Like all persons of the Library, I have traveled in my youth; I have wandered in search of a book, perhaps the catalogue of catalogues...
The idea of compiling all human knowledge in a single work, although not in a single place, is highly seductive. In this project, we attempt to study how many articles are needed to cover the sum of all human knowledge. Currently, there are 6,802,862 articles in English Wikipedia[3] and in July 2011 there were 5,696,942 unique red links.[4] As of April 2014, Wikidata includes 14,238,904 items.[5] This page still in expansion estimates that the total notable articles figure is over 96,000,000, but new knowledge is created every year.
Many individuals, groups and organizations have attempted to compile all human knowledge before, some examples sorted by date include: Library of Alexandria (3rd century BC) in Egypt, Naturalis Historia (AD 77–79) by Pliny the Elder, Speculum Maius (13th century) by Vincent of Beauvais, Bibliotheca universalis (1545–49) by Conrad Gessner, the abstracting and indexing project (17th century) by Gottfried Leibniz, L'Encyclopédie (1751–1772) by Diderot and d'Alembert, Mundaneum (1910) by Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine, Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) and more recently Interpedia (1993) by Rick Gates, Internet Archive (1996) by Brewster Kahle and Wikidata (2012). Also, hypothetical cases exist: Encyclopædia Galactica (1980) by Carl Sagan in Cosmos, Permanent World Encyclopaedia (1936–1938) by H. G. Wells and Memex (1945) by Vannevar Bush. Finally, there are imaginary examples too: "The Universal Library" (1901) by Kurd Lasswitz, "The Total Library" essay and The Library of Babel (1941) by Jorge Luis Borges, Encyclopædia Galactica (1942) in "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov and the Akashic records.
Furthermore, there are thousands of archives, libraries and museums all over the world preserving human knowledge in several formats: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings and more. Some of the largest ones are: the British Library in the United Kingdom (170 million items[6]), the Library of Congress in the United States (155 million items[7]), the Russian State Library in Russia (43 million items[8]), the National Diet Library in Japan (35 million items[9]), the National Library of China (31 million items[10]) and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (31 million items[11]).
This project is focused in those entities which are notable and deserve an article in Wikipedia. For completeness of sister projects, see #Sister projects. For an estimate about lost knowledge, see #Destroyed knowledge and Wikipedia:There is a deadline.
You are welcome to improve this page, be bold! There is available an userbox: ((User All human knowledge)).
Main articles: Arts, Outline of arts, Elements of art, and Principles of art |
The arts are composed of many endeavors (or artforms) united by their employment of the human creative impulse.
Main articles: Architecture, Outline of architecture, and List of buildings and structures |
See also the categories Architecture lists and Lists of buildings and structures |
Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton, from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.
Note: some of these items may overlap
For libraries, museums, archives and universities, see #GLAM.
For airports, roads and seaports, see #Transport.
Main article: Monument |
See also: List of heritage registers, List of Sites of Community Importance by country, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Historic sites |
See also: Category:Heritage registers by country |
A monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture.
Country | Monuments | Progress | Comments |
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Albania | 150/200 | ||
Algeria | ?/400 | ||
Andorra | ?/100 | ||
Antarctica | ?/150 | ||
Argentina | 60/400 | 2,000+ others | |
Armenia | ?/25000 | ||
Australia | ?/13000 ?/6000 |
[23] | |
Austria | ?/36000 | [24] | |
Azerbaijan | ?/400 | ||
Belarus | ?/4811 | ||
Belgium | ?/77000 | ||
Bolivia | ?/900 | ||
Brazil | ?/1047 | ||
Burma | ?/200 | ||
Cameroon | ?/100 | ||
Canada | ?/17000 ?/958 |
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Chile | ?/600 | ||
China | ?/2351 ?/? ?/? ?/? |
Total is 350,000+ immovable cultural properties. 10,000,000 movable. | |
Colombia | ?/1000 | ||
Croatia | ?/? | ||
Cuba | ?/180 ?/200 |
[25] | |
Czech Republic | ?/? | 40,000+ others | |
Denmark | ?/165000 ?/7000 |
7,000 are shipwrecks and submarine Stone Age settlements | |
Estonia | ?/24000 | ||
France | ?/43180 | [26] More than 200,000 on the fr:Base Mérimée and much more on other regional databases of the fr:Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel. | |
Germany | ?/? | 700,000[citation needed] | |
Ghana | ?/40 | ||
Hong Kong | ?/100 ?/? ?/? ?/? |
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Hungary | ?/1100 | ||
India | ?/7000 | Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Wiki Loves Monuments | |
Indonesia | ?/8232 | ||
Ireland | ?/600 | ||
Israel | ?/1000 | ||
Italia | ?/? | ||
Jamaica | ?/? | ||
Japan | ?/1079 | ||
Jordan | ?/80 | ||
Kenya | ?/200 | ||
Latvia | ?/7131 | [27] | |
Luxembourg | ?/? | 700+ others | |
Macedonia | ?/12556 | ||
Malta | ?/100 | ||
Mexico | ?/10000 | ||
Morocco | ?/? | ||
Mozambique | ?/? | ||
Namibia | ?/? | ||
Nepal | ?/2000 | ||
Netherlands | ?/52000 | [28] | |
New Zeland | ?/? | ||
North Korea | ?/200 ?/2000 |
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Norway | ?/115000 | ||
Pakistan | ?/800 | ||
Panama | ?/200 | ||
Paraguay | ?/? | ||
Philippines | ?/600 | ||
Poland | ?/75000 | [29] | |
Portugal | ?/791 | ||
Romania | ?/29540 | [30] | |
Russia | ?/? | [citation needed] It includes around 100,000 items while the local lists total in excess of 140,000. Of these 42,000 are rated as national landmarks, while the rest are of regional or local significance. | |
Senegal | ?/? | ||
Serbia | ?/2400 | ||
Sierra Leone | ?/? | ||
Singapore | 35/63 | ||
Slovakia | ?/14818 | ||
Slovenia | ?/28966 | [31] | |
South Africa | ?/? | ||
South Korea | ?/300 ?/500 |
||
Spain | ?/16000 | ||
Swaziland | ?/? | ||
Sweden | ?/2000 | ||
Switzerland | ?/1800 | 16,000+ others | |
Thailand | ?/8000 | ||
Tunisia | ?/937 | ||
Ukraine | ?/150000 | ||
United Kingdom | ?/38159 | Listed Building more than 500,000 | |
United States | ?/? ?/80000 ?/2450 |
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Uruguay | ?/1300 | ||
Venezuela | ?/? | 7,000+ others | |
Zambia | ?/3000 | ||
Zimbabwe | ?/188 ?/14000 |
For more monuments databases, see Commons:Monuments database/Statistics. For a map, see Wiki Loves Monuments.
Main article: Calligraphy |
See also the categories Calligraphy and Lists of typefaces |
Calligraphy (from Greek κάλλος kallos "beautiful" + γραφή graphẽ "writing") is a type of visual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Calligraphy | ?/? | ||
Typefaces | ?/? | ||
Typographic features | ?/? |
This section excludes biographies.
For languages and writing systems see #Languages.
Main articles: Craft and Outline of crafts |
See also the categories Crafts and Glossaries of crafts |
A craft is a branch of a profession that requires some particular kind of skilled work. In historical sense, particularly as pertinent to the Medieval history and earlier, the term is usually applied towards people occupied in small-scale production of goods.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Crafts | ?/1000 | [citation needed] | |
Gardening | ? | ?/? | |
Gemology and Jewelry | ? | ?/? | |
Home improvement | ? | ?/? | |
Origami | ? | ?/? | |
Toys | ?/? |
Main articles: Dance, Index of dance articles, and Outline of dance |
See also: Category:Dance related lists |
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Dance | ?/? | ||
Dance style categories | ?/? | ||
Ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Drawing and Outline of drawing and drawings |
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Drawings | ?/? | ||
Drawing techniques | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? | ||
Anime and Manga | ? | ?/? |
Main article: Film |
See also: List of films, Lists of television channels, Lists of television programs, and List of documentaries |
See also: Category:Film-related lists |
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. The process of filmmaking has developed into an art form and industry.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Films | ?/289000 | 289,000+ feature[32] | |
Documentaries | ?/103000 | 48,000+ and 55,000+ (short)[32] | |
Television channels | ?/? | India: 700+[33]. Europe: 7,200 as of 2009 (UE 27 + Croatia and Turkey)[34] Defunct channels: ? | |
Television programs | ?/? | (for example, List of Spanish television series contains 800+ series and miniseries) | |
Television stations | ?/? | United States: 1,700+[35] and 2,100+ low power | |
TV episodes | ?/1542000 | [32] | |
Radio stations | ?/44000 | [36] United States: 14,000+[35] | |
Awards | ?/? |
Database | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
IMDb | 2,526,000+ titles | ?/2526000 | TV episodes, feature, TV movie, documentary, and more[32] |
This section excludes biographies.
For a list of film archives, see § Archives. |
Main articles: Gastronomy, Outline of cuisines, and Outline of food preparation |
See also: Category:Gastronomy-related lists |
Gastronomy is the art or science of food eating.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Food styles | ?/? | ||
Dishes | ?/? | ||
Beverages | ?/? | ||
Cheeses | ?/1200 | [37] | |
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Literature, List of books, List of magazines, and List of newspapers |
See also: Category:Literature lists |
Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written works. The word literature literally means: "things made from letters". Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Literature by country | 200+ | ?/200 | |
Literature by period | ? | ?/? | |
Oral literature | ? | ?/? | |
Literary movements | ?/? |
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Books | ?/129864880 | Google estimates total books (considering all editions separately) in 129,864,880[38] | |
Codices | ?/? | ||
Comics | ?/? | ||
Incunabula | ?/? ?/29777 ?/350000 |
(350,000 editions, around 1.5 million surviving copies, located in over 5,000 libraries worldwide)[39][40] | |
Magazines | ?/? ?/9000 |
[41] | |
Manuscripts | ?/? | ||
Newspapers | ?/? ?/72000 ?/2000 |
[33][41] | |
Speeches | ?/? | ||
Bibliographies | ?/? | ||
Fictional characters Fictional places Fictional battles |
?/1777 ?/145 |
||
Awards | ?/? |
Database | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
WorldCat | 264,000,000 | ?/264000000 | Bibliographic records about books, journals and more |
Open Library | 20,000,000-30,000,000 | ?/20000000 | Books |
Harvard Bibliographic Dataset | 12,000,000 | ?/12000000 | Bibliographic records for materials held by the Harvard Library, including books, journals, manuscripts, archival materials, electronic resources, scores, audio, video and other materials[42] |
Internet Archive | 3,000,000 | ?/3000000 | E-books and texts[43] |
Project Gutenberg | 42,000+ | ?/42000 | E-books and documents |
Holdings estimates by library:
This section excludes biographies and libraries.
Main articles: Academic publishing, Academic journal, Scientific journal, and Open access journal |
See also: Lists of academic journals, List of scientific journals, List of open-access journals, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Journals cited by Wikipedia/Missing1 |
See also the categories Academic journals and Lists of academic journals |
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Estimates suggest that around 50 million journal articles[44] have been published since the first appearance of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1665.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Academic journals | ?/? ?/? ?/? |
||
Conference papers | ?/? | ||
Journal articles | ?/50000000 | [44] (See Lists of important publications in science) | |
Theses | ?/? |
Database | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Inspec | 11,000,000 records | ?/11000000 | |
Compendex | 9,000,000 records | ?/9000000 | |
Elsevier BIOBASE | 4,100,000 records | ?/4100000 | |
Academic Search | 3,000,000 records | ?/3000000 | |
IEEE Xplore | 2,400,000 records | ?/2400000 | |
SciELO | 230,000 records | ?/230000 |
Main articles: Encyclopedia and Internet encyclopedia project |
An encyclopedia (also spelled encyclopaedia or encyclopædia) is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.
Most of them contain common articles for basic subjects. Also, other sections may be overlapped with this one. Some of the most complete enciclopedias are Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (800,000 articles), Encyclopædia Britannica (100,000 articles), L'Encyclopédie (72,000 articles[1]), Oxford Reference Online (1,400,000 articles).
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Dictionaries | ?/38000 | [45] | |
Encyclopedias | ?/13000 ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? |
[46] |
See more encyclopedias in Google Books and Internet Archive.
Main article: Novel |
A novel is a long prose narrative that describes fictional characters and events in the form of a sequential story, usually.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Novels | ?/? | ||
Historical novels | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Poetry and Outline of poetry |
Poetry (from the Greek 'poiesis'/ποίησις [poieo/ποιέω], a making: a forming, creating, or the art of poetry, or a poem) is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Poems | ?/? | ||
Poetic forms | ?/? | ||
Poetry groups and movements | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Theatre and Outline of theatre |
Theatre (in American English usually theater) is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Plays | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Theatres are counted in #Architecture.
Main articles: Music, Index of music articles, Outline of music, and List of music styles |
See also: Category:Music-related lists |
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike; "art of the Muses").
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Instruments | ?/500 | ||
Albums | ?/1000000 | New albums in US: 75,000 (2010), 96,100 (2009), 106,000 (2008), 76,000 (2006)[47] | |
Songs | ?/97000000 | [48] | |
Musicals | ?/? | ||
Concertos | ?/? | ||
Operas | ?/3603 | 3,603 operas performed between 1597 and 1940[49][50] | |
Symphonies | ?/? | ||
Canons | ?/? | ||
Styles | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
The freeDB database holds information for around 1,5 million compact discs (many are duplicates), All Music Guide database contains entries for 800,000 unique albums and Jamendo project contains over 50,000 free and open albums. Record-Rama collection holds 3 million albums and singles.
See also List of online music databases.
Main articles: Painting, Index of painting-related articles, Outline of painting, and List of paintings |
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface (support base). The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Paintings | ?/? | ||
Painting styles | ?/? | ||
Painting materials and tools | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Photography, Outline of photography, and Largest photographs in the world |
See also: Category:Photographs |
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Photographs | ?/? | Category:Photographs | |
Photographic styles | ?/? | ||
Photographic techniques | ?/? | Category:Photographic techniques | |
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Printmaking and Outline of printmaking |
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Printmaking techniques | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Sculpture, Outline of sculpture, and List of sculptures |
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Sculptures | ?/? | ||
Styles | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Software and List of software |
See also the categories Lists of software, Lists of computer languages, and Lists of file formats |
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu Software Center | 30,000+ | ?/30000 | |
Free software repositories | ?/15 | ||
Computer languages | ?/2000 | [51] | |
Google play | 500,000 applications | ? | [52] |
App Store (iOS) | 550,000 applications | ? | [53] |
Malwares, viruses, trojan | ?/1000000 | [54] | |
File formats | ? | ||
Awards | ? |
Main articles: Videogame and List of videogames |
See also: Category:Video game lists by platform |
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Videogames | ?/65000 | 65,000+ commercial games referenced on Mobygame (66,410 referenced games, 1,375 free games[55][56]) | |
Freeware flash games | ?/50000 | 50,000+ free games referenced on Fupa[57] | |
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Textile arts, Fashion, and Index of fashion articles |
Textile arts are those arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects.
Fashion is a general term for a popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Textile arts | ? | ?/? | |
Fashion styles | ?/? | ||
Awards | ?/? |
Main articles: Website, Virtual community, List of websites, and List of virtual communities |
A website is a set of related webpages containing content (media), including text, video, music, audio, images, etc.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Websites | ?/100000 ?/? ?/1000 |
Total about 420,000,000-600,000,000 websites[58][59], probably only 100,000 notable.
Wikis: 300,000+ Wikia,[60] 5000+ wiki-site,[61] 1400+ Wikkii,[62] 50+ Referata, 20,000+ non-wikifarm wikis[63] | |
Newsgroups | ?/? | ||
Web directories | ?/? | ||
Awards | ? |
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Alexa ranking | ? | ? | 500 top sites and 1,000,000 most visited websites[64] |
Main article: Geography |
See also the categories Geography-related lists and Lists of places |
Geography (from Greek [γεωγραφία] Error: ((Lang)): text has italic markup (help) - geographia, lit. "earth describe-write") is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. This section covers every physical geography location and every human geography settlement in the world.
Databases | |||
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Database | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
GEOnet Names Server | ? | ?/? | [65] GNS/AA, GNS/SP |
Geonames | ? | ?/? | [66] User:Emijrp/Geonames, Admin1Codes, Cities1000 |
For buildings and monuments, see Arts#Architecture.
Main articles: Human geography, List of sovereign states, Table of administrative divisions by country, Municipality, and Village |
See also: Template:Articles on third-level administrative divisions of countries and Template:Articles on fourth-level administrative divisions of countries |
See also the categories Lists of countries and Lists by country |
Human geography is a branch of the social sciences that studies the world, its people, communities and cultures with an emphasis on relations of and across space and place.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Sovereign states | 206/206 | ||
Micronations | ?/? |
Main articles: Africa, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa, and List of cities in Africa |
See also: Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries and Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of African countries |
Africa has 54 fully recognized sovereign states, 9 territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition.
Main articles: Asia, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia, and List of cities in Asia |
See also: Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of Asian countries and Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of Asian countries |
Asia has 49 recognized states, 5 partially recognized and unrecognized states and 6 dependent territories and other territories.
Main articles: Europe, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Europe, and List of cities in Europe |
See also: Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of European countries, Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of European countries, and User:Physchim62/Europa |
Europe has 50 recognised states, 6 partially recognised states, 6 dependent territories and 2 special areas of internal sovereignty.
Main articles: North America, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America, and List of cities in North America |
See also: Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of North American countries and Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of North American countries |
North America has 23 sovereign states, 11 dependent territories and 16 other areas.
Main articles: South America, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South America, and List of cities in South America |
See also: Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of South American countries and Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries |
South America has 13 sovereign states, 2 dependent territories and 1 integral territories of states outside of South America.
Main articles: Oceania, List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania, and List of cities in Oceania |
See also: Template:Articles on first-level administrative divisions of Oceanian countries and Template:Articles on second-level administrative divisions of Oceanian countries |
Oceania has 14 sovereign states, 2 states not members of the United Nations and 26 other territories.
Main articles: Antarctica, Antarctic field camps, Research stations in Antarctica, and Territorial claims in Antarctica |
There are several camps and research stations in Antarctica. Also, some territorial claims.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Antarctic field camps | ? | ?/? | |
Research stations in Antarctica | ? | ?/? |
Territory | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
British Antarctic Territory | ? | ?/? | |
Ross Dependency | ? | ?/? | |
Adélie Land | ? | ?/? | |
Peter I Island | ? | ?/? | |
Australian Antarctic Territory | ? | ?/? | |
Queen Maud Land | ? | ?/? | |
Chilean Antarctic Territory | ? | ?/? | |
Argentine Antarctica | ? | ?/? | |
Marie Byrd Land | ? | ?/? |
Physical geography is that branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment like the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere, as opposed to the cultural or built environment, the domain of human geography.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Continents | 7/7 | ||
Supercontinents | 10/10 |
Main article: Canal |
See also: Category:Lists of canals |
Canals are man-made channels for water.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Worldwide | ?/? |
Main articles: Cave and List of caves |
A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Worldwide | ?/2400 | ||
Poland | ?/? | pl:Ojcowski Park Narodowy - over 400 caves (sometimes very small - it includes caves no longer than 2m) on area of 21,46 km² |
Main article: Desert |
A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Worldwide | ?/? |
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Worldwide | ?/? |
Main article: Forest |
See also: Category:Lists of forests |
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Worldwide | ?/? |
Main articles: Glacier and List of glaciers |
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Worldwide | ? | ||
Kyrgyzstan | ?/8000 | [69] | |
United States | ?/100000 | [70][71] |
Main articles: Island and List of islands |
See also: Category:Lists of islands |
An island is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.
Location | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Oceans | ?/45000 ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? |
There are approximately 45,000 tropical islands on Earth.[72] | |
Rivers | ?/? | ||
Lakes | ?/? |
Main articles: Lake and List of lakes |
See also: Category:Lists of lakes |
A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land.
Main articles: Mountain, List of mountains, and List of mountains by elevation |
See also: Category:Lists of mountains |
A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Worlwide | ?/? 14/14 ?/? ?/? ?/? |
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Spain | ?/? |
Main articles: River and List of rivers |
See also: Category:Lists of rivers |
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. There are 17 countries without rivers.
A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Seas | 150/150 | ||
Oceans | 5/5 | ||
Ancient oceans | 14/14 |
Main articles: History, Outline of history, History of the world, History of the Earth, and List of timelines |
See also the categories History-related lists and Year lists |
History (from Greek [ἱστορία] Error: ((Lang)): text has italic markup (help) - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events.
Main articles: Coup d'état and List of successful coups d'état |
A coup d'état, also known as a coup, a putsch, or an overthrow, is the sudden deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to depose the extant government and replace it with another body, civil or military.
Main articles: Disaster, Natural disaster, Man-made disasters, and Lists of disasters |
A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment.
Natural disasters | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Earthquakes | ?/? | ||
Epidemics | ?/? | ||
Fires | ?/? | ||
Floods | ?/? | ||
Landslides | ?/? | ||
Tornadoes | ?/? | ||
Tsunamis | ?/? | ||
Volcanoes | ?/? |
Man-made disasters | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Airship accidents | ?/? | ||
Aviation accidents and incidents | ?/? | ||
Famines | ?/? | ||
Industrial disasters | ?/? | ||
Maritime disasters | ?/? | ||
Nuclear accidents | ?/? | ||
Oil spills | ?/? | ||
Road accidents | ?/? | ||
Rail accidents | ?/? | ||
Spaceflight accidents | ?/? | ||
Structural failure | ?/? |
See also List of disasters by cost (potentially 200x countries).
Main articles: Election and Elections by country |
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government.
For politics topics, see #Politics.
Main article: Military history |
Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships.
Main articles: War, Battle, List of wars, and List of battles |
War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states and/or non-state actors. It is characterised by extreme violence, social disruption, human suffering, and economic destruction.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Battles | ?/? | ||
Wars | ?/? | ||
Treaties | ?/? |
Main articles: Warship and List of warships |
A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuverable than merchant ships. Unlike a merchant ship, which carries cargo, a warship typically only carries weapons, ammunition and supplies for its crew. Warships usually belong to a navy, though they have also been operated by individuals or companies.
Main articles: Revolution, Rebellion, and Strike |
A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.
Main articles: List of time periods, History by period, Timeline of the Big Bang, and Timelines of world history |
The categorization of time into discrete named blocks is called periodization. This is a list of such named time periods as defined in various fields of study. Major categorization systems include cosmological (concerning the various time periods in the origin and evolution of the Universe), geological (concerning time periods in the origin and evolution of Earth) and historical (concerning time periods in the origin and human evolution).
Cosmological:
Geological:
Historical:
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Years | 2500/6000 ?/200000 |
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Decades | |||
Centuries | |||
Millennia | |||
Timelines | |||
Time periods | |||
Calendars |
The libraries, museums and archives are collections of historical records, or the physical places they are located.
Note: books and publications are in Arts#Literature section.
Main articles: Archive, List of archives, List of national archives, List of film archives, and List of sound archives |
See also the categories Archives by country and Archives by continent |
An archive is an accumulation of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Worldwide | ? | ?/? | |
Afghanistan | ?/? | ||
Albania | ?/? | ||
Algeria | ?/? | ||
Andorra | ?/? | ||
Angola | ?/? | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | ?/? | ||
Argentina | ?/? | ||
Armenia | ?/? | ||
Australia | ?/? | ||
Austria | ?/? | ||
Azerbaijan | ?/? | ||
Bahamas | ?/? | ||
Bahrain | ?/? | ||
Bangladesh | ?/? | ||
Barbados | ?/? | ||
Belarus | ?/? | ||
Belgium | ?/? | ||
Belize | ?/? | ||
Benin | ?/? | ||
Bhutan | ?/? | ||
Bolivia | ?/? | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | ?/? | ||
Botswana | ?/? | ||
Brazil | ?/? | ||
Brunei | ?/? | ||
Bulgaria | ?/? | ||
Burkina Faso | ?/? | ||
Burma | ?/? | ||
Burundi | ?/? | ||
Cambodia | ?/? | ||
Cameroon | ?/? | ||
Canada | ?/? | ||
Cape Verde | ?/? | ||
Central African Republic | ?/? | ||
Chad | ?/? | ||
Chile | ?/? | ||
China | ?/? | ||
Colombia | ?/? | ||
Comoros | ?/? | ||
Costa Rica | ?/? | ||
Croatia | ?/? | ||
Cuba | ?/? | ||
Cyprus | ?/? | ||
Czech Republic | ?/? | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ?/? | ||
Denmark | ?/? | ||
Djibouti | ?/? | ||
Dominica | ?/? | ||
East Timor | ?/? | ||
Dominican Republic | ?/? | ||
Ecuador | ?/? | ||
Egypt | ?/? | ||
El Salvador | ?/? | ||
Equatorial Guinea | ?/? | ||
Eritrea | ?/? | ||
Estonia | ?/? | ||
Ethiopia | ?/? | ||
Federated States of Micronesia | ?/? | ||
Fiji | ?/? | ||
Finland | ?/? | ||
France | ?/? | ||
Gabon | ?/? | ||
Gambia | ?/? | ||
Georgia | ?/? | ||
Germany | ?/? | ||
Ghana | ?/? | ||
Greece | ?/? | ||
Greenland | ?/? | ||
Grenada | ?/? | ||
Guatemala | ?/? | ||
Guinea | ?/? | ||
Guinea-Bissau | ?/? | ||
Guyana | ?/? | ||
Haiti | ?/? | ||
Honduras | ?/? | ||
Hong Kong | ?/? | ||
Hungary | ?/? | ||
Iceland | ?/? | ||
India | ?/? | ||
Indonesia | ?/? | ||
Iran | ?/? | ||
Iraq | ?/? | ||
Ireland | ?/? | ||
Israel | ?/? | ||
Italy | ?/? | ||
Ivory Coast | ?/? | ||
Jamaica | ?/? | ||
Japan | ?/? | ||
Jordan | ?/? | ||
Kazakhstan | ?/? | ||
Kenya | ?/? | ||
Kiribati | ?/? | ||
Kuwait | ?/? | ||
Kyrgyzstan | ?/? | ||
Laos | ?/? | ||
Latvia | ?/? | ||
Lebanon | ?/? | ||
Lesotho | ?/? | ||
Liberia | ?/? | ||
Libya | ?/? | ||
Liechtenstein | ?/? | ||
Lithuania | ?/? | ||
Luxembourg | ?/? | ||
Macau | ?/? | ||
Republic of Macedonia | ?/? | ||
Madagascar | ?/? | ||
Malawi | ?/? | ||
Malaysia | ?/? | ||
Maldives | ?/? | ||
Mali | ?/? | ||
Malta | ?/? | ||
Marshall Islands | ?/? | ||
Mauritania | ?/? | ||
Mauritius | ?/? | ||
Mexico | ?/? | ||
Moldova | ?/? | ||
Monaco | ?/? | ||
Mongolia | ?/? | ||
Montenegro | ?/? | ||
Morocco | ?/? | ||
Mozambique | ?/? | ||
Namibia | ?/? | ||
Nauru | ?/? | ||
Nepal | ?/? | ||
Netherlands | ?/? | ||
New Zealand | ?/? | ||
Nicaragua | ?/? | ||
Niger | ?/? | ||
Nigeria | ?/? | ||
North Korea | ?/? | ||
Norway | ?/? | ||
Oman | ?/? | ||
Pakistan | ?/? | ||
Palau | ?/? | ||
Panama | ?/? | ||
Papua New Guinea | ?/? | ||
Paraguay | ?/? | ||
Peru | ?/? | ||
Philippines | ?/? | ||
Poland | ?/? | ||
Portugal | ?/? | ||
Qatar | ?/? | ||
Republic of the Congo | ?/? | ||
Romania | ?/? | ||
Russia | ?/? | ||
Rwanda | ?/? | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | ?/? | ||
Saint Lucia | ?/? | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ?/? | ||
Samoa | ?/? | ||
San Marino | ?/? | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | ?/? | ||
Saudi Arabia | ?/? | ||
Senegal | ?/? | ||
Serbia | ?/? | ||
Seychelles | ?/? | ||
Sierra Leone | ?/? | ||
Singapore | ?/? | ||
Slovakia | ?/? | ||
Slovenia | ?/? | ||
Solomon Islands | ?/? | ||
Somalia | ?/? | ||
South Africa | ?/? | ||
South Korea | ?/? | ||
South Sudan | ?/? | ||
Spain | ?/34000 | [103] | |
Sri Lanka | ?/? | ||
Sudan | ?/? | ||
Suriname | ?/? | ||
Swaziland | ?/? | ||
Sweden | ?/? | ||
Switzerland | ?/? | ||
Syria | ?/? | ||
Taiwan | ?/? | ||
Tajikistan | ?/? | ||
Tanzania | ?/? | ||
Thailand | ?/? | ||
Timor-Leste | ?/? | ||
Togo | ?/? | ||
Tonga | ?/? | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | ?/? | ||
Tunisia | ?/? | ||
Turkey | ?/? | ||
Turkmenistan | ?/? | ||
Tuvalu | ?/? | ||
Uganda | ?/? | ||
Ukraine | ?/? | ||
United Arab Emirates | ?/? | ||
United Kingdom | ?/2389 | National 122, Local 654, University 328, Special 1,224, Business 61[104] | |
United States | ?/? | ||
Uruguay | ?/? | ||
Uzbekistan | ?/? | ||
Vanuatu | ?/? | ||
Vatican City | ?/? | ||
Venezuela | ?/? | ||
Vietnam | ?/? | ||
Yemen | ?/? | ||
Zambia | ?/? | ||
Zimbabwe | ?/? |
Main articles: Library, List of libraries, List of national libraries, List of larger libraries in the ancient world, and List of digital library projects |
See also the categories Libraries by country and Libraries by continent |
A library is an organized collection of information resources made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. It provides physical or digital access to material, and may be a physical building or room, or a virtual space, or both.
Country | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Worldwide | ?/72000 ?/? |
According to OCLC, there are 72,000+ libraries in 170 countries.[105] | |
Afghanistan | ?/? | ||
Albania | ?/? | ||
Algeria | ?/? | ||
Andorra | ?/? | ||
Angola | ?/? | ||
Antigua and Barbuda | ?/? | ||
Argentina | ?/? | ||
Armenia | ?/? | ||
Australia | ?/? | ||
Austria | ?/? | ||
Azerbaijan | ?/? | ||
Bahamas | ?/? | ||
Bahrain | ?/? | ||
Bangladesh | ?/? | ||
Barbados | ?/? | ||
Belarus | ?/? | ||
Belgium | ?/? | ||
Belize | ?/? | ||
Benin | ?/? | ||
Bhutan | ?/? | ||
Bolivia | ?/? | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | ?/? | ||
Botswana | ?/? | ||
Brazil | ?/? | ||
Brunei | ?/? | ||
Bulgaria | ?/? | ||
Burkina Faso | ?/? | ||
Burma | ?/? | ||
Burundi | ?/60 | [106] | |
Cambodia | ?/? | ||
Cameroon | ?/? | ||
Canada | ?/4154 ?/3415 ?/732 ?/7 |
And 18,605 school libraries.[107] | |
Cape Verde | ?/? | ||
Central African Republic | ?/? | ||
Chad | ?/? | ||
Chile | ?/? | ||
China | ?/? | ||
Colombia | ?/? | ||
Comoros | ?/? | ||
Costa Rica | ?/? | ||
Croatia | ?/232 | [108] | |
Cuba | ?/? | ||
Cyprus | ?/? | ||
Czech Republic | ?/6245 | [109] | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | ?/? | ||
Denmark | ?/250 | [110] | |
Djibouti | ?/? | ||
Dominica | ?/? | ||
East Timor | ?/? | ||
Dominican Republic | ?/? | ||
Ecuador | ?/? | ||
Egypt | ?/? | ||
El Salvador | ?/? | ||
Equatorial Guinea | ?/? | ||
Eritrea | ?/? | ||
Estonia | ?/? | ||
Ethiopia | ?/? | ||
Federated States of Micronesia | ?/? | ||
Finland | ?/436 | [111][112] | |
Fiji | ?/? | ||
France | ?/1600 | [113][114] | |
Gabon | ?/? | ||
Gambia | ?/? | ||
Georgia | ?/? | ||
Germany | ?/6313 | [115] | |
Ghana | ?/? | ||
Greece | ?/672 | [116] | |
Greenland | ?/? | ||
Grenada | ?/? | ||
Guatemala | ?/? | ||
Guinea | ?/? | ||
Guinea-Bissau | ?/? | ||
Guyana | ?/? | ||
Haiti | ?/? | ||
Honduras | ?/? | ||
Hong Kong | ?/? | ||
Hungary | ?/3518 | [117] | |
Iceland | ?/187 | [118] | |
India | ?/? | ||
Indonesia | ?/? | ||
Iran | ?/? | ||
Iraq | ?/? | ||
Ireland | ?/? | ||
Israel | ?/? | ||
Italy | ?/? | ||
Ivory Coast | ?/? | ||
Jamaica | ?/? | ||
Japan | ?/? | ||
Jordan | ?/? | ||
Kazakhstan | ?/? | ||
Kenya | ?/? | ||
Kiribati | ?/? | ||
Kuwait | ?/? | ||
Kyrgyzstan | ?/? | ||
Laos | ?/? | ||
Latvia | ?/998 | [119] | |
Lebanon | ?/? | ||
Lesotho | ?/? | ||
Liberia | ?/? | ||
Libya | ?/? | ||
Liechtenstein | ?/? | ||
Lithuania | ?/1478 | [120] | |
Luxembourg | ?/? | ||
Macau | ?/? | ||
Republic of Macedonia | ?/? | ||
Madagascar | ?/? | ||
Malawi | ?/? | ||
Malaysia | ?/? | ||
Maldives | ?/? | ||
Mali | ?/? | ||
Malta | ?/? | ||
Marshall Islands | ?/? | ||
Mauritania | ?/? | ||
Mauritius | ?/? | ||
Mexico | ?/? | ||
Moldova | ?/? | ||
Monaco | ?/? | ||
Mongolia | ?/? | ||
Montenegro | ?/? | ||
Morocco | ?/18 | [121] | |
Mozambique | ?/? | ||
Namibia | ?/? | ||
Nauru | ?/? | ||
Nepal | ?/? | ||
Netherlands | ?/579 | [122] | |
New Zealand | ?/? | ||
Nigeria | ?/? | ||
Niger | ?/? | ||
Nigeria | ?/? | ||
North Korea | ?/200 | [123] | |
Norway | ?/1108 | [124] | |
Oman | ?/? | ||
Pakistan | ?/? | ||
Palau | ?/? | ||
Panama | ?/40 | [125] | |
Papua New Guinea | ?/? | ||
Paraguay | ?/? | ||
Peru | ?/200 | [126] | |
Philippines | ?/? | ||
Poland | ?/9230 | [127] | |
Portugal | ?/168 | [128] | |
Qatar | ?/? | ||
Republic of the Congo | ?/? | ||
Romania | ?/2950 | [129] | |
Russia | ?/50032 | [130] | |
Rwanda | ?/? | ||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | ?/? | ||
Saint Lucia | ?/? | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | ?/? | ||
Samoa | ?/? | ||
San Marino | ?/? | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | ?/? | ||
Saudi Arabia | ?/? | ||
Senegal | ?/? | ||
Serbia | ?/? | ||
Seychelles | ?/? | ||
Sierra Leone | ?/? | ||
Singapore | ?/? | ||
Slovakia | ?/? | ||
Slovenia | ?/? | ||
Solomon Islands | ?/? | ||
Somalia | ?/? | ||
South Africa | ?/? | ||
South Korea | ?/? | ||
South Sudan | ?/? | ||
Spain | ?/? | ||
Sri Lanka | ?/? | ||
Sudan | ?/? | ||
Suriname | ?/? | ||
Swaziland | ?/? | ||
Sweden | ?/324 | [131] | |
Switzerland | ?/? | ||
Syria | ?/? | ||
Taiwan | ?/? | ||
Tajikistan | ?/? | ||
Tanzania | ?/16 | [132] | |
Thailand | ?/? | ||
Timor-Leste | ?/? | ||
Togo | ?/? | ||
Tonga | ?/? | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | ?/? | ||
Tunisia | ?/250 | [133] | |
Ukraine | ?/21857 | [134] | |
United Arab Emirates | ?/? | ||
United Kingdom | ?/5500 ?/4517 ?/979 ?/4 |
[104] | |
United States | ?/139000 | [135] | |
Uruguay | ?/? | ||
Uzbekistan | ?/? | ||
Vanuatu | ?/? | ||
Vatican City | ?/? | ||
Venezuela | ?/? | ||
Vietnam | ?/? | ||
Yemen | ?/? | ||
Zambia | ?/? | ||
Zimbabwe | ?/76 | [136] |
Main articles: Museum, List of museums, and List of national museums |
See also the categories Museums by country and Museums by continent |
A museum is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary.
Main articles: University and List of universities |
See also: Category:Universities by country |
A university is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects and provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education.
Institution | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
British Library | 150,000,000 items | ?/150000000 | Books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. 14 million are books, 3 million recordings. See also British Library Sound Archive |
Smithsonian Institution | 137,000,000 objects, artworks and specimens | ?/137000000 | [147] |
Library of Congress | 32,000,000 volumes | ?/32000000 | [148] |
Metropolitan Museum of Art | 2,000,000 works | ?/2000000 | |
Tokyo National Museum | 110,000 objects | ?/110000 | |
Louvre museum | 30,000 items | ?/30000 | [149] |
See also List of the largest libraries in the United States
Main articles: Philosophy, Outline of philosophy, and Index of philosophy |
See also: Category:Philosophy-related lists |
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
This section excludes Society#Biographies.
Main articles: Science and Outline of science |
Science – systematic effort of acquiring knowledge—through observation and experimentation coupled with logic and reasoning to find out what can be proved or not proved—and the knowledge thus acquired. The word "science" comes from the Latin word "scientia" meaning knowledge.
Main articles: Astronomy and Outline of astronomy |
See also the categories Astronomy lists, Lists of astronomical objects, and Lists of stars by constellation |
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, nebulae, star clusters and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth (such as the cosmic background radiation). It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the formation and development of the universe.
Large-scale structure of the cosmos | |||
---|---|---|---|
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
Galaxies | ?/125000000000 | [150] | |
Galaxy clusters | ?/? | ||
Globular clusters | ?/? | ||
Open clusters | ?/? | ||
Superclusters | ?/? | ||
Voids | ?/? |
Astronomical bodies | |||
---|---|---|---|
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
Asteroids | 216000/310376 | As of December 2011 there are 310,376 numbered minor planets, and about as many yet unnumbered. Only some 16,000 minor planets have been given names. | |
Comets | ?/? | ||
Dwarf planets | ?/10000 | [151] | |
Exoplanets | ?/? | ||
Multiplanetary systems | 168/168 | ||
Free-floating planets | ?/? | [152] | |
Planets features | ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? |
Hundreds of thousands of craters in Mars, only 1000 with names | |
Quasars | ?/? | ||
Stars | ?/? |
Astronomical Catalogues | |||
---|---|---|---|
Catalog | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
Guide Star Catalog II | ?/20000000 | 20,000,000 stars with apparent magnitudes of 6 to 15 (945,592,683 stars out to magnitude 21). Not all stars are notable (well, for the life forms in their planets sure), but we can create lists like the asteroids ones (10,000 stars per list are "only" 100,000 pages). | |
Index Catalogue | ?/5386 | ||
Messier Catalogue | 100/100 | ||
New General Catalogue | 900/7840 |
Main articles: Space exploration, Human spaceflight, Satellite, and Space probe |
Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of outer space by means of space technology. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Human spaceflights | ?/250 | ||
Artificial satellites | ?/6800 | [153] | |
Space agencies | ?/? | ||
Space probes | ?/? | ||
Space stations | ?/? | ||
Other | 5/5 |
Main article: Biology |
See also: Category:Biology lists |
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Bacteria genera | ?/? | ||
Bacteria species | ?/100000 | [154] | |
Proteins | ?/? | ||
Viruses genera | ?/? | ||
Viruses | ?/6000 | [155] | |
Individual animals | ?/? |
Zoos and aquaria are counted in Arts#Architecture.
Main article: Species |
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, the difficulty of defining species is known as the species problem.
Species count[156] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Taxon | Estimation | Progress | Comments |
Species | ?/8700000 | Recent studies indicate there are 8,700,000 species, with an error of ±1,300,000 (6,500,000 land species, 2,200,000 marine species). Only 1,233,500 species (14%) have been described.[157] Other estimates range between 2 and 100 million species. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Global Names Index | |
Animalia | ?/1552319 | ||
Arthropoda | ?/1242040 | ||
Insecta | ?/1020007 | ||
Coleoptera | ?/387100 | ||
Diptera | ?/159294 | ||
Lepidoptera | ?/157424 | ||
Chelicerata | ?/113894 | ||
Arachnida | ?/112201 | ||
Crustacea | ?/66914 | ||
Acari | ?/54617 | ||
Araneae | ?/43579 | ||
Nematoda | ?/24783 | ||
Orthoptera | ?/24276 | ||
Trilobita | ?/19606 | ||
Myriapoda | ?/11885 | ||
Other | ?/? ?/? |
Catalogue | Estimation | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
World Resources Institute | ?/1400000 | ||
Tara Research Vessel | ?/1000000 | Tara Research Vessel Discovers One Million New Species Of Microscopic Sea Life (PICTURES) | |
Catalogue of Life | ?/1404038 | Species for all kingdoms as of May 2012, with coverage of 74% of the estimated 1.9 million species known to science (zip) | |
All Species Foundation | ?/? | On-going project to catalog all species on Earth by 2025, by Long Now Foundation |
Main article: Human body |
The human body is the entire structure of a human organism, and consists of a head, neck, torso, two arms and two legs. By the time the human reaches adulthood, the body consists of close to 100 trillion cells,[158] the basic unit of life. These cells are organised biologically to eventually form the whole body.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Human organs | ?/1000 | 850 muscles, 206 bones | |
Human genes | ?/85000 | [159] | |
Human proteins | ?/200000 | [160] |
Main article: Chemistry |
See also: Category:Chemistry lists |
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Elements | ?/118 | ||
Compounds | ?/60000000 | As listed in the CAS database [4] (with growth of 10 million in less than two years), probably not all notable or can be described as variants in overview articles | |
Reactions | ?/? | ||
Minerals | ?/4900 |
Main articles: Health and List of diseases |
See also: Category:Health-related lists |
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind and body, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Diseases | ?/12000 ?/? ?/? |
[161] | |
Disorders | ?/? | ||
Drugs | ?/21000 | [162] (1,357 unique drugs: 1,204 are 'small-molecule drugs' and 166 are 'biological' drugs) |
Hospitals are counted in Arts#Architecture.
Main articles: Mathematics, Lists of mathematics topics, Outline of mathematics, Areas of mathematics, and List of numbers |
Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Algebra | ? | ?/? | |
Category theory | ? | ?/? | |
Cryptography | ? | ?/? | |
Discrete mathematics | ? | ?/? | |
Geometry | ? | ?/? | |
Logic | ? | ?/? | |
Number theory | ? | ?/? | |
Set theory | ? | ?/? | |
Statistics | ? | ?/? | |
Topology | ? | ?/? |
Main articles: Meteorology, Weather, and Index of meteorology articles |
See also the categories Meteorology and Weather |
Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries. After the development of the computer in the latter half of the 20th century, breakthroughs in weather forecasting were achieved.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Meteorological phenomena | ? | ?/? | |
Weather instruments | ? | ?/? | |
Seasons | ?/? | ||
Hurricanes | ?/? |
Main articles: Physics, Index of physics articles, and Outline of physics |
See also: Category:Physics lists |
Physics (from Ancient Greek: φύσις, romanized: physis, lit. 'nature') is a natural science that involves the study of matter.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Colors | ?/? | ||
Particles | ?/? | ||
Nuclides | 100/3000 | [164] |
Earth and planetary sciences are the sciences that study the material and dynamics of Earth and other celestial bodies.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Lithostratigraphic units | 100000 | 1000/100000 | |
Fossils | 300000 | ?/300000 | [165] |
Meteorites | 50000 | ?/50000 | [166] |
Rocks types | 500 | ?/500 | |
Geologic Time Scale | 500 | 200/500 | Current and old time units. |
Main articles: Society and Index of sociology articles |
See also: Category:Society-related lists |
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.
Main articles: Business and Outline of business |
A business (also known as enterprise or firm) is an organization involved in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers.
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Company | ?/? |
Main articles: Culture and List of cultures |
See also the categories Lists of symbols, Lists of flags, and Currency lists |
Culture is the range of human phenomena that cannot be attributed to genetic inheritance.
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Culture | ?/? | ||
Flags | ?/? | ||
Symbols | ?/? | ||
Currencies | ?/? |
Main articles: Law, Outline of law, and Index of law articles |
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible.
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Country legal systems | ?/200 | ||
Case law | ?/? | ||
Treaty | ?/? | ||
Human rights | ?/? | ||
Roman law | ?/? | ||
Software license | ?/? | ||
Free content license | ?/? |
Main articles: Language, List of languages, List of extinct languages, and Outline of linguistics |
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses is called linguistics.
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Languages | ?/6900 ?/? ?/? ?/? |
[168] | |
Animal communication | |||
Writing systems | ?/? ?/? ?/? |
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Exolinguistics | |||
Alien language | |||
Phonetics articles |
Catalogue | Estimation | Progress | Comments |
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Rosetta Project | ?/? | Its goal is to permanent archive 1,500 languages (13,000 microscopic pages of text) in a contemporary version of the historic Rosetta Stone to last from 2000 to 12,000 AD. |
See also wiktionary:Category:All languages for words in all languages.
For programming and computer languages, see § Software. |
Main articles: Organization and List of organizations |
An organization is a social entity that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment.
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Non-governmental organization | ?/? ?/3300000 ?/277000 ?/1500000 |
[169][170][171][172] |
6% completed (estimate)
Main pages: List of people, Lists of people by occupation, and Wikipedia:Persondata |
See also the categories Lists of people, Lists of people by occupation, Occupations, Scholars by specialty or field of research, and Obsolete occupations |
In a city with a population of 100,000 inhabitants we have about 100 notable people: scientists, writers, artists, activists, politicians, sportspeople, actors, singers, lawyers and many more. If the world population is about 7,000,000,000, we would have 7,000,000,000/(100,000/100) = 7,000,000 notable biographies of living people (BLP).
But we must see in the past centuries too, number who have ever been born is around 100,000,000,000[173]. Random guesstimate: 10,000,000 notable biographies (excluding BLP).
This section contains lists of people by occupation. These lists virtually include people from all countries, but sub-lists by country are desirable (do not count people twice, though). Also, list of fictional people by occupation are possible.
Main articles: Politics, List of political ideologies, Index of politics articles, Outline of political science, and Political lists |
Politics is the art or science of influencing people on a civic, or individual level, when there are more than 2 people involved.
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Political ideologies | List of political ideologies: ? | ?/? | |
Political parties | List of political parties: ? | ?/? | |
Demonstrations | List of demonstrations: ? | ?/? |
This section excludes biographies. For elections, see #Elections.
Main articles: Religion, Beliefs, Mythology, List of religions, and List of mythologies |
See also: Category:Religion-related lists |
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.
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Religion | ?/4200 | ||
Mythology | ?/100 | ||
Creation myth | ?/100 |
pl:Encyklopedia Katolicka alone includes around 40,000 definitions (it includes things like fire - but Fire in religion is possible article). It is safe to multiply that by 25X (List of religions and spiritual traditions)
Main articles: Sport, List of sports, Game, and List of games |
Sports are all forms of competitive physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool.
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Sports | ?/8000 | [175] | |
Sport teams | ?/? | ||
Sport leagues | ?/? | ||
Martial arts | ?/? | ||
Games | ?/58900 | [176] |
For virtual games, see § Videogames. |
Main article: Technology |
See also the categories Technology-related lists and Lists of inventions or discoveries |
Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments.
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Inventions | ?/? | ||
Discoveries | ?/? |
Main article: Hardware |
See also: Category:Lists of computer hardware |
Topic | Estimate | Progress | Comments |
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Microprocessors | ?/? | ||
Microcontrollers | ?/? |
Main articles: Patents and List of patents |
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention.
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Espacenet | |||
Japan Patent Office | In 2005, it received 427,078 patent applications, 11,386 utility model applications, 39,254 design applications, and 125,807 trademark applications; it registered 122,944 patents, 10,573 utility model rights, 32,633 design rights, and 97,939 trademark rights in the same year. | ||
United States Patent and Trademark Office | As of February 2008, the PTO has granted over 7,950,000 patents. |
Main article: Transport |
See also: Category:Transport lists |
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between peoples, which in turn establishes civilizations.
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Air transport | ?/43982 ?/? |
[177] | |
Rail transport | ?/? ?/? |
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Road transport | ?/? | [178] | |
Ship transport | ?/? ?/? |
(Historical ship types: ?; Sailing boat types: ?) |
Main article: Weapons |
See also: Category:Lists of weapons |
A weapon, arm, or armament is a tool or instrument used in order to inflict damage or harm to living beings—physical or mental—artificial structures, or systems.
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Weapons | ?/? | ||
Armoured fighting vehicles | ?/? | ||
Firearms | ?/? ?/? ?/? ?/? |
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Missiles | ?/? | ||
Torpedo | ?/? |
Some further knowledge and estimates.
Main articles: Lost work, Lost artworks, Book burning, List of destroyed libraries, List of book burning incidents, List of lost films, and Digital dark age |
See also: Wikipedia:There is a deadline, User:Emijrp/Deletionism, and Deletionpedia |
See also the categories Lost works, Lost objects, Historical deletion, and Web archiving initiatives |
Everyday, distinct forms of knowledge are lost forever and no copies are available. When a natural disaster hits a region or a war breaks out, a lot of libraries, archives, museums, monuments and other heritage, valuable buildings and objects are destroyed. Some people think that "There is no deadline", but as you can see in the following lines, there is a deadline, it is a battle against time. This is an incomplete list of lost or destroyed objects, books, encyclopedias, films, libraries, archives, museums, and other forms of knowledge.
This list is incomplete, for a more detailed page, see Wikipedia:There is a deadline.
Furthermore, hundreds websites are closed every day in the Internet. Projects like Internet Archive or WebCitation and volunteers groups like Archive Team save copies of some of them, but much others are lost forever.
Main articles: Authority control, Ontology (information science), Branches of science, Knowledge organization, Information science, Library science, Library classification, and Upper ontology |
Main pages: Wikipedia:Articles for creation, Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Intertranswiki |
See also the categories Wikipedia missing topics and Wikipedia red link lists |
Many users compile huge lists of missing encyclopedic and notable articles to be developed (search results for intitle:missing articles). If you have any list plenty of red links, please add yourself:
These are some estimations of new knowledge generated every year:
Main articles: List of archives, List of film archives, and List of sound archives |
Wikimedia projects aims to compile all human knowledge, they are focused in the quantity and quality of the contents, but what about preservation? How are we going to preserve all the knowledge for the future generations? There are several organizations working on the preservation of information and weak heritage, some of them are the following:
Sections aboved are focused in those entities which are notable for Wikipedia. Sister projects include:
If you don't think that there are still million missing topics, here you have some odd examples. Add yours!
Main page: Special:Newpages |