Topology and the Web of Twentieth Century Science [PDF]
Scientific communication is an essential part of modern science: whereas Archimedes worked alone, Newton (1676) acknowledged that "If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." How is scientific communication reflected in the patterns of citations in scientific papers?
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Fractured Minds: A chronicle of neurotrauma in the 18<sup>th</sup> century. [PDF]
Dobran SA, Livint Popa L, Muresanu D.
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Globalization and Glassy Ideality of the Web of Twentieth Century Science [PDF]
Scientific communication is an essential part of modern science: whereas Archimedes worked alone, Newton (correspondence with Hooke, 1676) acknowledged that "If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants." How is scientific communication reflected in the patterns of citations in scientific papers? How have these patterns
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Nanoscale engineering of gold particles in 18th century Böttger lusters and glazes. [PDF]
Chari CS+4 more
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The Anthropocene: an Australasian perspective and survey. [PDF]
In 2000, Crutzen and Stoermer suggested that the Holocene (the geological period of time since 11,700 years ago: Walker et al., 2009) had finished and that humanity had now entered the “Anthropocene”. As summarised by Steffen et al.
Bostock, Helen C., Lowe, David J.
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Protecting threatened species and music traditions
Musical instruments are indispensable to music traditions worldwide and often made from natural materials derived from species that are increasingly endangered. International trade threatens the survival of some of these species, as addressed by their inclusion in the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...
Silke Lichtenberg+15 more
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Die Physikalische Sammlung (Physical Collection) [PDF]
At the end of the 17th century, the collection was established through the acquisition of Leiden instrumentmaker Musschenbroek's collection. Its aim was to demonstrate physical phenomena. Until the end of the 18th century, the collection was used and extended by a number of professors from various university departments in teaching mechanics ...
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Epistemics of the soul: Epistemic logics in German 18th-century empirical psychology. [PDF]
Rydberg A.
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Insolvency assistance outside the Model Law: Section 426 of the UK Insolvency Act 1986
Abstract This article critically examines s426 Insolvency Act 1986 and its position in the UK’s Cross Border insolvency firmament. It traces the origins of s426 to a recommendation of the 1982 Cork Committee and notes that it replaced s122 Bankruptcy Act 1914 while giving the substantive provisions a more contemporary feel and modern gloss. The article
Gerard McCormack
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Medical Treatment of Criminals in Premodern China Based on Qing Era Local Archives: Focusing on the Case of Ba County in the late 18th Century. [PDF]
Kim H.
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