being sold into slavery, and then released, he moved to Athens, where he studied in almost every school of philosophy available. It is, however, for his Cynic… …
27The Hasheesh Eater — is an autobiographical book by Fitz Hugh Ludlow describing the author s altered states of consciousness and philosophical flights of fancy while he was using a cannabis extract. First published in 1857, The Hasheesh Eater went through four… …
28Great Architect of the Universe — Part of a series on God General conceptions …
29Juan de Herrera — (b. Movellán (Cantabria), Spain 1530 d. Madrid, Spain 1593) was a Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician.One of the most outstanding Spanish architects in the 16th century, Herrera represents the peak of the Renaissance in Spain. Its… …
301500 in art — Events* Sandro Botticelli begins painting of Adoration of the Christ Child (1500 1510) as a tondo (round painting), oil on panel.WorksPainting* Hieronymus Bosch The Temptation of St. Anthony (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon) * Sandro… …
