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5 days ago · The structure of Science in the Twentieth Century is revealing of how Agar conceives the relative importance of these four forms of working world. The work is framed by studies of novel scientific enterprises at each end of the century. New kinds of physics, life sciences and sciences of the self are covered in part one (‘Science after 1900 ...
2 days ago · The broad seam of sexual embarrassment in 20th-century British comedy, for example, suggests that embarrassment was an important influence restraining many people from putting ideas into words. Perhaps Szreter and Fisher’s positive language about couples and privacy gives insufficient emphasis to this.
3 days ago · Answer: Georgia. In 1920, Georgia was recognized by Russia as an independent state in the Treaty of Moscow. Josef Stalin, himself a Georgian got the consent from Lenin to invade Georgia. The Russian started an expansionary policy to occupy territories which were formerly part of the Russian Empire. Georgia was overrun within three weeks on 17th ...
5 days ago · Texas experienced profound change throughout the middle of the last century. A fast-growing population, vast sums of new wealth and changing expectations about the ways people of all races would live together all played a role. And with these seismic shifts came new kinds of buildings – more ...
5 days ago · Christianity - Ecumenism, Social Justice, Globalization: Discussion among Christian philosophers during the 20th century was predominantly epistemological. Among Roman Catholic thinkers it included the work of Bernard Lonergan in Insight (1957), which has stimulated considerable discussion. Lonergan argued that the act of understanding, or insight, is pivotal for the apprehension of reality, and that it implies in the long run that the universe is itself due to the fiat of an “unrestricted ...
2 days ago · The 20th century saw an explosion in plastic production and integration into everyday life, fueled by fossil fuels, but also raised concerns about waste accumulation and environmental impacts. Recent advances in bioplastics and the three types of recycling technologies offer hope for a more sustainable future. The Birth of Synthetic Plastics
