clockwork universe
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36 books
first published
1980
a concept from classical physics describing a deterministic, mechanistic universe that runs like clockwork, based on laws discoverable by humans.
dark pattern
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25 books
first published
1980
added 6 Apr 2022
user interface designed for a user to make choices without being aware of them
germ theory of disease
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83 books
first published
1980
added 30 Dec 2016
Prevailing theory about the cause of infectious diseases
Tunguska event
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15 books
first published
1980
an explosion that occurred in 1908 over Siberia, likely caused by the airburst of a small comet or asteroid
Ernest Rutherford
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83 books
first published
1980
British physicist of New Zealand origin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908) (1871–1937)
Mars Rover
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88 books
first published
1980
added 20 Jan 2017
space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of Mars
global pandemic
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249 books
first published
1980
added 15 Oct 2020
an epidemic of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population
David Ricardo: comparative advantage
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164 books
first published
23 Sep 1979
an economic principle formulated by David Ricardo, stating that countries should specialize in the production of goods where they have a relative efficiency advantage.
Atahualpa
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37 books
first published
23 Sep 1979
15th Emperor Inca
invention of radio
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21 books
first published
2 Jan 1979
aspect of history relating to the invention of radio
Eddington experiment
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48 books
first published
2 Jan 1979
1919 observational test which confirmed Einstein's theory of general relativity
Gene Kranz
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48 books
first published
1979
added 5 Jun 2022
NASA Flight Director and manager
Vernor Vinge
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84 books
first published
2 Jan 1978
American mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer
Money creation
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133 books
first published
2 Jan 1978
added 9 Nov 2020
the process by which the money supply of a country or a monetary region is expanded, typically by its central bank
Kanban
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42 books
first published
1978
added 20 Nov 2021
inventory management
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168 books
first published
1978
in business, the process of managing the stock of goods held for sale in a retail establishment or warehouse
technoutopianism
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144 books
first published
1978
ideology based on the premise that advances in science and technology could and should bring about a utopia
Jerry Rubin
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46 books
first published
1978
added 17 Aug 2024
American activist
Kitchen Debate
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39 books
first published
1978
added 16 Aug 2017
exchanges of views between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon at an exhibition in Moscow in July 1959
agricultural Revolution
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235 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture
death of newspapers
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66 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 20 Jan 2017
a term that refers to the decline of newspapers due to the rise of digital media
Bartolomé de las Casas
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42 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
a 16th-century Spanish historian and missionary known for advocating for the rights of indigenous people in the Americas
New Urbanism
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344 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
urban design movement promoting walkable neighborhoods with a wide range of housing and job types
Timothy McVeigh
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77 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 9 Jul 2023
American domestic anti-government terrorist (1968–2001)
Herman Kahn
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88 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 18 Mar 2022
Savings and loan crisis
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189 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 22 Nov 2020
a financial crisis that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s involving the failure of numerous U.S. savings and loan associations
jobless men
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13 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 1 Mar 2017
wealth tax
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170 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 19 Jan 2024
levy on the total value of personal assets, including owner-occupied housing; cash, bank deposits, money funds, and savings in insurance and pension plans
active measures
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131 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 15 Apr 2017
covert actions to influence events, often linked to Russian intelligence
Bernie Sanders
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347 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
an American politician, senator from Vermont, and two-time presidential candidate
Fairness Doctrine
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72 books
first published
2 Jan 1977
added 12 Jan 2024
former US broadcasting policy
Scientific racism
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77 books
first published
1977
added 28 Jan 2017
misuse of the scientific method to justify racism
estate planning
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106 books
first published
1977
process of planning for inheritance of property
twin studies
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96 books
first published
1977
added 2 May 2018
commoditize
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298 books
first published
1977
added 22 May 2017
guns versus butter model
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91 books
first published
1977
added 16 Oct 2022
macroeconomic relationship between defense spending and civilian welfare
European colonialism
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298 books
first published
1977
settlement, conquest, and colonization by Europeans
technological determinism
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108 books
first published
1977
added 29 Sep 2022
theory holding that social progress is shaped by technological progress
Drosophila
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92 books
first published
1977
genus of insects
Future Shock
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126 books
first published
1977
added 2 Nov 2021
Fran Lebowitz
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15 books
first published
1976
added 22 Aug 2024
American author and public speaker (b. 1950)
Selfish Gene
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197 books
first published
1976
added 13 Oct 2023
a book by Richard Dawkins that popularized the gene-centric view of evolution
Garrett Hardin
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119 books
first published
1976
added 25 Oct 2021
American ecologist (1915–2003)
Apollo 11
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215 books
first published
1976
added 5 Jun 2022
first Moon landing and fifth crewed flight of the United States Apollo program
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
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27 books
first published
1976
a non-fiction novel that details the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Kansas and the investigation that led to the capture of the killers
Gregor Mendel
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121 books
first published
1976
added 26 Nov 2021
Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
information retrieval
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174 books
first published
1976
activity of obtaining information resources relevant to an information need from a collection of information resources
urban planning
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478 books
first published
14 Apr 1975
the technical and political process of designing and regulating the use of land, resources, and infrastructure in cities.
benefit corporation
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75 books
first published
14 Apr 1975
added 5 Oct 2023
a type of for-profit corporation that also has social or environmental goals
friendly fire
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178 books
first published
14 Apr 1975
attack on friendly forces misidentified as hostile ones