Relevance is a fundamental, though not completely understood, concept for documentation, information science, and information retrieval. This article presents the history of relevance through an exhaustive review of the literature. Such history being very complex (about 160 papers are discussed), it is...
however, cause me to reflect on how my natural love of history had benefited me over the years as both an investor and investment manager, not only in understanding its importance in building models that were robust in the face of changing market conditions, but also in how it influenced my...
Some of these measures do question students why history matters, but always in a very general way, i.e., not specified to the three relevance domains as defined in this study. In the absence of appropriate measurement tools for assessing students’ attitudes towards the relevance of history, ...
Another possible explanation for historians` neglect of the subject is their widespread assumption that most people in early modern England had little contact with civil law. If that were so, the history of legal matters would be of little relevance to general historical scholarship. But recent ...
It gives me great pleasure to join all of you for the discussion on "Path Towards Modernization: The Responsibility of Political Parties". The history of human development is full of twists and turns. Similarly, the journey of each country to explore the path to modernization is also arduous....
A satisfactory comprehensive history of the social and economic development of pre-modern China, the largest country in the world in terms of population, and with a documentary record covering three millennia, is still far from possible. The present work is only an attempt to disengage the major...
【129-130】(As the very terms "politics" and "history" show, political history is of Greek, not of Hebrew, origin. p.73.)“政治史预设自由和帝国是……人类的伟大目标——预设自由和帝国是令人赞慕的正当目标。自由和帝国引发许多庞大共同体最伟大的奋斗。这种伟大令人惊叹。这种伟大能为每个人所见或...
The Quest for “Social Relevance” (1978–1993). In: A History of “Relevance” in Psychology. Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47489-6_8 Download citation .RIS .ENW .BIB DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1057/...
School curriculum design has always been a common concern for the authorities, school teachers and parents as well, and history is one of the subjects causing a debate. While some people cannot see its relevance to our current life, I’d like to emphasize its importance in modern society. Th...
I first discovered the Napoleonic cryptographic battle a few years ago when I was reading Sir Charles Oman's epic History of the Peninsular War. In volume V he had attached an appendix "The Scovell Ciphers."(47) It listed many documents in code that had been captured from the French army ...