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A Concise History of Western Music for Film-makers [PDF]
, 2009 The use of music in films has become almost ubiquitous in both drama and documentary. Music is used regularly in cinema, broadcasting and more recently, in interactive media.
Deutsch, Stephen
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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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A Comprehensive Revisit to the Safe‐Haven Assets Literature
Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A large number of studies examine the safe‐haven characteristics of different asset classes. However, this paper addresses a lack of systematic literature reviews and bibliometric analyses with a sound theoretical viewpoint the safe‐haven assets literature by focusing on 1305 studies published in top‐tier journals during 2013–2026 from the ...
Javed Bin Kamal +3 more
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Calenda, 2016 As for the other two phases of the project, this conclusion will take the form of a workshop, this time for a two-month, and organized by the whole team gathered around the project: "Writing Workshop stories of ancient mathematics - Reflecting on past practices and the future opening, 18th-20th-centuries".
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Means or end? On the Valuation of Logic Diagrams [PDF]
, 2016 From the beginning of the 16th century to the end of the 18th century, there were not less than ten philosophers who focused extensively on Venn’s ostensible analytical diagrams, as noted by modern historians of logic (Venn, Gardner, Baron, Coumet et al.)
Lemanski, Jens
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Excavation at Aguas Buenas, Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, of a gunpowder magazine and the supposed campsite of Alexander Selkirk, together with an account of early navigational dividers [PDF]
, 2007 Excavations were undertaken of a ruined building at Aguas Buenas, identified as an 18th-century Spanish gunpowder magazine. Evidence was also found for the campsite of an early European occupant of the island.
Anderson R.G.W. +17 more
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Track Record Arguments in Normative Ethics
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Track record arguments (TRAs) contend that it speaks in favor of an ethical theory (such as utilitarianism) if many of its past proponents had moral views that were controversial at their time but which we now consider to be clearly true (e.g., women's equal rights in 18th century Europe). This paper explores how to construct potentially sound
Leonard Dung
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Room for Improvement: Why Finitist Arguments Do Not Check Out
Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine several new and underexplored arguments for the finitude of the past and the impossibility of Hilbert's Hotel. The first argument concludes that Hilbert's Hotel is impossible due to an alleged contradiction arising from the causal powers of infinitely many guests.
Joseph C. Schmid, Troy Dana
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On Modern Science, Human Cognition, and Cultural Diversity [PDF]
, 2000 The development of modern science has depended strongly on specific features of the cultures involved; however, its results are widely and trans-culturally accepted and applied.
Gierer, Alfred
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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