Facts at Your Fingertips

The universe and our planet: Planet earth; the universe; galaxies; stars; the Sun; the planets; the Moon; comets and meteorites; structure of the earth; geology of the earth; earthquakes; volcanoes; oceans and seas; rivers; lakes; islands in the sea; glaciers; mountains; earth's atmosphere; weather. Life on earth: The ages of life on earth; evolution explained; origins of life; the plant kingdom; how plants live; origins of animal life; the age of the fishes; the move to land; the rise of the dinosaurs; last days of the dinosaurs; the rise of the mammals; the animal kingdom; mollusks and arthropods; arachnids and insects; fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; animal records; mammals; endangered species; the ancestors of man; the emergence of modern man. The human body: The skeleton and muscles; the brain and nerves; circulation and breathing; glands and hormones; the immune system; the digestive system; the urinary system; skin and hair; sight; hearing and balance; smell, taste and touch; pregnancy and birth; cells and DNA; the seven ages. The history of mankind: History of the world; the prehistoric world; dawn of history; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; the making of Europe; Christianity; the rise of Islam; the middle ages; India; China and Japan; Africa; Ancient America; the age of exploration; the Renaissance; Chash of faiths; age of kings; Europe in turmoil; creation of the United States; the industrial revolution; new nations and empires; World war I; Russian revolution; between the wars; World war II; end of empire; the cold war; new world order. Peoples and nations: Canada; the United States; the United States, Mexico; Northern Caribbean; Southern Caribbean; Central America; Panama, Venezuela and Colombia; Chile, Bolivia; Ecuador and Peru; Guyana, Surinam and Brazil; Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina; Britain, Ireland and Iceland; Norway, Denmark and Sweden; Germany and the Netherlands; France, Belgium and Luxembourg; Southwest Europe; Italy, Vatican City, San Marino and Monaco; The Baltic countries; Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia; Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and Liechtenstein; The Balkans; Southeast Europe; Central Europe; Russia; Central Europe and the Caucasus; Syria, Israel, Lebanon and Jordan; Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia; Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman and Yemen; Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan; Central Asia; India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar; China; Japan, North Korea and South Korea; Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore; Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Taiwan; the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia and East Timor; Australia and New Zealand; Pacific Islands; Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia; Egypt, Sudan Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia and the Seychelles; West Africa(North); West Africa(South); Togo, Benin, Niger, Chad and Nigeria; Central Africa; Central and Southern Africa; Southern Africa; South Africa and Southern Africa; International organizations. Culture and entertainment: Language; writing; Greek and Roman mythology; religions; Western thought 450 b.c.- a.d. 1800; Western thought 1800 - present; psychology; scientific thinkers; Western art 500 b.c. - a.d. 1500; Western art 1500 - 1700; Western art 1700-1850; Western art 1850-1930; Western art 1930 - present; architecture 600 b.c. - a.d. 1600; architecture 1600 - present; Classical music 800 -1800; classical music 1800 - present; popular music 1900 - 59; popular music 1960 - present; Western literature; 800 b.c. - a.d. 1700; Western literature 1700 - 1830; Western literature 1830 - present; Drama 550 b.c. -a.d. 1700s; drama 1700s - present; cinema 1890 - 1940; cinema 1940 -70; Cinema 1970 - present; television; newspapers, magazines and comics; food; football; baseball; basketball; soccer; golf; tennis; squash and badminton; the olimpic games; skiing; ice skating. The global economy: Money and markets; the principles of economics; feeding the world; fruits of the earth; breeding and rearing; road transportation; the modern car; trains; steamships to hydrofoils; aviation; first steps in space; cooperation in space; the information economy; fossil fuels; nuclear power; renewable energy. Science and invention: Numbers and sequences; fundamentals of geometry; practical geometry; mechanics; energy; electricity and magnetism; the electromagnetic spectrum; radioactivity; relativity; atoms and molecules; the periodic table; chemistry of compounds; the structure of living things; inherited characteristics; archaeology; everyday inventions 1850 - 1920; everyday inventions 1920 - present; telecommunications; the birth of computing; the modern computer; digital communications; recorded sound; the internet; the origins of modern medicine; medicine in the modern age; building; civil engineering. Ready reference: movies; nobel prizes; alphabets; the night sky; signs and wonders; early mediterranean rulers; European and world leaders; scales and measurements.