Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews

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Wikipedia's contents: Overviews

An overview is a survey of what is covered or included in an area. Below is an outline of Wikipedia, divided into 13 sections, each providing an overview of a major subject area, presenting key articles in the respective subject.

General reference

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Culture and the arts

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Geography and places

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See also: places near you
Main articles:
Place

Geography – Atlas • City • Climate •

Demographics
 • Earth • Exploration • Geographic information system • History of geography • Map • Park •
Place
 • Population density • Region • Spatial analysis • Subregion • Surveying

Branches of Geography – Physical geography • Human geography • Technical geography
Natural geographical features
Highland • Hill • Island • Mesa • Mountain • Mountain range • Plain • Prairie • Peninsula • Reef • Ridge • Savanna • Shoal • Steppe • Tundra • Valley • Volcano • Wetland
Manmade geographical features –
The World
By
By
By ordinal classification – First World • Second World • Third World • Fourth World
By
Least Developed Countries
By continent – Africa • Antarctica • Australia • Eurasia (Europe and Asia) • North America • South America
polar regions
of the world:

Health and fitness

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General  –

Complementary and alternative medicine

Self-care – Body composition • Life extension • Longevity • Physical fitness

Hygiene – Cleanliness • Oral hygiene • Occupational hygiene

Speech-Language Pathology

Medicine – Midwifery • Nursing • Veterinary medicine • Dentistry • Alternative medicine
Diabetology • Epidemiology • Geriatrics • Hematology • Internal medicine • Nephrology • Neurology • Oncology • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry • Rheumatology • Surgery • Urology

History and events

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History by region – Ancient Egypt • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • History of China • History of the Middle East • History of Mesoamerica • History of India

History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antarctica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America

Modern history • Future history

The Ages of history –
Imagination Age

History by subject

Cultural history Money • Sport
Art (Architecture • Film • Painting) • Dance • Music • Theatre
History of philosophy Ancient • Medieval • Modern • Contemporary
History of logic
History of science Theories/Sociology • Historiography • Mathematics • Pseudoscience • Scientific method
History of the natural sciencesAstronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Ecology • Geography • Physics • Geology
History of the social sciencesAnthropology • Economics • Education • Geography • Linguistics • Political science • Psychology • Sociology
History of science by era
Scientific Revolution
History of technology Agriculture & agricultural science • Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computing (Computer science, Software engineering) • Electrical engineering • Invention • Materials science • Measurement • Medicine • Military technology • Transport

Human activities

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Mathematics and logic

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Formal sciences –

Information theory • Logic • Statistics • Theoretical computer science

Unsolved problems in mathematics

Natural and physical sciences

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Main articles:
Fields of science

Biology

Human anatomy
) • Astrobiology • Biochemistry • Bioinformatics • Biological anthropology • Biophysics • Botany • Cell biology • Computational biology • Developmental biology • Ecology • Evolutionary biology • Genetics (Molecular genetics, Population genetics) • Genomics • Marine biology • Histology • Human biology • Immunology • Microbiology • Molecular biology • Neuroscience •
Origin of life
 • Paleontology • Parasitology • Pathology • Physiology •
Taxonomy
 • Zoology (Entomology, Ethology)

Physical sciences
Earth science • Systems theory

Supernovae
MatterAtomCompoundMoleculeSubstance (Acid, Base)
Chemical elements – ActiniumAluminiumAmericiumAntimonyArgonArsenicAstatineBariumBerkeliumBerylliumBismuthBohriumBoronBromineCadmiumCaesiumCalciumCaliforniumCarbonCeriumChlorineChromiumCobaltCoperniciumCopperCuriumDarmstadtiumDubniumDysprosiumEinsteiniumErbiumEuropiumFermiumFlerovium (Ununquadium)FluorineFranciumGadoliniumGalliumGermaniumGoldHafniumHassiumHeliumHolmiumHydrogenIndiumIodineIridiumIronKryptonLanthanumLawrenciumLeadLithiumLivermorium (Ununhexium)LutetiumMagnesiumManganeseMeitneriumMendeleviumMercuryMolybdenumMoscovium (Ununpentium)NeodymiumNeonNeptuniumNickelNihonium (Ununtrium)NiobiumNitrogenNobeliumOganesson (Ununoctium)OsmiumOxygenPalladiumPhosphorusPlatinumPlutoniumPoloniumPotassiumPraseodymiumPromethiumProtactiniumRadiumRadonRheniumRhodiumRoentgeniumRubidiumRutheniumRutherfordiumSamariumScandiumSeaborgiumSeleniumSiliconSilverSodiumStrontiumSulfurTantalumTechnetiumTelluriumTennessine (Ununseptium)TerbiumThalliumThoriumThuliumTinTitaniumTungstenUraniumVanadiumXenonYtterbiumYttriumZincZirconium
Unsolved problems in physics

People and self

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Values • Virtues

Self talk
Work-life balance
People – Adult • Alien (foreigner) • Child • Father • Genius • Human • Indigenous peoples • Man • Minor • Mother • Parent • Woman • Youth

Philosophy and thinking

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Unsolved problems in philosophy
By region – Eastern philosophy • Western philosophy
Branches of philosophy – Aesthetics • Ethics • Epistemology • Logic • Metaphysics
Subdisciplines of philosophy –
Philosophy • Physics • Politics • Psychology • Religion • Science • Social science • Technology  • War
Schools of philosophy
Eastern – Mīmāṃsā • Nyaya • Samkhya • Vaisheshika • Vedanta • Yoga
Western –
Poststructuralism • Pragmatism • Presocratic • Rationalism • Reformational • Relativism • Scholasticism • Skepticism • Stoicism • Structuralism • Thomism  • Transhumanism  • Utilitarianism

Qualities of thought –  
Thinking errors – Cognitive bias • Cognitive distortion • Error • Fallacy • Fallacies of definition • Logical fallacy • Target fixation
Related –
High IQ society • Mensa • Nootropics • Philomath • Polymath

Religion and belief systems

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Society and social sciences

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Main articles:
Social sciences and Society  See also Science and Scientific method

Social sciences
 –
Anthropology • Archaeology • Cognitive science • Communication studies • Critical theory • Cultural studies • Development studies •
Unsolved problems in economics
) • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics • Law • Political science • Psychology • Social policy • Sociology

Group • Infrastructure • People

Community – Communitarianism • Community development • International community • Local community • Sense of community • Social capital • Socialization • Structure and agency • World community
Social progress • Technological evolution
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Social institutions – Organization
Family – Daughter • Extended family • Father • Grandparent • Home • Human bonding • Mother • Nuclear family • Parent • Son
Religion
Infrastructure
Public infrastructure – Highways • Streets • Roads • Bridges • Mass transit • Airports and Airways • Rail transport • 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 • Franchising
Academic misconduct • Homework • Learning • Pedagogy • School • Student • Study skills • Teacher
Civil society 
Politics by country • International relations • Public affairs
Law – Criminal justice • Law enforcement • Legislation • Prison
Social network – Communication • Journalism • Social capital