private spaceflight
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35 books
first published
2002
added 15 Oct 2020
paid for by an entity other than a government agency
Robert Mercer
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52 books
first published
27 Nov 2001
added 23 Nov 2017
value at risk
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99 books
first published
14 Oct 2001
estimated, as yet unrealised loss for an investment for a given set of conditions
volatility smile
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24 books
first published
14 Oct 2001
implied volatility patterns that arise in pricing financial options
Daron Acemoglu
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145 books
first published
28 Sep 2001
added 18 Oct 2024
Turkish-American economist
immigration reform
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132 books
first published
27 Aug 2001
change to the current immigration policy of a country
ITER tokamak
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14 books
first published
27 Jul 2001
added 26 Oct 2021
Jean Tirole
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57 books
first published
14 Jul 2001
a French economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2014 for his analysis of market power and regulation
Cass Sunstein
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248 books
first published
14 Jul 2001
American legal scholar, writer, blogger
Yochai Benkler
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100 books
first published
14 Jul 2001
added 7 Nov 2020
American legal scholar
history of Unix
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9 books
first published
14 Jul 2001
added 5 Oct 2023
history of Unix
smart grid
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121 books
first published
14 Jul 2001
electrical grid operated by automatic control devices or controled and maintained from distance
Philip Hazel
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2 books
first published
7 Jul 2001
added 22 Aug 2022
a computer scientist known for his contributions to the development of the Exim mail transfer agent.
IBM and the Holocaust
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16 books
first published
30 Jun 2001
book by investigative journalist Edwin Black
David Sedaris
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46 books
first published
4 Jun 2001
added 15 Aug 2023
American author
Byte Shop
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14 books
first published
14 Apr 2001
Wiener process
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17 books
first published
14 Apr 2001
stochastic process generalizing Brownian motion
Wolfgang Streeck
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32 books
first published
27 Mar 2001
German economic sociologist
Kula ring
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9 books
first published
27 Mar 2001
added 30 Dec 2016
semantic web
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77 books
first published
26 Feb 2001
an extension of the World Wide Web that allows data to be interconnected and reused across applications, enterprises, and communities.
P vs NP
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6 books
first published
26 Feb 2001
added 5 Oct 2023
unsolved problem in computer science about time complexity
peer-to-peer model
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17 books
first published
26 Feb 2001
added 24 May 2017
type of decentralized and distributed network architecture
SETI@home
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37 books
first published
15 Feb 2001
Larry Wall
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35 books
first published
15 Feb 2001
added 16 Feb 2017
American computer programmer and author
George Church
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66 books
first published
15 Feb 2001
added 26 Jun 2024
geneticist, molecular engineer, chemist
bash_history
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14 books
first published
15 Feb 2001
a file that stores the command line history in Unix and Unix-like operating systems
Big Mac Index
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17 books
first published
15 Feb 2001
added 4 Mar 2024
informal way of measuring the purchasing power of two currencies
everything is a file
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4 books
first published
15 Feb 2001
added 24 Jan 2024
defining feature of Unix, and its derivatives
Carrington event
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14 books
first published
1 Feb 2001
added 1 Mar 2017
a solar storm in 1859 that was the most powerful geomagnetic storm on record. It caused widespread electrical disruptions and is used as a benchmark for potential future events.
Abraham Wald
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28 books
first published
15 Jan 2001
added 5 Oct 2023
Hungarian mathematician, contributions to decision theory and statistical quality control
streetcar suburb
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28 books
first published
15 Jan 2001
added 20 Aug 2022
residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation
Medieval Warm Period
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20 books
first published
10 Jan 2001
added 25 Sep 2023
time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region lasting from c. 950 to c. 1250
Anthropocene
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165 books
first published
10 Jan 2001
added 5 Oct 2023
informal geologic chronological term
geoengineering
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136 books
first published
10 Jan 2001
added 23 Nov 2023
deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system
climate change refugee
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15 books
first published
10 Jan 2001
added 15 Apr 2022
people forced to leave their home region due to the global warming changing their local environment
rolling blackouts
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54 books
first published
2 Jan 2001
added 9 Dec 2022
album by The Go! Team
motion control photography
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1 books
first published
2 Jan 2001
added 23 Oct 2023
a technique used in photography and cinematography that allows precise control of, and optionally also allows repetition of, camera movements
imposter syndrome
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54 books
first published
2 Jan 2001
added 5 Oct 2023
a psychological pattern where an individual doubts their skills or accomplishments and has a persistent fear of being exposed as a 'fraud'
Andrew Cuomo
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118 books
first published
2001
added 20 Aug 2024
peak oil
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157 books
first published
2001
eurozone crisis
—
161 books
first published
2001
multi-year debt crisis in multiple EU countries since late 2009
BRICs
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101 books
first published
2001
Mark Shuttleworth
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16 books
first published
2001
added 16 Feb 2017
South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station
Mark Spitznagel
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9 books
first published
2001
added 5 Aug 2023
American businessman
carbon tax
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262 books
first published
2001
added 25 Sep 2023
Dennis Tito
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21 books
first published
2001
added 11 Nov 2021
an American engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the first space tourist to fund his own trip to the International Space Station.
equity risk premium
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50 books
first published
2001
added 11 Aug 2023
the excess return that investing in the stock market is expected to provide over a risk-free rate
Jon Ronson
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34 books
first published
2001
added 16 Aug 2023
British journalist and documentary filmmaker
statistical arbitrage
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55 books
first published
2001
Class of short-term trading strategies involving diverse portfolios and data mining
banks create money
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52 books
first published
2001
the concept that banks create money through lending beyond their deposits
Paradox of Choice
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80 books
first published
2001
added 5 Oct 2023
book by Barry Schwartz
Adam Curtis
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38 books
first published
2001
added 5 Oct 2023
British filmmaker, focuses on socio-political issues
precision agriculture
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33 books
first published
18 Dec 2000
the use of technology for optimizing field-level management in farming practices
Haber-Bosch Process
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45 books
first published
18 Dec 2000
Artificial nitrogen fixation process which is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia nowadays
book scanning
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33 books
first published
15 Dec 2000
process of converting physical media into digital media
Debian
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144 books
first published
15 Dec 2000
Ruby on Rails
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103 books
first published
15 Dec 2000
added 16 Feb 2017
duck typing
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29 books
first published
15 Dec 2000
added 2 Jun 2022
style of dynamic, structural typing with lazy checking of objects' attributes
David Heinemeier Hansson
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43 books
first published
15 Dec 2000
added 16 Feb 2017
programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
augmented reality
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236 books
first published
1 Dec 2000
interactive experience of a real-world environment enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information
industrial cluster
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58 books
first published
18 Oct 2000
added 9 Apr 2017
a geographical concentration of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field, often leading to various economic advantages.
We are as Gods
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33 books
first published
18 Oct 2000
added 6 Aug 2023
2021 film directed by Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado
Wayback Machine
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84 books
first published
12 Oct 2000
added 18 Nov 2021
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