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event stratigraphy event stratigraphy
event stratigraphy Event stratigraphy is a comparative latecomer to the Earth sciences, but is proving to be a useful and interesting concept. Extraordinary or singular widespread geological events of very short duration may leave an impression in the stratigraphical record. Fixing the order and... Read more
Fate Fate
FATALISM. Fatalism is the thesis that whatever happens must happen. This is not to be confused with the completely innocuous idea that whatever happens, happens. Nor is fatalism to be conflated with the proposition that, necessarily, whatever happens happens, where this assertion simply expresses... Read more
Fernao Mendes Pinto Fernao Mendes Pinto
Fernao Mendes Pinto The first European to visit Japan was Portuguese adventurer Fernao Mendes Pinto, unjustly called the "Prince of Liars" because his book about his travels was so widely disbelieved by his contemporaries. Fernao Mendes Pinto was born in the Portuguese town of... Read more
Allan Kaprow Allan Kaprow
Kaprow, Allan (1927– ). American artist and art theorist, best known as the main creator of Happenings. He was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and graduated from New York University in 1949. He then studied painting at Hans Hofmann's school, 1947–8, history of art under Meyer... Read more
iconography iconography
iconography [Gr.,=image-drawing] or iconology [Gr.,=image-study], in art history, the study and interpretation of figural representations, either individual or symbolic, religious or secular; more broadly, the art of representation by pictures or images, which may or may not have a symbolic as... Read more
Boston University Boston University
Boston University at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. Among its notable research facilities are a medical center (including the schools of medicine and graduate dentistry and university hospital)... Read more
Achill Achill
Achill [Irish,=eagle], island, 56 sq mi (145 sq km), Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland; the largest island of Ireland. It is connected with the mainland by a bridge over Achill Sound. The rugged island is barren; there is fishing and subsistence farming. Many small villages are resorts; Keel and... Read more
Locus of control Locus of control
Locus of Control HISTORY OF CONCEPT RESEARCH EVIDENCE CRITIQUE OF LOCUS OF CONTROL THEORY IMPLICATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY Locus of control was the brainchild of psychologist Julian Rotter, who based his concept on the social learning theory idea that the generalized expectancies of people govern... Read more
Sheet Music Sheet Music
Sheet Music Background Sheet music is a magic carpet. It is a printed page that, like a book, tells an original story created by the talent, imagination, training—and sometimes genius—of a writer. In the case of music, the writer is a composer or songwriter who uses a ... Read more
Atoms Atoms
ATOMS CONCEPT Our world is made up of atoms, yet the atomic model of the universe is nonetheless considered a "theory." When scientists know beyond all reasonable doubt that a particular principle is the case, then it is dubbed a law. Laws address the fact that certain things happen, as well as how... Read more

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