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Science, 2017
In an essay about his science fiction, Isaac Asimov reflected that “it became very common…to picture robots as dangerous devices that invariably destroyed their creators.” He rejected this view and formulated the “laws of robotics,” aimed at ensuring the safety and benevolence of robotic systems.
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In an essay about his science fiction, Isaac Asimov reflected that “it became very common…to picture robots as dangerous devices that invariably destroyed their creators.” He rejected this view and formulated the “laws of robotics,” aimed at ensuring the safety and benevolence of robotic systems.
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2021
The social composition of Roman London is described from the evidence of written sources and archaeological finds. Burials, funerary monuments, and writing tablets identify an elite community dominated by the military and administrative establishments—surrounded by businessmen, merchants, and craftsmen—where slaves were an important presence.
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The social composition of Roman London is described from the evidence of written sources and archaeological finds. Burials, funerary monuments, and writing tablets identify an elite community dominated by the military and administrative establishments—surrounded by businessmen, merchants, and craftsmen—where slaves were an important presence.
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1997
Abstract The first section of this book has considered the ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku (NT&M) to be based solidly on its biophysical aspects and the resulting habitats. A comprehensive understanding of this region’s biodiversity is still lacking, however, because of the shortage of detailed knowledge of animals and plants at ...
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Abstract The first section of this book has considered the ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku (NT&M) to be based solidly on its biophysical aspects and the resulting habitats. A comprehensive understanding of this region’s biodiversity is still lacking, however, because of the shortage of detailed knowledge of animals and plants at ...
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People, Societies, and Landscapes
Science, 2010Sophisticated geographical models are aiding archaeological research into how people have used and altered local landscapes.
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2022
Since 2004 the author has lectured for the Japanese government foreign aid agency to visiting officials, mostly from developing countries. The 70th 2-hour presentation will be to long-term grantees entering graduate schools in the Kansai region (Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and surroundings) by Zoom.
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Since 2004 the author has lectured for the Japanese government foreign aid agency to visiting officials, mostly from developing countries. The 70th 2-hour presentation will be to long-term grantees entering graduate schools in the Kansai region (Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and surroundings) by Zoom.
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People and Society in Scotland
The Innes Review, 1993People and society in Scotland: a social history ofmodern Scotland, vol. I, 1760-1830, ed. T. M. Devine and R. Mitchison (John Donald in association with the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1988), pp. xii, 316. £10.00; vol. II, 1830-1914, ed. W. Hamish Fraser and R. J. Morris (Edinburgh, 1990), pp. xvi, 362. £12.50; vol. Ill,
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2019
The Sahara: bridge or barrier? Today, most would answer that the desert was more a historical facilitator than hindrance in moving commodities, ideas, and people between North and sub-Saharan Africa. A recent publication even coined a new name for the region: “trans-Saharan Africa.” However, the Sahara is also a place where people live ...
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The Sahara: bridge or barrier? Today, most would answer that the desert was more a historical facilitator than hindrance in moving commodities, ideas, and people between North and sub-Saharan Africa. A recent publication even coined a new name for the region: “trans-Saharan Africa.” However, the Sahara is also a place where people live ...
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AES Corporation – Serving People and Society
2011The AES Corporation (formerly Applied Energy Services, Inc.) is a large- scale multinational corporation, which operates as an independent producer of electrical power. AES was established by Roger W. Sant and Dennis W. Bakke in 1981 in Arlington, Virginia.
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