“father of the information theory.” 1945 How to Solve it by mathematician George Poly: this book introduced the term ‘heuristic’ into modern thinking. Computer scientists, philosophers, psychologists, and other scholars would describe heuristics as rough methods of reasoning – human or computer....
Seelie and Unseelie courts control remote parts of Wales; fae principalities established outside major human cities and towns (CTD, IotM, 14, 133): Myrddin Wyllt (AKA Merlinus Caledonensis, and the inspiration for Merlin), is crowned High King of Gwynedd, Wales.(CTD, IotM, 14, 133) ...
Any water on Earth during the latter part of its accretion would have been disrupted by the Moon-forming impact (~4.5 billion years ago), which likely vaporized much of Earth's crust and upper mantle and created a rock-vapor atmosphere around the young planet. The rock vapor would have con...
Among them, there are emperors like Li Shimin (emperor Taizong of the Tang), philosophers like Confucius, great patriotic poets like Qu Yuan and so on.Chinese society has progressed through five major stages - Primitive Society, Slave Society, Feudal Society, Semi-feudal and Semi-colonial ...
Ancient Indians explained the evolution of universe and also explained about sun, moon, earth, and other planets 1500 BC to 1000 BC Greek philosopher Anaxagoras explained the physical universe During 5th Century BC Two Greek philosophers namely Leucippus and Democritus established the school of Atomism...
Natural philosophers such as Aristotle and Democritus used deductive reasoning in an attempt to explain the behavior of the world around them. Alchemists were people who used experimental techniques in an attempt to extend the life or perform material conversions, such as turning base metals into ...
Samuel (Shmuel) was the last of the Hebrew Judges and the first of the major prophets who began to prophesy inside the Land of Israel. He was thus at the cusp between two eras. He also anointed the first two kings of the Kingdom of Israel: Saul and David. (Source: Wikipedia)Wikipedia...
Early ideas that later became incorporated into the modern science of chemistry come from two main sources. Natural philosophers (such as Aristotle and Democritus) used deductive reasoning in an attempt to explain the behavior of the world around them. Alchemists (such as Geber and Rhazes) were ...
Scientific missions over the centuries have peeled away layers of that mystery, but the moon continues to harbor many secrets. This timeline of humanity's exploration of the moon, provided by NASA, is not by any means comprehensive but does highlight some of the major milestones dating back fo...
Transcendentalism was a cultural movement that arose during the first half of the 19th century. Transcendentalism's definition centers around the idea that humans have knowledge from nature that goes beyond what can be understood with the senses. During this period, two major factors encouraged author...