Search results for "Technology and society" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... is a broad term for the practice of teaching and educating adults. It plays ...24 KB (3,446 words) - 06:19, 15 June 2023
- Television (or TV) (from the Greek tele, meaning "far," ... With the growth and influence of the television industry, it is not ...27 KB (3,983 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- Weak Theory which is the mathematical and conceptual synthesis of the ... - the atomic research agency of Pakistan and Space and Upper Atmosphere ...10 KB (1,560 words) - 04:45, 14 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... Literacy is usually defined as the ability to read and write, or the ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Sociologists ... 21, 1929) was a British liberal sociologist and politician. He worked as an ...12 KB (1,737 words) - 20:13, 25 October 2022
- interdependent network of information technology infrastructures (ITI) including ... especially regarding intellectual property and copyright infringement, and ...14 KB (2,094 words) - 02:18, 15 January 2023
- Utopia is a term denoting a visionary or ideally perfect state of ... ways in which people think about, depict, and attempt to create a perfect ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 14:05, 3 May 2023
- or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental ... Health care is a vital aspect of human society. Through the health ...26 KB (3,556 words) - 15:09, 25 January 2023
- into pottery, dinnerware, bricks, tiles, and the like. Since then, new ... Ceramic parts are also used in cellular phones and personal computers ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 23:57, 3 December 2023
- flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced ... These extremes demonstrate the tensions between individualism and ...17 KB (2,374 words) - 02:43, 8 January 2024
- 18, 1990) was an American psychologist and author. He conducted pioneering ... with the intention of becoming a writer and received a B.A. in English ...20 KB (3,039 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- through analysis of its structure, function, and operation. It often involves ... device has been lost (or was never written), and the person who built it is ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- as part of his research on future trends and directions. "Collaborative ... in various fields toady, including education and business. While professional ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox University-Jen ...25 KB (3,516 words) - 10:35, 11 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations ... daily in the United Kingdom since 1785, and under its current name since ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 17:36, 30 April 2023
- a Scottish scientist, engineer, innovator, and inventor of the world's ... Baird's work was part of the great advance in technology that ...26 KB (3,809 words) - 20:54, 1 May 2024
- arranged by subjects, authors, titles, and types of publications. words or phrases are selected by an indexer and the pointers are page numbers ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 22:00, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... " combined aspects of Marxism and other anthropological theories ...11 KB (1,566 words) - 08:40, 10 March 2023
- an educator, political theorist, statesman, and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment ... government, the democratic right to vote, and human rights. In the 1880s ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 17:14, 5 October 2022
- encompasses the first widespread use of technology—as humans progressed from ... contributors to human development. As technology enabled humans to settle ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles (particularly ... covering some 600 meters between its airport and railhub, but it was closed ...31 KB (4,504 words) - 05:00, 5 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Fashions may vary significantly within a society according to age ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 02:42, 14 July 2022
- were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights ... Johnson's work included calculating trajectories, launch windows ...30 KB (4,076 words) - 17:11, 5 October 2022
- Abrasives are extremely commonplace and are used very extensively ... things such as concrete, stone, wood, carpet and roads, though these surfaces ...20 KB (3,070 words) - 06:35, 14 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication of free public press for its citizens and their associations, extended ...23 KB (3,543 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- Nitroglycerin (NG)—also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin ... a liquid combination of nitroglycerin and gunpowder as 'Swedish ...11 KB (1,527 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- February 24, 1923) was an American physicist and chemist. He is best known ... the eldest son of Sardis Brewster Morley and Anna Clarissa Treat. He was ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 16:28, 9 August 2023
- of the U.S. armed forces, its arms industry, and the associated political and ... defense industry, the military services, and the United States government ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... in terms of physical assets, money, land, and items that can be given a ...21 KB (3,362 words) - 23:23, 3 May 2023
- resource description. It provides a simple and standardized set of conventions ... and [http://www.niso.org/kst/reports/standards?step=2&gid=&project_key ...13 KB (1,902 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:PhishingTrustedBank ... activity. These categories are not exclusive and many activities can be characterized ...24 KB (3,483 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- the movement. Futurism was a largely Italian and Russian movement, although ... poetry, theater, music, architecture and even gastronomy. The Italian ...11 KB (1,537 words) - 07:23, 15 April 2024
- The Chaebol originates from Korea's culture and society. Korean ... brand names, such as Samsung, Hyundai, SK, and LG. The chaebol stood as powerful ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication ... the Pitman Shorthand system to be simpler and more practical than the one ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- settings. Now you can push a button and it will automatically set ... everywhere. Computers, cellular phones, and other digital appliances are ...29 KB (4,001 words) - 06:15, 6 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law access to political protection, and the use of violence to protect ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 10:42, 11 March 2023
- Nanotechnology is a field of applied science and technology covering ... applied physics, materials science, and even mechanical and electrical ...39 KB (5,416 words) - 02:44, 11 March 2023
- Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator and ... other fishermen from Tosa Province, Japan, and rescued by the American whaler ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- communication processes, control mechanisms, and feedback principles. This ... Cybernetics is always and only involved when the system under scrutiny ...22 KB (3,161 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- on Palomar Mountain. It is owned and operated by the California ... 600 feet above sea level, the Hale Telescope and other Palomar astronomical ...11 KB (1,644 words) - 17:07, 10 November 2022
- ), is a multinational American technology and services conglomerate ... company in terms of market capitalization and also second in the BrandZ ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official from Sichuan ... Guo Moruo studied at Sixth Higher School and the Medical School of ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- closely related to systems engineering and its subset, System Safety ... tool. Failure to identify risks to safety, and the according inability to ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- 1736 – August 23, 1806), a French engineer and physicist, discovered the ... France. He was the son of Henry Coulomb and Catherine Bajet, both of whose ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 01:48, 4 December 2023
- Kigali has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda ... The settlement began as a small colonial outpost and functioned as ...17 KB (2,485 words) - 23:00, 3 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... writings. Throughout history, educators and philosophers have discussed ...26 KB (3,614 words) - 17:11, 26 March 2023
- Electrical engineering (sometimes called electrical and electronics ... of telecommunications systems, the wiring and lighting of buildings and ...26 KB (3,608 words) - 15:50, 13 February 2024
- was an American economist. Tobin advocated and developed the ideas of Keynesian ... interest in economics, then, had a pragmatic and humanitarian aspect and was ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 08:52, 1 April 2024
- of the French Ministry of Education and is standardized and centralized ... continue to higher education, studies in technology, or directly enter their ...18 KB (2,719 words) - 17:43, 25 January 2023
- 19 miles (30 km) north of the Czech border and 100 miles (160 km) south of Berlin. Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- famous for his Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science ... of British higher education in 1960s and 1970s, which led to the formation ...12 KB (1,648 words) - 04:20, 29 October 2022
- in 1985 for his work on household savings and the dynamics of financial ... lifetime, saving during their working years and spending during their retirement ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effects of ... scientists such as Galileo, Johannes Kepler, and especially Isaac Newton, laid ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
- ethics that studies ethical questions and moral dilemmas brought on ... deontological ethics (ethics of duty), and virtue ethics, ethicists often ...26 KB (3,869 words) - 06:51, 12 January 2024
- the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems ... Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering ...18 KB (2,585 words) - 22:36, 5 February 2023
- – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known ... was a proponent of technological innovation and entrepreneurship for both ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- aluminum, or silicon. It is strong and tough and has myriad uses ... that encountered it. Tools, weapons, armor, and various building materials ...7 KB (1,110 words) - 04:34, 22 November 2023
- Scottish-American scientist whose inventions and discoveries in the fields ... New York, the son of Ann Alexander Henry and William Henry, both of whom ...17 KB (2,654 words) - 04:14, 7 May 2024
- translator, entrepreneur, political theorist and publisher, and was probably ... Firmly believing in the importance of education and the acquisition ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology music, government systems, social structures and hierarchies, family dynamics ...26 KB (3,726 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- largest telecommunications company in Asia, and the second-largest in the ... services but invests in research and development to develop new ...22 KB (3,054 words) - 05:01, 15 November 2022
- built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy ... screen onto which scenes of stars, planets, and other celestial objects can ...27 KB (4,171 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... A society is a grouping of individuals, which is characterized by ...31 KB (4,695 words) - 19:52, 8 November 2022
- Social constructionism is a theory of knowledge in sociology and communication ... argued that the discourses of knowledge and science were socially constructed ...34 KB (4,832 words) - 00:18, 16 February 2022
- who conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and worked on the Manhattan Project ... at Technische Hochschule (Institute of Technology) in Berlin-Charlottenburg ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... countries since the Industrial Revolution and continuing through the twentieth ...23 KB (3,351 words) - 13:43, 3 May 2023
- live or exist in an inauthentic way and that the genuine sense of ... the restoration of an authentic self and society. In philosophy, the ...14 KB (2,048 words) - 19:15, 22 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also ...43 KB (6,163 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... facilities in the world for trading stocks and financial securities. The ...22 KB (3,309 words) - 21:49, 14 November 2022
- 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born, German and Romanian physicist, whose ... tenth birthday, he was given a telescope, and this gift triggered some speculation ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
- he was said to be affable, extroverted, and involved in sports. He was ... In 1849, after obtaining his parents' permission and financial ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 18:28, 21 August 2023
- American folklorist, musicologist, author, and producer, and one of the most ... Lomax was a long-time advocate for the civil rights and cultural recognition ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics Category:Industry and business Electronic commerce, commonly known ...21 KB (3,064 words) - 16:00, 13 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics Category:Industry and business [[Image:Fuggerkontor.jpg|thumb|200px ...23 KB (3,377 words) - 18:50, 22 November 2023
- Cinematography, from the Greek words kine (movement) and graphos ... pictures demanded a new form of photography and new aesthetic techniques. ...29 KB (4,666 words) - 22:03, 10 December 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics A savings and loan association (S&L) is a financial institution ...19 KB (3,012 words) - 17:07, 23 December 2022
- Category:Writers and poets Category:Image wanted Drucker, Peter 2005) was a writer, management consultant, and self-described “social ecologist ...31 KB (4,468 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Liaoning borders the Yellow Sea (Korea Bay) and the Bohai Gulf in the south ... by Abaoji, that ruled the area between 907 and 1125 C.E.. "Níng" ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- Scotland. He was a stonemason, architect and civil engineer and a noted ... of 14 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and some of his earliest work ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- Engineering is the discipline of applying technical and scientific ... an intended function, economics of operation and safety to life and property ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- :This article elaborates on the central technology of generating nuclear ... chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- Gilbreth, Frank and Lillian early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of time and motion ...16 KB (2,285 words) - 05:10, 9 April 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences [[File:Philippoteaux The Numbering ... in connection with national 'population and housing censuses' (to ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- was an Belgian author, entrepreneur, lawyer and peace activist; he is one ... international conference, Henri La Fontaine and Otlet created the Central ...22 KB (3,199 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous ... four died very young), of Isaac Herschel and Anna Ilse Moritzen. William’s ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 10:59, 9 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... statistics measure the condition and extent of joblessness within ...30 KB (4,434 words) - 02:16, 18 April 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists ... A S Underwood, Arthur Keith, W P Pycraft, and Sir Ray Lankester.]] ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 11:11, 16 August 2023
- The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted ... on the Vietnam War choked off the Great Society. While some of the programs ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- principle of international environmental law and is extended to other areas ... This principle is important in that it allows one to anticipate harm ...46 KB (6,708 words) - 18:54, 17 February 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education ... Category:library and information science [[Image:Louvre at night centered ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic ... internet allow for easier access from home and search engines help a user ...19 KB (2,769 words) - 07:11, 14 June 2023
- Lynn Margulis (March 15, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was a biologist ... Genomes]. San Jose Science, Technology and Society 2005-2006 Linus Pauling ...19 KB (2,756 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... Civilization refers to a complex human society, in which people live ...39 KB (5,726 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading ... Galbraith was a prolific author who produced four dozen books and ...18 KB (2,525 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- is a Japanese company that produces watches and clocks, timepiece technologies ... point of communication between Seiko and its customers" ...18 KB (2,543 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- a propellant in firearms. It burns rapidly and produces a large amount of ... " carbon in the form of charcoal, and sulfur with a ratio (by weight ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- such as those of Mesoamerica (the Aztec and Maya) and the Andes (Inca ... during this long era, characteristics and hallmarks which included permanent ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ... The organization has 192 Member States and 6 Associate Members. Based ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- was a United States army general, economist, and educator. He was famous for ... to the United States posed a social and economic threat to those already ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024
- formula CO, is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. It is the product ... Despite its serious toxicity, CO is extremely useful and underpins ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 19:08, 26 November 2023
