| Copper Age The Chalcolithic (Greek khalkos + lithos 'copper stone') period or Copper Age period Eneolithic (Æneolithic)metal tools appeared alongside the use of stone tools. The period is a transitional one outside of the traditional three-age system, and occurs between the Neolithic and Bronze Age. It appears that copper was not widely exploited at first and that efforts in alloying it with tin and other metals began quite soon, making distinguishing the distinct Chalcolithic cultures and later periods difficult. Copper_Age
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| Geology Geology (from Greekgê, "earth"; and λόγος, logos, "speech" lit. to talk about the earth) is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structure, physical properties, dynamics, and history of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed. Geology
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| James Hutton James Hutton MD (Edinburgh, 3 June 1726 OS (14 June 1726 NS) 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, physician, naturalist, chemist and experimental farmer. He is considered the father of modern geology. His theories of geology and geologic time, also called deep time, came to be included in theories which were called plutonism and uniformitarianism. James_Hutton
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| Opium Opium is a narcotic formed from the latex released by lacerating (or "scoring") the immature seed pods of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum). It contains up to 12% morphine, an opiate alkaloid, which is most frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade. Opium
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| Uniformitarianism (science) Uniformitarianism, in the philosophy of science, assumes that the same natural processes that operate in the universe now, have always operated in the universe in the past, and at the same rates; and that the same laws of physics apply everywhere in the universe. Its methodology is frequently summarized as "the present is the key to the past," because it holds that all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world. Uniformitarianism_(science)
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| Aldehyde aldehyde is an organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group. This functional group, which consists of a carbon atom bonded to a hydrogen atom and double-bonded to an oxygen atom (chemical formula O=CH-), is called the aldehyde group. The aldehyde group is also called the formyl or methanoyl group.The word aldehyde seems to have arisen from alcohol dehydrogenated. Aldehyde
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| Amartya Sen Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) (Bengali Ômorto Kumar Shen) (born 3 November 1933), is an Indian born Nobel Prize-winning economist. He is known "for his contributions to welfare economics" for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, gender inequality, and political liberalism. He is an Indian citizen and a distinguished economist-philosopher who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in the year 1998. Amartya_Sen
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| The Population Bomb The Population Bomb (1968) is a book written by Paul R. Ehrlich. A best-selling work, it predicted disaster for humanity due to overpopulation and the "population explosion". The book predicted that "in the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death", that nothing can be done to avoid mass famine greater than any in the history, and radical action is needed to limit the overpopulation. The_Population_Bomb
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| Poverty Poverty is the shortage of common things such as food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, all of which determine the quality of life. It may also include the lack of access to opportunities such as education and employment which aid the escape from poverty and/or allow one to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens. According to Mollie Orshansky who developed the poverty measurements used by the U.S. government, "to be poor is to be deprived of those goods and Poverty
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| Copper Copper () is a chemical element with the symbol Cu () and atomic number 29. ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is rather soft and malleable and a freshly-exposed surface has a pinkish or peachy color. It is used as a thermal conductor, an electrical conductor, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys. Copper
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| Richland Center, Wisconsin Richland Center is a city in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,114 at the 2000 census. Richland_Center,_Wisconsin
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| Funny Money Funny Money is a farce written by Ray Cooney. It premièred at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley, London, England, in 1994, followed by a successful two-year run in the West End. Cooney directed his own play and also played the part of Henry Perkins. In 2006 the play was adapted into a movie starring Chevy Chase. Funny_Money
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| Demographic transition Demographic transition model (DTM) is a model used to represent the process of explaining the transformation of countries from high birth rates and high death rates to low birth rates and low death rates as part of the economic development of a country from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economy. Demographic_transition
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| Young Earth creationism Young Earth creationism (YEC) is the religious belief that the Heavens, Earth, and life on Earth were created by direct acts of God during a short period, sometime between 6,000 Young_Earth_creationism
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| Rib Mountain Rib Mountain (also known as Rib Hill) is a glacially-eroded monadnock in central Wisconsin, located in the Town of Rib Mountain in Marathon County. Composed of quartzite covered with a softer syenite sheath, it was intruded about 1.5 billion years ago.Rib Mountain is at Rib_Mountain
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| University of Wisconsin-Barron County University of Wisconsin–Barron County (also known as UW-Barron County or UW-BC) is part of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, making it one of 13 two-year campuses of the University of Wisconsin System. It is located in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Approximately 500 full- and part-time students are enrolled at the college, and about 25% of UW-BC students are adults returning to school. University_of_Wisconsin-Barron_County
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| University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh University_of_Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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| Child suicide bombers in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian militant groups have recruited minors to attack Israeli targets, both military and civilian, especially during the al-Aqsa Intifada. In some cases these attacks have been suicidal in nature. This deliberate involvement of children in armed conflict has been condemned by international organisations and certain Palestinian groups. Child_suicide_bombers_in_the_Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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| James Groppi James_Groppi
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| Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi Talk:Carl_Gustav_Jacob_Jacobi
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