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  • 71Probabilistic logic — The aim of a probabilistic logic (or probability logic) is to combine the capacity of probability theory to handle uncertainty with the capacity of deductive logic to exploit structure. The result is a richer and more expressive formalism with a… …

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  • 72Doug Walton — For the rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 70s for Great Britain, Yorkshire, and Castleford, see Douglas Doug Walton Douglas Neil Walton is a Canadian academic and author, well known for his many widely published books and papers on… …

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  • 73Climate change in popular culture — The issue of climate change and global warming, its possible effects, and related human environment interaction have entered popular culture since the late 20th century. Science historian Naomi Oreskes has noted that there s a huge disconnect… …

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  • 74Mars — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Mars (disambiguation) …

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  • 75France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 76language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… …

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  • 77medicine — /med euh sin/ or, esp. Brit., /med seuhn/, n., v., medicined, medicining. n. 1. any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy. 2. the art or science of restoring or preserving health or due physical condition …

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  • 78theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 79control theory — Field of applied mathematics relevant to the control of certain physical processes and systems. It became a field in its own right in the late 1950s and early 60s. After World War II, problems arising in engineering and economics were recognized… …

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  • 80ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …

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