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Reference
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- Main article: Reference work
Reference works
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Art and culture
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- Main articles: Art and Culture
Culture| –
By country| •
Celebrities •
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Critical theory •
Language •
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Movements| •
Mythology •
Parapsychology •
Philosophy •
Popular culture •
Religion •
Traditions| •
Tourism
- Art|, The Arts, and Entertainment| –
Festivals •
Hobbies| •
Humor •
Literature •
Museums •
Parties •
Poetry •
- Performing arts| – Dance| – Film| – Music| – Opera| – Theatre|
- Visual arts| – Architecture| – Crafts| – Design| – Drawing| – Film| (Animation) – Painting| – Photography| – Sculpture|
- Games and Toys
- Board game – Checkers • Chess • Go|
- Card game – Magic: The Gathering • Poker
- Computer and video games – Animation • Final Fantasy • Nintendo • Pokémon • RuneScape • StarCraft • Warcraft
- Role-playing games – Dungeons & Dragons
- Sports – Association football (soccer)| • A-League • American football (College football) • Baseball • Basketball • Cricket • Golf • Ice hockey • Olympics • Racing(Cycling, Formula One) • Rugby (Rugby League • Rugby Union) • Swimming • Tennis
- Mass media – Film • Newspaper • Publications • Radio • Television
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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 • Gully • Highland • Hill • Hoodoo • 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 • Spring • 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: Arab world • Chinese world
- 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:
City •
Climate •
Continent •
Country •
Demographics •
Landform •
Map •
Ocean •
Park •
Subterranea •
Town •
Village
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Health and fitness
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- Main articles: Health, Self-care, and Health science
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 • 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
- Positive mental attitude| – Mental health • Positive psychology
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|
- Human medicine| – Cardiology • Endocrinology and Diabetology • Epidemiology • Forensics • Geriatrics • Hematology • Internal medicine • Health science • Nephrology • Neurology • Neurosurgery • Orthopedic surgery • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry (see also: Anti-psychiatry*) • Rheumatology • Surgery • Urology
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History and events
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- Main articles: News, History, History of the World, and History of Earth
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|
- History of sport – American football| • Baseball| • Billiards| • Cricket| • Football| • 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|
- History of the social sciences – Anthropology| • Economics| • Education| • Geography| • History| • Linguistics| • Political science| • Psychology| • Sociology|
- 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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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 •
Statisticss •
Theorems •
Trigonometry
Applied mathematics –
Actuarial science •
Approximation theory and representation theory •
Bioinformatics •
Continuous modelling •
Control theory •
Cryptography •
Differential equations (ODE|s and PDE|s) •
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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Natural sciences and nature
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Main articles: Natural science and Nature See also Science and Scientific method
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 •
Origin of life •
Paleontology •
Parasitology •
Pathology •
Physiology •
Taxonomy| •
Zoology (Ethology)
Physical sciences –
Anthropology •
Astronomy •
Chemistry •
Earth sciences •
Ecology •
Heuristic •
History of science •
Information science •
Life extension •
Physics •
Protoscience •
Scientific method •
Scientist •
Space •
Systems theory
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People and self
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- Main articles: People, Person, and Self
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 development •
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 • Goal|s • Home • Homemaking • Human condition • Human ecology • Interpersonal relationship • Intimate relationship • Life| • Lifestyle • Lifeworld • Maslow's hierarchy of needs • Meaning of life • Occupation • 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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Philosophy and thinking
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- Main articles: Philosophy and Thought
Philosophy – Being • Common sense • Emergent philosophy • Feminist philosophy • Futurology • Goodness and value theory • Happiness • ism • Meaning of life • Mind • Rhetoric
- 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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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 •
Omnitheism •
Pandeism •
Panendeism •
Panentheism •
Pantheism •
Polydeism •
Polytheism •
Secular •
Skepticism •
Spiritualism •
Theism •
Theopanism •
Transcendentalism •
Transtheism •
Trinitarianism •
Unitarianism
Major beliefs of the world| – Antireligion • 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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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| • People
- Sociocultural evolution: 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 → ?|
- Community – Structure and agency • Socialization • Sense of community • Communitarianism • Social capital • Community development
- Social network – Communication • Social capital
- Social institution|s – Organization •
- Family –
- Religion – (see [[w:#Religion and spirituality|]] above)
- Infrastructure
- Public infrastructure – highways • streets • roads • bridges • mass transit| • airports and airways • water supply andwater resources • wastewater management • solid-waste treatment| and disposal • electric power
- Private infrastructure – Cars • Homes • Personal computers • Personal property • Real estate
- Economy and Business – Finance • Management • Marketing •
- Education –
- Civil society –
- Government and Politics| – Politics by country|) • Criminal justice • International relations • Law • Public affairs •
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Technology and applied sciences
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- Main articles: Technology and Applied sciences
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