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When a nuclear weapon is detonated in a region with sufficient fuel loading, the resulting firestorm can lift soot into the stratosphere, where it disperses globally over a few weeks. The soot, or black carbon, blocks sunlight, decreasing temperature and precipitation and depleting ozone.
Cheryl Harrison +13 more
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Archeo-Inspiration from the Cultural History of Glass: Historic Accounts, Anecdotes and Hard Facts as Challenges to Modern Material Science. [PDF]
von Contzen E +3 more
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ABSTRACT Proposing the concept of a conservative revolutionary generally and using the examples of Gregor Mendel, Max Delbrück, and Eric Davidson, I fundamentally call into question Thomas Kuhn's ideas of scientific revolutions. I also highlight some problematic consequences of the increasing appreciation of Kuhn's work among scientists and show that ...
Ute Deichmann
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Fed the same way? Exploring the influence of breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood diet on adult sex ratios through stable isotope analysis of incremental dentine in Medieval Tuscany, Italy (11th-15th c. CE). [PDF]
Amaro A +7 more
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'William Tell, and the Tyrant Gesler' print
Dated 1850-1856, this hand-painted block print shows the mythical characters of William Tell and the 'Tyrant Gesler.' William Tell is a 15th century Swiss folk hero who assassinated the tyrant Albrecht Gessler of Habsburg, Austria, with his skill as an ...
Turner & Fisher, New York (Printer)
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Political and Institutional Development in England
ABSTRACT This paper revisits the political and institutional development of England from the Magna Carta to the Glorious Revolution. I argue that institutional change in this period is best understood through the lens of coalition formation. Political elites had heterogeneous preferences over first two, and then three, recurring axes of disagreement ...
Mark Koyama
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Ancient oaks reveal rewilding of Mediterranean forests after the Black Death. [PDF]
Piovesan G +10 more
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Persian Documents: Social History of Iran and Turan in the 15th-19th Centuries
After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and social life were produced and yet, unlike Ottoman and Arabic documents, Persian historical resources have received very little critical attention.
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Abstract Wintertime open‐ocean convection is a key process in renewing deep water; however, the processes that promote convection on local scale remain poorly understood. We investigate the role of long‐lived anticyclonic eddies in facilitating deep convection in the Greenland Sea using a new model simulation and observations.
Dong Jian +3 more
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South Asian origin and global transmission history of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> lineage 4. [PDF]
Jaemsai B +2 more
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