Search results for "Technology and society" - New World Encyclopedia
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- scientific discoveries, advances in technology, improvements in transportation ... he became a clerk in the civil service, and by 1816 had risen to the post ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- a long-time professor at Harvard University, and the author of several books ... ==Life and work== John Bordley Rawls was born in Baltimore, Maryland ...20 KB (2,773 words) - 07:09, 3 August 2022
- , was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist best known for his ... father was also a friend of Rene Descartes and a prolific poet. At first ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 17:57, 10 December 2023
- known for his role in elaborating on and securing the legacy of his ... influenced his interest in philosophy, and Mauss entered the University ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 03:05, 6 November 2022
- most common propellants consist of a fuel and an oxidizer that participate ... ballistic missiles, manned spacecraft, and interplanetary space probes. ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- Cartography or mapmaking (in Greek chartis - map and graphein - write ... Cartography, however mechanized it becomes, remains both a science ...27 KB (4,007 words) - 00:45, 29 November 2023
- , was a French physicist who by his theories and discoveries advanced support ... His early progress in learning was slow, and he could barely read when ...11 KB (1,814 words) - 21:58, 30 November 2021
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Economics ... The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, and ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 03:34, 17 September 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles ...23 KB (3,719 words) - 18:05, 20 January 2024
- a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher and reformist who is considered ... an important role in educating the public, and used his writing to advocate ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- ) was a Russian writer and polymath who made important contributions ... accessible to him he almost learned by heart and, seeing that there was no ...9 KB (1,383 words) - 17:53, 9 November 2022
- of the Earth to geostationary orbit (GSO) and a counter-mass beyond. Space ... would be held in tension between Earth and the counterweight in space ...39 KB (5,875 words) - 15:17, 27 April 2023
- – May 13, 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting ... It also freed up workers to be employed by the Industrial Revolution ...11 KB (1,731 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- service of the British East India Company and as a private moneylender. ... which came to be an important spiritual and reformist religious movement ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- major shift of technological, socioeconomic, and cultural conditions that occurred ... The effects spread throughout Western Europe and North America during ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... or cultures. Anthropologists, historians, and sociologists identify class ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- | WHS = Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites | Image = [[Image:Avebury henge and village UK.jpg|300px|Avebury ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:14, 23 August 2023
- from audiences emotions of fright, fear, and terror. In such plots, evil ... exploring contemporary fears about technology and society. ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 14:21, 7 February 2024
- [[image:EB White and his dog Minnie.png|thumb|250px]] Maine) was a leading American essayist and author of children's ...13 KB (2,032 words) - 05:37, 4 August 2023
- concept developed from both science fiction and actual science. The term is ... to allocate. Also, the long timescales and practicality of terraforming ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
