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2. California Academy of Sciences - Wikipedia

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   The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. [ 3 ] The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. [ 4 ]

3. Royal Society - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge. /  51.50611°N 0.13222°W  / 51.50611; -0.13222. The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. [ 1] The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and ...

4. French Academy of Sciences - Wikipedia

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   The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences, [akademi de sjɑ̃s]) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was at the forefront of scientific developments in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, and ...

5. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum - Wikipedia

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   The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is a natural history museum located in Chicago, Illinois, and operated by the Chicago Academy of Sciences. The museum traces its history to the founding collection of the academy in 1857. After a century at a nearby location, where it was the first of what eventually became eleven Chicago museum-in-the-parks ...

6. Scientific Revolution - Wikipedia

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   The French established the Academy of Sciences in 1666. In contrast to the private origins of its British counterpart, the academy was founded as a government body by Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Its rules were set down in 1699 by King Louis XIV, when it received the name of 'Royal Academy of Sciences' and was installed in the Louvre in Paris.

7. Academy Awards - Wikipedia

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   The Academy Awards of Merit, [1] commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. [2]

8. National Academy of Sciences - Wikipedia

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   Endowment. $553.9 million (2020) [ 1] Website. nasonline .org. The National Academy of Sciences ( NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

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   Tickets for adults and children are $13 on weekdays and $14 on weekends. Senior tickets (ages 60 and above) cost $11.50, and children under 1 year receive free admission. Members of the military ...