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2 de jul. de 2024 · modernization, in sociology, the transformation from a traditional, rural, agrarian society to a secular, urban, industrial society. Modern society is industrial society. To modernize a society is, first of all, to industrialize it. Historically, the rise of modern society has been inextricably linked with the emergence of industrial society.
18 de jul. de 2024 · There is evidence of several “collapse periods” in this region, including the “4.2 kiloyear event” at the end of the Early Bronze Age around 2200 BCE as well as the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. The collapse of the first truly international economic system occurred at the very end of the Late Bronze Age (LBA), ~1200 BCE, and the ...
Hace 2 días · Modern science is typically divided into three major branches: the natural sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology), which study the physical world; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals and societies; and the formal sciences (e.g., logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science ...
Hace 2 días · Chemistry. The 1871 periodic table constructed by Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science, lying at the core of chemistry and embodying the most fundamental principles of the field. The history of chemistry represents a time span from ancient history to the present.
5 de jul. de 2024 · Using CERN as a blueprint, global cooperation among scientists became one of UNESCO’s key missions and paved the way to support other institutions that combine scientific excellence with science diplomacy.
2 de jul. de 2024 · The scientific outlook—skeptical, autonomous, applying fixed standards of observation to continually changing phenomena to reach conclusions that were never to be considered more than provisional—became the hallmark of modern society.
13 de jul. de 2024 · The evolutionary origin of organisms is today a scientific conclusion established with the kind of certainty attributable to such scientific concepts as the roundness of Earth, the motions of the planets, and the molecular composition of matter.
