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Reference works
- Almanac • Atlas • Citation index • Concordance • Database • Dictionary • Directory • Encyclopedia • Gazetteer • Glossary • Handbook • Journal (Online journal, Scientific journal) • Lexicon • Magazines • Mathematical tables • Newsgroup • Newspaper • Thesaurus • Web directory • Wikimedia • Wikipedia
Further research tools and topics
- Academic discipline • Fields of doctoral studies • Archive • Basic English • Book • College • Curriculum • Government agency • -ility • Index • Information • -ism • Knowledge • Library • Library classification • News agency • News client • Newswire • -ography • -ology • Overview • Periodic table • Quotation • Research • Search engine • Study Skills • Subject • Table of contents • Topic • University
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Overview of art and culture
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- Main articles: Art and Culture
Culture and Humanities – By country • Celebrities • Classics • Cooking • Critical theory • Language • Literature • Movements • Mythology • Parapsychology • Philosophy • Popular culture • Religion • Traditions • Tourism
- Art, The Arts, and Entertainment – Fashion • Festivals • Hobbies • Humor • Literature • Museums • Parties • Poetry
- Performing arts – Busking • Comedy • Dance • Film • Music • Opera • Theatre
- Visual arts – Architecture • Crafts • Design • Drawing • Film (Animation) • Painting • Photography • Sculpture
- Games and Toys
- Board game – Backgammon • Checkers • Chess • Go • Othello
- Card game – Contract bridge • Magic: The Gathering • Poker • Solitaire
- Computer and video games – Crackdown • Diddy Kong Racing • Final Fantasy • Gears of War • Wii Play • World of Warcraft
- Role-playing games – d20 System • Dungeons & Dragons • GURPS • Star Wars
- Sports – Association football (soccer) • American football (college football) • Baseball • Basketball • Cricket • Cue sports (billiards, pool & snooker) • Golf • Ice hockey • Olympics • Racing (cycling, Formula One) • Rugby (Rugby League, Rugby Union) • Swimming • Tennis
- Mass media – Film • Internet (Blogosphere, Podcasts, and Websites) • Newspaper • Publications • Publishing • Radio • Television • Video games
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Overview of geography and places
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- Main articles: Earth, Geography and Place
Branches of Geography
- Physical geography: Biogeography • Climatology • Coastal/Marine studies • Environmental geography • Geodesy • Geomorphology • Hydrology (Glaciology, Oceanography, Limnology) • Landscape ecology • Palaeogeography • Pedology
- Human geography: Behavioral geography • Children's geographies • Cultural geography • Economic geography • Environmental geography • Feminist geography • Development geography • Health geography • Historical geography • Military geography • Political geography, including Geopolitics • Population geography or Demography • Regional geography • Social geography • Strategic geography • Time geography • Tourism geography • Urban geography
Geographical features (landforms)
- Bay • Badlands • Bluff • Canyon • Cape • Cave • Channel • Cliff • Coast • Continent • Coral reef • Cove • Crater • Cuesta • Dale • Dell • Delta • Desert • Escarpment • Estuary • Fen • Fjord • Foothills • Forest • Geyser • Glacier • Glen • Gulf • Gully • Grassland • Highland • Hill • Hoodoo (geology) • Inlet • Island • Knoll • Lagoon • Lake • Landform • Marsh • Mesa • Mountain • Mountain pass • Mountain range • Ocean • Plain • Plateau • Pond • Prairie • Peninsula • Reef • Ravine • Ridge • River • Sandbar • Savanna • Sea • Sound • Source (river or stream) • Spring (hydrosphere) • Steppe • Strait • Stream Swamp • Tide pool • Tundra • Vale • Valley • Vernal pool • Volcano • Waterfall • Watershed • Waterway • Wetland
The World
- By hemisphere: New World • Old World | Eastern world • Western world | Eastern Hemisphere • Western Hemisphere | Northern Hemisphere • Southern Hemisphere
- By cultural region: Anglosphere • Arab world • Chinese world (Sinosphere) • Indosphere
- By ordinal classification: First World • Second World • Third World • Fourth World • Fifth World
- By economic development: Developed countries • Developing countries • Least Developed Countries
- By continent: Africa • Antarctica • Australia • Eurasia • North America • South America
- Countries of the World:
Atlas • City • Climate • Cultural geography • Demographics • Distance decay • Exploration • First law of geography • Geoarchaeology • Geocode • Geographer • Geographic information science • Geographic information system • History of geography • Hubbard Medal • Land cover • Map • Minimum bounding rectangle • Park • Philosophy of Geography • Population Density • Quantitative revolution • Region • Regionalisation • Sense of place • Spatial analysis • Subregion • Subterranea • Surveying • Town • Village
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Overview of health and fitness
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Self-care – General Fitness Training • Life extension • Longevity • Physical fitness
- Nutrition – Healthy diet • Dietary supplements (Amino acids, Minerals, Nootropics, Nutraceuticals, Vitamins)
- Physical exercise – Stretching • Warming up • Training effect – Exercise intensity
- Aerobics • Bodyweight exercise • Calisthenics • Circuit training • Cross training • Cycling • Exercise equipment • Exercise machines • Jumping rope • Running • Sport • Swimming • Walking • Weight training • Weight training exercises
- Hygiene – Cleanliness • Oral hygiene • Sleep hygiene • Occupational hygiene
Health science – Nutrition • Optometry • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Public health • Speech-Language Pathology
- Medicine – Midwifery • Nursing • Veterinary medicine
- Dentistry – Dental hygiene and Epidemiology • Dental surgery • Endodontics • Orthodontics • Oral and maxillofacial surgery • Pedodontics (Pediatric dentistry) • Periodontics • Prosthodontics • Implantology
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- Human medicine – Cardiology • Endocrinology and Diabetology • Epidemiology • Forensics • Geriatrics • Hematology • Internal medicine • Health science • Nephrology • Neurology • Neurosurgery • Oncology • Orthopedic surgery • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry (see also: Anti-psychiatry*) • Rheumatology • Surgery • Urology
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Overview of history and events
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History by region – Ancient Egypt • Babylonia • Classics (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) • Ancient China
- History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antartica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America • South Asia
- History by country
History by period – Historiography • Timelines • Ancient History • Middle Ages • Renaissance • Modern history • Future history
- The Ages of history – Stone Age • Copper Age • Bronze Age • Iron Age • Axial Age • Dark Age • Middle Ages • Viking Age • Age of Discovery • Age of Enlightenment • Industrial Age • Information Age • Space Age • Digital Age (See also the List of time periods)
History by subject
- Cultural history – Banking • Money
- History of art – Dance • Film • Music • Painting • Theatre
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- History of sport – American football • Baseball • Billiards • Cricket • Football • Formula One • Skiing • Swimming
- History of mathematics – Calculus
- History of philosophy – Ancient • Medieval • Modern • Contemporary
- History of logic • History of Western philosophy
- History of science – Theories/sociology • Historiography • Pseudoscience • Scientific method
- History of the natural sciences – Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Ecology • Geography • Physics
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- History of the social sciences – Anthropology • Economics • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics • Political science • Psychology • Sociology
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- History of science by era – In early cultures • In Classical Antiquity • In the Middle Ages • In the Renaissance • Scientific Revolution
- History of technology – Agriculture & agricultural science • Architecture • Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Software engineering) • Electrical engineering • Invention • Materials science • Measurement • Medicine • Military technology • Transport
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Overview of mathematics and abstractions
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- Main articles: Mathematics and Abstractions
Algebra • Arithmetic • Calculus • Cognitive science of mathematics • Equations • Geometry • Logic • Mathematical analysis • Mathematics education • Mathematical practice • Measurement • Numbers • Philosophy of mathematics • Pre-calculus • Probability • Proofs • Statistics • Theorems • Trigonometry • Unsolved problems in mathematics
Applied mathematics – Actuarial science • Approximation theory and representation theory • Bioinformatics • Continuous modelling • Control theory • Cryptography • Differential equations (ODEs and PDEs) • Financial mathematics • Graph theory (as applied to network analysis) • Information theory • Game theory • Mathematical biology • Mathematical economics • Mathematical methods of engineering • Mathematical physics • Matrix theory • Nonlinear optimization • Numerical analysis/scientific computing • Operations research, including linear programming • Parts of theoretical computer science • Probability • Statistics
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Overview of natural sciences and nature
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Main articles: Natural science and Nature See also Science, Scientific method, and Fields of science
Biology – Anatomy (Human anatomy) • Astrobiology • Biochemistry • Bioinformatics • Biological anthropology • Biophysics • Botany • Cell biology • Developmental biology • Ecology • Evolutionary biology • Genetics (Molecular genetics, Population genetics) • Genomics • Marine biology • Histology • Human biology • Microbiology • Molecular biology • Neuroscience (Unsolved problems in neuroscience) • Origin of life • Paleontology • Parasitology • Pathology • Physiology • Taxonomy • Zoology (Ethology)
Physical sciences – Anthropology • Astronomy • Chemistry (Unsolved problems in chemistry) • Earth science • Ecology • Heuristic • History of science • Information science • Life extension • Physics (Unsolved problems in physics) • Protoscience • Scientific method • Scientist • Space • Systems theory
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Overview of people and self
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Person – Biography • Gender • Genius • Leader • Polymath
Self – in philosophy • in psychology • in sociology • Personal identity • Self-actualization • Self-awareness • Self-education • Self-concept • Self control • Self disclosure • Self-efficacy • Self-esteem • Self harm • Self help • Self-identity • Self image • Self monitoring • Self-perception • Self-realization • Self-regulated learning • Self talk
- Personal life • Career • Education • Employment • Everyday life • Family • Friendship • Goals • Home • Homemaking • Human condition • Human ecology • Interpersonal relationship • Intimate relationship • Life • Lifestyle • Lifeworld • Maslow's hierarchy of needs • Meaning of life • Pets • Physical quality-of-life index • Profession • Purpose • Pursuit of happiness • Quality of life • Quality time • Real life • Sex life • Work-life balance
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Overview of philosophy and thinking
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Philosophy – Being • Common sense • Feminist philosophy • Futurology • Goodness and value theory • Happiness • ism • Meaning of life • Mind • Rhetoric • Unsolved problems in philosophy
- By region – Eastern philosophy • Western philosophy
- Branches of philosophy – Aesthetics • Ethics • Epistemology • Logic • Metaphysics
- Subdisciplines of philosophy – Education • Geography • History • Human nature • Language • Law • Literature • Mathematics • Mind • Philosophy • Physics • Politics • Psychology • Religion • Science • Social science • Technology • War
- Schools of philosophy – Analytic philosophy • Continental Philosophy • Critical theory • Deconstructivism • Determinism • Dialectical materialism • Empiricism • Existentialism • Gaia philosophy • Hegelianism • Hermeneutics • Humanism • Idealism • Logical Positivism • Materialism • Neoplatonism • Nihilism • Ordinary Language • Phenomenology • Platonism • Positivism • Postmodernism • Poststructuralism • Pragmatism • Presocratic • Rationalism • Reformational • Relativism • Scholasticism • Skepticism • Stoicism • Structuralism • Transhumanism • Utilitarianism
Thinking – Awareness • Creative processes • Decision making • Emotional intelligence • Learning • Memory • Problem solving • Reason • Reasoning • Teaching
- Qualities of thought – Accuracy • Cogency • Effectiveness • Efficacy • Efficiency • Frugality • Ilities • Promptness • Prudence • Right • Soundness • Validity • Value theory • Wrong
- Thinking errors – Cognitive bias • Cognitive distortion • Error • Fallacy • Fallacies of definition • Logical fallacy • Mistake • Rhetoric • Target fixation
- Related – Genius • High IQ society • Mensa • Nootropics ("smart drugs") • Philomath • Polymath
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Overview of religion and belief systems
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- Main article: Religion See also: Relationship between religion and science
Allah • Belief • Biblical inspiration • Buddha • Confucious • Deity • Demon • Devil • Exorcism • Heresy • Inspiration • Faith • God • Jesus • Holy Spirit • Morality • Mythology • Occult • Prayer • Prophecy • Revelation • Ritual • Sin • Supernatural • Virtue
Belief Systems – Acosmism • Agnosticism • Animism • Antitheism • Atheism • Binitarianism • Deism • Determinism • Duotheism • Esotericism • Eutheism and dystheism • Freethought • Gnosticism • Henotheism • Humanism • Ignosticism • Kathenotheism • Monism • Monotheism • Monolatrism • Mysticism • New Age • Nondualism • Nontheism • Pandeism • Panentheism • Pantheism • Polydeism • Polytheism • Secular • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theism • Theopanism • Transcendentalism • Transtheism • Trinitarianism • Unitarianism
Major beliefs of the world – Antireligion • Ayyavazhi • Bahá'í Faith • Buddhism • Cao Dai • Chinese folk religion • Christianity • Confucianism • Diasporic • Falun Gong • Hinduism • Irreligious • Islam • Neopaganism • Jainism • Judaism • Rastafari • Scientology • Sikhism • Spiritism • Shinto • Taoism • Tenrikyo • Unitarian Universalism • Zoroastrianism
See also: Criticism of religion
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Overview of social sciences and society
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- Main articles: Social sciences and Society See also Science and Scientific method
Social sciences – Anthropology • Archaeology • Cognitive science (Unsolved problems in cognitive science) • Communication studies • Critical theory • Cultural studies • Development studies • Economics (Unsolved problems in economics) • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics (Unsolved problems in linguistics) • Law • Political science • Psychology • Social policy • Sociology
Society – Ethnic groups • Group • Infrastructure • People
- Community – Structure and agency • Socialization • Sense of community • Communitarianism • Social capital • Community development
- Social development – Decadence • Social progress • Technological evolution
- Sociocultural evolution, the progression: Hunter-gatherer bands → Social rank → tribes → Social stratification → chiefdoms → Neolithic Revolution →→→ Civilization: Agrarian society (Pre-industrial society): Agrarian villages → Towns → Cities → City-states → Nation-states →→ Industrial Revolution → (Modern) Industrial society →→ (Postmodern) Post-industrial society → Informational Revolution → Information society → Digital Revolution →→ Globalization → World government?
- Social institutions – Organization
- Family – Daughter • Extended family • Father • Grandparent • Home • Human bonding • Mother • Nuclear family • Parent • Son
- Religion – (see #Religion and belief systems above)
- Infrastructure
- Public infrastructure – highways • streets • roads • bridges • mass transit • airports and airways • water supply and water resources • wastewater management • solid-waste treatment and disposal • electric power
- Private infrastructure – Automobiles • Homes • Personal computers • Personal property • Real estate
- Economy and Business – Finance • Management • Marketing
- Education – Academia • Homework • Learning • Pedagogy • School • Student • Study skills • Teacher
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- Government and Politics – Politics by country • Criminal justice • International relations • Law • Public affairs
- Social network – Communication • Social capital
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Overview of technology and applied sciences
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Technological concepts and issues • Appropriate technology • Diffusion of innovations • Doomsday device • Externality • High technology • History of science and technology • History of technology • Industry • Innovation • Knowledge economy • Persuasion technology • Pollution • Posthumanism • Precautionary principle • Research and development • Strategy of technology • Superpowers • Technicism • Technocapitalism • Technocriticism • Techno-progressivism • Technological convergence • Technological evolution • Technological determinism • Technological diffusion • Technological singularity • Technology acceptance model • Technology assessment • Technology lifecycle • Technology transfer • Technology Tree • Technorealism • Timeline of invention • Transhumanism
Technologies and applied sciences • Aerospace • Agriculture, agricultural science, & agronomy • Architecture • Artificial intelligence • Automation • Automobile • Big Science • Biotechnology • Cartography • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Programming, Software engineering, Unsolved problems in computer science, Unsolved problems in software engineering) • Construction • Dentistry • Design • Education • Electronics • Energy development • Energy storage • Engineering • Ergonomics • Family and consumer science • Firefighting • Forensics • Forestry • Free software • Health sciences • Health • Industry • Information science • Information technology • Internet • Library and information science • Machines • Management • Manufacturing • Marketing • Mass communication • Mass production • Medicine (Unsolved problems in neuroscience) • Military science • Military technology and equipment • Mining • Nanotechnology • Nuclear technology • Nutrition • Processes • Robotics • Space exploration • Techniques • Technology forecasting • Telecommunications • Tools • Transport (By country) • Vehicles • Weapons
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