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17:3517:35, 26 March 2025 diff hist +215 Science: A History No edit summary
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16:2316:23, 26 March 2025 diff hist +2,092 N Science: A History Created page with "== Origins == * One potential date for the beginning of the revival of Western Europe is 1453: ** Publication of "On the Structure of the Human Body" by Andreas Vesalius and of "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Bodies" by Copernicus", mark the start of the scientific revolution that would transform first Europe and then the world. ** The Turks captured Constantinople marking the end of the old Roman Empire, causing many Greek-speaking scholars fled westwards to Italy..."
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10:0110:01, 22 March 2025 diff hist +3,671 N The Rise and Reign of the Mammals Created page with "* 303-307m ya - The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse - The climate became drier, temperatures swung cold and hot, and the ice caps melted, eventually disappearing for good in the ensuing Permian Period. * 252-251m ya - The Permian-Triassic transition. 90% of species were wiped out. Mega volcanoes erupted for several hundred thousand years. Animals that survived became smaller (the Lilliput Effect). By growing fast and reproducing earlier, they have a better chance of su..."

16:5316:53, 21 March 2025 diff hist +19 Four Ways of Thinking No edit summary current
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17:2617:26, 12 March 2025 diff hist +5,715 Four Ways of Thinking →Interactive Thinking
16:4816:48, 12 March 2025 diff hist +3,738 N Four Ways of Thinking Created page with "== Introduction == * Science and mathematics are, in large part, about finding better ways of reasoning. This book describes four ways of getting nearer to the truth. * Stephen Wolfram hypothesized that every process, biological or physical, personal or social, natural or artificial, lies in one of only four classes of behavior: ** Stable systems - Are those that reach and stay at an equilibrium, like a ball rolling to rest. ** Periodic systems - Are those that exhibit r..."
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08:3508:35, 27 February 2025 diff hist +188 From Bacteria to Bach and Back →9. The Role of Words in Cultural Evolution

11:4311:43, 24 February 2025 diff hist +5,605 From Bacteria to Bach and Back →9. The Role of Words in Cultural Evolution
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11:0311:03, 23 February 2025 diff hist +8,867 From Bacteria to Bach and Back →8. Brains Made of Brains

08:2508:25, 21 February 2025 diff hist +4,374 From Bacteria to Bach and Back →7. Darwinian Space: An Interlude

11:4211:42, 20 February 2025 diff hist +6,037 From Bacteria to Bach and Back →6. What is Information?

10:3310:33, 19 February 2025 diff hist +7,631 From Bacteria to Bach and Back →5. The Evolution of Understanding

08:1408:14, 17 February 2025 diff hist +46 From Bacteria to Bach and Back No edit summary
08:1308:13, 17 February 2025 diff hist +4,265 N Adaptionism Created page with "Adaptationism refers to a perspective that emphasizes the role of natural selection in shaping the traits of organisms. It posits that many, if not most, features of living beings are the result of adaptive processes, where natural selection favors traits that enhance survival and reproduction. The evolution of the brain, in particular, is a complex process that likely involves a combination of adaptation, exaptation, and other evolutionary mechanisms. A balanced ap..." current
08:0508:05, 17 February 2025 diff hist +2,153 From Bacteria to Bach and Back →2. Before Bacteria and Bach
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07:2107:21, 17 February 2025 diff hist +859 N From Bacteria to Bach and Back Created page with "== Part I: Turning Our World Upside Down == === 1. Introduction === === 2. Before Bacteria and Bach === === 3. On the Origin of Reasons === === 4. The Strange Inversions of Meaning === === 5. The Evolution of Understanding === == Part II: From Evolution to Intelligent Design == === 6. What is Information? === === 7. Darwinian Space: An Interlude === === 8. Brains Made of Brains === === 9. The Role of Words in Cultural Evolution === === 10. The Meme's-Eye Point of View ==..."
07:1307:13, 17 February 2025 diff hist +1 Douglas Hofstadter No edit summary
07:1207:12, 17 February 2025 diff hist +34 N Gödel, Escher Bach Robert.adlington moved page Gödel, Escher Bach to Gödel, Escher, Bach current Tag: New redirect
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