History

History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past. Events occurring before the invention of writing systems are considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. Historians place the past in context using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, ecological markers, and material objects including art and artifacts.History also includes the academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze a sequence of past events, and investigate the …

Wikipedia

Publications

WRI: World Resources Institute · 6 December 2023 English

This report systematizes the implementation process, challenges, learnings, and results of complete street interventions in eight cities from different regions of Brazil.

Carbon Mobility (RNMBC), whose objectives and work history are described in the Appendix. The texts and analyses are described. The diagnosis includes a brief history of the street and relevant quantitative and/or


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 5 December 2023 English

effectiveness of different mental health interventions. 4. New documentary about North Korea. 5. History of the Venezuela-Guyana dispute. 6...

interventions. 4. New documentary about North Korea. 5. History of the Venezuela-Guyana dispute. 6. How are global


Scientist Rebellion · 5 December 2023 English

The IPCC pathway for staying below the 1.5°C climate goal is now considered implausible by the expert climate community. Citizens need to know: the world is expected to breach 1.5°C …

starting point. It is not the first time in our history that the scientific community has wielded its responsibility Norway Dr Samantha Iyer, Assistant Professor History, Fordham University, USA Professor Eva Garcia-Vazquez


The Sydney Institute · 5 December 2023 English

William Collins 2023 ISBN: 978 000 8483885-2 RRP: $34.99 (pb) By Anne Henderson It has been said that history is all too often written by the winners. While George Orwell opined that the most effective way to

99 (pb) By Anne Henderson It has been said that history is all too often written by the winners. While


More in Common · 4 December 2023 English

They are more than twice as likely to have attended a protest about the conflict, more than five times as likely to have signed a petition relating to the conflict, …

The sad thing is that people don’t learn from history. This kind of conflict - there’s never a winner myself on it too much. I know that there’s a lot of history. I know that a lot of celebrities are talking about don’t have the full evidence … None of us know the history there because we’re not Palestinian, we’re not than choosing sides I’ve actually studied the history behind Palestine Israel, and I've always been following partial and inaccurate facts about the origin and history of the conflict. Our institutions need to lead


Resolution Foundation · 4 December 2023 English

The final report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry The UK has great strengths, but is a decade and a half into a period of stagnation. The toxic combination of slow …

shared endeavour by many things, from a common history to the collective provision of security for our jobs and fairly shares rewards and sacrifices. History teaches us that growth can speed up as well as not reached that pass yet, but the lesson of history – and from around the world – is that complacency firms experiencing it, has a history. Understanding where that history has left the UK is the purpose population adopts technology swiftly. We have a long history of being relatively open to trade and Britain


Blavatnik School of Government · 4 December 2023 English

7 was made clear long ago that this whole set of arguments is highly misleading – about the nature of the British state, about the politics of technology, and even …

three worst civil investment decisions in the history of mankind’, referring to the Anglo-French supersonic relative lack of a national capitalism – factors that history helps to highlight. It is also worth explaining decades transforms our understanding of British history. The ‘declinist’ narrative was once widespread: the declinists therefore sought to erase from history. The Atomic Energy Authority (AEA), the state- Technology in the 1960s’, Twentieth Century British History, 7 (1996), 53-82; David Edgerton, Warfare State:


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 December 2023 English

Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, is often credited with establishing one of the earliest public transport systems in Paris, known as the “carrosses à cinq sols” (five-sou …


Aspen Institute Germany · 4 December 2023 English

agricultural production.2 The percent in 2020; in Germany, it made up United States, with a long history and 0.8 percent in 2021.5 Only 1.2 percent of culture of agricultural production, is also the labor

Germany, it made up United States, with a long history and 0.8 percent in 2021.5 Only 1.2 percent of culture


SSEE: Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment · 3 December 2023 English

Almost all decarbonisation scenarios consistent with the 1.5°C target in the Paris Agreement contain some level of carbon capture and storage (CCS), either for abating emissions at source, removing carbon …

trajectory of future costs. Assessing the overall cost history of nuclear energy, for example, is extremely challenging programme for CCS plants. However, given the recent history of plants with under-performance (Boundary Dam Zhang, X.; Wang, Z. Carbon Capture and Storage: History and the Road Ahead. Engineering 2022, 14, 33–43


View more