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Overviews

Reference
Art and culture
Geography and places
Health and fitness

History and events
Mathematics and abstractions
Natural sciences and nature
People and self

Philosophy and thinking
Religion and belief systems
Social sciences and society
Technology and applied sciences
 

Reference

Main articles: Reference work and Research

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 • IRC • IRC client • -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

Overview of Art & Culture

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 – 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 • 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

Overview of geography and places

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:

Countries of Africa
Countries of Asia
Countries of Europe
Countries of North America

Countries of Oceania
Countries of South America
Antarctic
Arctic

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

Overview of health and fitness

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 • 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
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

Overview of history and events

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 • 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
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

Overview of mathematics and abstractions

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

Overview of natural sciences and nature

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

Overview of people and self

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 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 • Occupation • Pets • Physical quality-of-life index • Profession • Purpose • Pursuit of happiness • Quality of life • Quality time • Real life • Sex life • Work-life balance

Overview of philosophy and thinking

Main articles: Philosophy and Thought

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

Overview of religion and belief systems

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 • 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

Overview of social sciences and society

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
Civil society –
Government and Politics – Politics by country • Criminal justice • International relations • Law • Public affairs
Social network – Communication • Social capital

Overview of technology and applied sciences

Main articles: Technology and Applied sciences

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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