Orbis Pictus
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Orbis Pictus, or Orbis Sensualium Pictus, is a textbook for children written by the Czech educator John Amos Comenius and published in 1658. It was the first widely used children's textbook with pictu
A late 18th-century reprint of Orbis Pictus, published in Pressburg/Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary. This edition is in four languages: Latin, Hungarian, German and Czech)
Plaque commemorating the publication of Orbis Pictus in Levoča
Nature
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Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. In this general sense nature refers to the laws, elements and phenomena of the physical world, including life. Although humans are par
Orbis Pictus
…editions, the text is given in both Latin and the child's native language. The book has 150 chapters and covers a wide range of subjects: inanimate nature botanics…
A timelapse composite panorama of different natural phenomena and environments around Mount Bromo, Indonesia.
The Blue Marble, which is a famous view of the Earth, taken in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17
Plankton inhabit oceans, seas and lakes, and have existed in various forms for at least 2 billion years.
Blue light is scattered more than other wavelengths by the gases in the atmosphere, giving the Earth a blue halo when seen from space.