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- Le Guin was one of the pioneers of a sub-genre of science fiction ... work is less concerned with the importance of technological change and development ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- The term “monad” was used by the Pythagoreans as the name of the ... The term "monad," however, is best known as a concept of ...11 KB (1,598 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- was an Argentine intellectual and author of highly experimental novels ... Along with Borges, Cortazar is often considered to be one of the most ...9 KB (1,243 words) - 21:13, 4 October 2022
- The naval Battle of Aegospotami took place in 404 B.C.E. and was the ... In 405 B.C.E., following the severe Spartan defeat at the Battle of ...9 KB (1,437 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- before being appointed as Wykeham professor of logic at New College, Oxford ... His earliest book, Perception (1932), rejected causal theories of ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:46, 29 July 2023
- There are many physical constants in science. Some of the most widely ... * the speed of light in a vacuum c * the electric constant ε0, ...22 KB (3,290 words) - 05:07, 24 November 2022
- she was for her actual poetry. During much of her career she lived the life ... Millay lived and wrote during the early decades of the twentieth-century ...9 KB (1,450 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America ... | death_place = Covington, Louisiana, United States of America ...9 KB (1,310 words) - 18:46, 17 April 2023
- Fake news, also known as junk news or pseudo-news, is a type of yellow ... news organizations claim proud traditions of holding government officials ...44 KB (6,310 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- to indicate the improper usage of science or scientific claims. ... The charge of scientism often is used as a counter-argument to appeals ...22 KB (3,110 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2023
- Classical Greek had no independent word of "existence." The ... but reversed the Medieval priority of essence over existence. The ...25 KB (3,698 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- critic, and activist. He was a professor of English and Comparative Literature ... Academically speaking, Said was a follower of Post-structuralist theory ...19 KB (2,870 words) - 23:50, 12 February 2024
- A smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs, most commonly white sage ... Native Americans, and it has been practiced all over the world, its modern ...12 KB (1,808 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- His initial insight was that a social group of human beings in many ways functions ... Karlsruhe, Germany. His father was the head of the household staff of the ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 06:38, 15 April 2024
- Macrocosm/microcosm is a Greek compound of μακρο- "Macro ... The paired concept of Macrocosm and Microcosm presents the idea that ...11 KB (1,612 words) - 17:28, 9 November 2022
- Utopia is a term denoting a visionary or ideally perfect state of ... intelligence can bring about the betterment of society. It is usually characterized ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- teacher, interpreter, scout, and defender of the rights of Native Americans ... Sarah Winnemucca lived in two worlds; the world of Native Americans ...10 KB (1,568 words) - 03:26, 23 December 2022
- Manichaeism is an extinct dualistic religion of Iranian origin, founded ... an ongoing struggle between the forces of good and evil in the universe ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- The Hopi are a Native American nation, the westernmost group of Pueblo ... their culture, which is based on a mythology of their origin, spiritual beliefs ...33 KB (5,396 words) - 13:43, 2 February 2024
- make firm") is a term used in a variety of contexts with different meanings ... , which may or may not contain the body of the deceased. Samadhis are ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 02:04, 23 December 2022
