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THE UNITED
KINGDOM
The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland is
made up of four major countries -
- England , Scotland , Wales , and
Northern Ireland, as well as
several islands protectorates. The
UK is a patchwork of cultures
with fascinating history and
modern culture.
THE CELTS
MOST KNOWN PLACES AND PEOPLE
QUEEN ELIZABETH
THE PARLIAMENT
THE BEATLES
The Beatles are one of the
most commercially
successful and critically
acclaimed bands in the
history of music, selling
over a billion records
internationally.
The English playwright and poet
William Shakespeare
WESTMINSTER ABBEY
CAMBRIDGE
OXFORD
Science, engineering and innovation
The United Kingdom has
produced scientists and
engineers credited with
important advances,
including;
The modern scientific
method, developed by
English philosopher
Francis Bacon
The laws of motion and
illumination of gravity,
by English physicist,
mathematician,
astronomer, natural
philosopher, alchemist
and theologian, Sir Isaac
Newton
The discovery of hydrogen, by Henry Cavendish
The unification of electromagnetism, by James Clerk Maxwell
The steam locomotive, by Richard Trevithickand Andrew Vivian
The world's first working television system, by Scottish engineer and inventor John Logie Baird
Evolution by natural selection, by Charles Darwin
The structure of DNA, by Francis Crick and others
The development of the
World Wide Web, largely
attributed to Tim
Berners-Lee
The discovery of
penicillin, by Scottish
biologist and
pharmacologist, Sir
Alexander Fleming
The invention of the first
practical telephone, by
Alexander Graham Bell
Sir Isaac Newton and Charles
Darwin
SCOTLAND
CAPITAL: EDINBURGH
BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES
THE LOCH NESS
Edinburgh Scottish Parliament
THE TRADITIONAL
BAGPIPPERS
WALES
CAPITAL: CARDIFF
CASTLES AND LAKES
THE SPLENDOUR OF NATURE
NORTHERN IRELAND
CAPITAL: BELFAST
THE PARLIAMENT IN BELFAST
THE SEA
Republic of Ireland
CAPITAL: DUBLIN
DUBLIN
THE MOST FAMOUS
HABITANTS OF DUBLIN!!
