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The Substitution Principle Revisited [PDF]
, 2018 In their Anachronic Renaissance, Alexander Nagel and Christopher Wood identify two principles upon which, in fifteenth-century Europe, a work of art might establish its validity or authority: substitution and performance. It has become established wisdom
Stejskal, Jakub
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The United Nations and Global Public Goods: Historical Contributions and Future Challenges.
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2012 Published by Palgrave MacmillanThis chapter explores the thesis that the United Nations’ (UN) most important contribution to the production of global public goods has been its role in creating the space and capacity to generate shared values.
Bruce Jenks
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National contributions to observed global warming
Environmental Research Letters, 2014 There is considerable interest in identifying national contributions to global warming as a way of allocating historical responsibility for observed climate change.
H Damon Matthews +5 more
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Italian Chemists’ Contributions to Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis: An Historical Perspective
Molecules, 2013 From the second half of the 19th century up to modern times, the tremendous contribution of Italian chemists to the development of science resulted in the discovery of a number of innovative chemical transformations.
Gianluca Papeo, Maurizio Pulici
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Prym varieties and their moduli [PDF]
, 2011 We discuss the geometry of the moduli space of Prym varieties. The article is based on series of lectures given in Bedlewo and Luminy. The first section of the paper contains a detailed historical account of the lives of Friedrich Prym and Friedrich ...
Farkas, Gavril
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Quantifying human contributions to past and future ocean warming and thermosteric sea level rise
Environmental Research Letters, 2019 More than 90% of the Earth’s energy imbalance is stored by the ocean. While previous studies have shown that changes in the ocean warming are detectable and distinct from internal variability of the climate system, an estimate of separate contributions ...
Katarzyna B Tokarska +4 more
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An Historical Perspective on Fractional Calculus in Linear Viscoelasticity
, 2012 The article provides an historical survey of the early contributions on the applications of fractional calculus in linear viscoelasticty. The period under examination covers four decades, since 1930's up to 1970's and authors are from both Western and ...
Mainardi, Francesco
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International Journal of Anthropology and EthnologyThe Chinese nation has evolved through history and is inextricably linked with geographical factors. Since the inception of the concept of “Chinese nation” in the twentieth century, Chinese scholars have made significant contributions to understanding ...
Shuo Shi
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HINDU MATHEMATICS IN MODERN ARITHMETIC: ASSESSING STUDENT AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING
KalamatikaHindu mathematics has made foundational contributions to the development of modern arithmetic, particularly through the introduction of the decimal number system and the concept of zero.
Muhammad Nabil, Yulyanti Harisman
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A critical analysis of COA research. [PDF]
, 1997 Five experts respected for their significant contributions to the scientific literature on children of alcoholics (COA's) offer their perspectives in a panel discussion format. The panel members reflect on the historical roots of COA research and comment
Chassin, L +4 more
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