| Austrian School The Austrian School, also known as the “Vienna School” or the “Psychological School”, is a heterodoxDavid C. Colander, Complexity and History of Economic Thought, p. Austrian_School
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| Algorithm Talk:Algorithm
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| Beowulf Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship, dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between the 8th to the 11th century,, and relates events described as having occurred in what is now Denmark and Sweden. Commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature, Beowulf has been the subject of much scholarly study, theory, speculation, discourse, and, at 3182 lines, has been noted for its length. Beowulf
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| Bertrand Russell Trellech, Monmouthshire, UK Bertrand_Russell
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| Corporation A corporation is a separate legal entity, usually used to conduct business. Corporations exist as a product of corporate law, and their rules balance the interests of the shareholders that invest their capital and the employees who contribute their labor. Corporation
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| Distillation Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation, or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction. Distillation
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| Evolutionary psychology Talk:Evolutionary_psychology
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| Erlang unit The erlang (symbol EHow Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement) as a dimensionless unit is used in telephony as a statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic. Erlang_unit
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| Flynn effect The Flynn effect is the rise of average Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test scores over the generations, an effect seen in most parts of the world, although at greatly varying rates. It is named after James R. Flynn_effect
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| Globular cluster A globular cluster is a spherical collection of stars that orbits a galactic core as a satellite. Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, which gives them their spherical shapes and relatively high stellar densities toward their centers. Globular_cluster
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| Hamilton, Ontario |leader_title3 = MPPs Hamilton,_Ontario
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| Isaac Newton OS: 25 December 1642]During Newton's lifetime, two calendars were in use in Europe: the Julian or 'Old Style' in Britain and parts of Eastern Europe, and the Gregorian or 'New Style' elsewhere. At Newton's birth, Gregorian dates were ten days ahead of Julian dates: thus Newton was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1642 by the Julian calendar, but on 4 January 1643 by the Gregorian. Isaac_Newton
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| Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain. The changes subsequently spread throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world. Industrial_Revolution
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| John Diefenbaker | birth_place = Neustadt, Ontario John_Diefenbaker
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| Josephus on Jesus There are two extant references in Josephus on Jesus, the one directly concerning Jesus has come to be known as the Testimonium Flavianum. These passages appear in The Antiquities of the Jews, written in the year 93 by the Jewish historian Josephus. Josephus_on_Jesus
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| John Locke Essex, England John_Locke
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| Keynesian economics In economics Keynesian economics (, also Keynesianism and Keynesian Theory), is based on the ideas of twentieth-century British economist John Maynard Keynes. The state, according to Keynesian economics, can stimulate economic growth and improve stability in the private sector - through, for example, interest rates, taxation and public projects. Keynesian_economics
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| Labor theory of value The labor theories of value (LTV) are theories in economics according to which the values of commodities are related to the labor needed to produce them. Labor_theory_of_value
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| Max Weber | birth_place = Erfurt, Prussian Saxony Max_Weber
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| Paleontology Paleontology (british: palaeontology)from Greek: παλαιός (palaeos) "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- (on, ont-) "being, creature", and λόγος (logos) "speech, thought" is the study of prehistoric life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments. As a "historical science" it tries to explain causes rather than conduct experiments to observe effects. Paleontology
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| Radon Radon () is the chemical element that has the symbol Rn and atomic number 86. Radon is a colorless, odorless, naturally occurring, radioactive noble gas that is formed from the decay of radium. Radon
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| Tragedy of the commons The Tragedy of the Commons is the title of an influential article written by Garrett Hardin, first published in the journal Science in 1968.Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons", Science, Vol. Tragedy_of_the_commons
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| Thomas Malthus (Surrey, England)| Thomas_Malthus
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| William I of England (aged c.59) William_I_of_England
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| Xenon Xenon (Xenon, entry in the Oxford English Dictionary, prepared by J. A. Xenon
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| Nuclear engineering Nuclear engineering is the application of the breakdown of atomic nuclei and/or other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics. It includes, but is not limited to, the interaction and maintenance of nuclear fission systems and components— specifically, nuclear reactors, nuclear power plants, and/or nuclear weapons. Nuclear_engineering
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| Marquis de Condorcet Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet (September 17, 1743 – March 28, 1794) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he advocated a liberal economy, free and equal public education, constitutionalism, and equal rights for women and people of all races. Marquis_de_Condorcet
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| John Maynard Keynes Cambridge, England | John_Maynard_Keynes
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| Adoption Adoption is the act of legally placing a child with a parent or parents other than those to whom they were born. An adoption order has the effect of severing parental responsibilities and rights of the original parent(s) and transferring those responsibilities and rights to the adoptive parent(s). Adoption
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| Witenagemot The Witenagemot or the Witena gemot (), also known as the Witan (more properly the title of its members) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated from before the 7th century until the 11th century. The name derives from the Old English , or witena gemōt, for "meeting of wise men. Witenagemot
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| Jeremy Bentham London, England Jeremy_Bentham
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| Political economy Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government. Political economy originated in moral philosophy (e. Political_economy
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| Alfred Marshall Alfred Marshall (born 26 July 1842 in Bermondsey, London, England, died 13 July 1924 in Cambridge, England) was an English economist and one of the most influential economists of his time. His book, Principles of Economics (1890), brings the ideas of supply and demand, of marginal utility and of the costs of production into a coherent whole. Alfred_Marshall
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| Daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST; also, summer time in British English; see Terminology) is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Daylight_saving_time
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| Marginal utility In economics, the marginal utility of a good or of a service is the utility of the specific use to which an agent would put a given increase in that good or service, or of the specific use that would be abandoned in response to a given decrease. In other words, marginal utility is the utility of the marginal use — which, on the assumption of economic rationality, would be the least urgent use of the good or service, from the best feasible combination of actions in which its use is included. Marginal_utility
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| Individualist anarchism Talk:Individualist_anarchism
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| Comparative advantage In international trade, the principle of comparative advantage refers to the fact that although one country may have an absolute disadvantage with another, value can be created for both countries by allocating resources to the most competitive area of the disadvantaged country. This is because an opportunity cost is created when the advantaged country spreads resources across multiple activities instead of concentrating them in its area of greatest strength. Comparative_advantage
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| Ununoctium Ununoctium ( or ), also known as eka-radon or element 118, is the temporary IUPAC name for the transactinide element having the atomic number 118 and temporary element symbol Uuo. On the periodic table of the elements, it is a p-block element and the last one of the 7th period. Ununoctium
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| Diplura | subdivision = Diplura
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| R Lowry User:R_Lowry
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| Knowledge Management Knowledge Management (KM) comprises a range of practices used by organisations to identify, create, represent, distribute and enable adoption of what it knows, and how it knows it. It has been an established discipline since 1995 Stankosky, 2005 with a body of university courses and both professional and academic journals dedicated to it. Knowledge_Management
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| Texas hold 'em Texas hold 'em (also hold'em, holdem) is the most popular poker game in the casinos and poker card rooms across North America and Europe.PokerStars. Texas_hold_'em
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| Lake Constance |type = Lake_Constance
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| Steve Mann Steve Mann is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Steve_Mann
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| Michaelmas Michaelmas, the feast of St Michael the Archangel (also the Feast of SS Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael or the Feast of Michael and All Angels) is a day in the Christian calendar which occurs on 29 September. Because it falls near the equinox, it is associated with the beginning of autumn and the shortening of days. Michaelmas
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| Auguste Comte Montpellier, France Auguste_Comte
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| Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune [Turgot, Baron de Laune, often referred to as Turgot (10 May] [[1727 – 18 March 1781), was a French economist and statesman. Anne_Robert_Jacques_Turgot,_Baron_de_Laune
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| Cepheid variable A Cepheid variable (pron: ˈse-f(ē-)id or ˈsē-f(ē-)id) or Cepheid is a member of a particular class of variable stars, notable for a fairly tight correlation between their period of variability and absolute luminosity. The namesake and prototype of these variables is the star Delta Cephei, discovered to be variable by John Goodricke in 1784. Cepheid_variable
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| Thorstein Veblen (Cato, Wisconsin) | Thorstein_Veblen
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| Gustave Le Bon Gustave Le Bon (May 7, 1841 – December 13, 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits, racial superiority, herd behaviour and crowd psychology. Gustave_Le_Bon
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