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111Decimal time — French decimal clock from the time of the French Revolution Decimal time is the representation of the time of day using units which are decimally related. This term is often used to refer specifically to French Revolutionary Time, which divides… …
112Metrication controversy — The introduction of the metric system has faced some opposition in a number of countries over the past two centuries. Based on a previous U.S. Metric Association and recent CIA survey it is commonly cited that only the United States of America,… …
113Positivism — is the philosophy that the only authentic knowledge is knowledge that is based on actual sense experience. Such knowledge can only come from affirmation of theories through strict scientific method. Metaphysical speculation is avoided. Though the …
114Gu Zhun — 顾准 （1915 1974) was an intellectual, economist and pioneer of post Marxist Chinese liberalism. A victim of anti Rightist purges he spent his later life in prisons and reeducation centres.The recovery and publication of Gu s prison diaries and… …
115Apotome — may mean one of the following:*In mathematics, apotome is the difference of two quantities that are commensurable only in power. An example is the difference::sqrt{2} 1,which corresponds to the difference between the diagonal and side of a square …
116Rhetoric of science — is a body of scholarly literature exploring the notion that the practice of scientific inquiry is a rhetorical activity. It emerged from a number of disciplines during the late twentieth century, including the disciplines of sociology, history,… …
117Cophasing — In astronomy, the term cophasing or phasing describes the process of controlling the individual segments in a segmented mirror or a telescope so that the segments form a larger composite mirroring surface. Cophasing implies precise, active… …
118Quimby (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Quimby Img capt = Visible from left to right are: Livius Varga, Ferenc Mikuli, Tibor Kiss, Ferenc Gredesits, József Kárpáti and Szilárd Balanyi Img size = Landscape = yes Background = group or band Alias = Origin =… …
119Problem Frames Approach — Problem Analysis or the Problem Frames Approach is an approach to software requirements analysis. It was developed by British software consultant Michael A. Jackson. The Problem Frames Approach was first sketched by Jackson in his book Software… …
120Duration (Bergson) — Duration is the theory of time and consciousness, posited by the French philosopher Henri Bergson. TheoryInspired by the philosophy of Herbert Spencer, Bergson sought to improve upon its inadequacies, which he believed to be Spencer s lack of… …
