scientific-technological progress
61Five-Year Plans of China — The Five Year Plans of China were a series of economic development initiatives. The economy was shaped primarily by the Chinese Communist Party through the plenary sessions of the Central Committee and national congresses. The party plays a… …
62Western culture — For this article s equivalent regarding the East, see Eastern culture. For the Henry Cow album of the same name, see Western Culture (album). Leonardo da Vinci s Vitruvian Man. A symbol of the importance of humanism and empiricism in Western… …
63systems engineering — ☆ systems engineering n. a branch of engineering using esp. information theory, computer science, and facts from systems analysis studies to design integrated operational systems for specific complexes systems engineer n. * * * Technique of using …
64encyclopaedia — Reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge comprehensively. It is self contained and explains subjects in greater detail than a dictionary. It differs from an almanac in… …
65War in the Age of Intelligent Machines — (1991) is a book by Manuel de Landa that traces the history of warfare and of technology. It is influenced in part by Michel Foucault s Discipline and Punish (1978), and also reinterprets the concepts of war machines and the machinic phylum,… …
66Economy of North Korea — Economic centre of North Korea Currency North Korean won Fiscal year …
67History of the Comecon — Early yearsThe founding of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (also referred to as Comecon, CMEA, CEMA, or the Council) dates from a January 1949 communiqué agreed upon by the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and… …
68History of biotechnology — Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide goods and services. [Bud, The Uses of Life , p. 1] From its inception, biotechnology has maintained a close… …
69Tragic Optimism for a Millennial Dawning — ▪ 1999 Introduction by Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Geology and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at Harvard University since 1973, has gained worldwide renown as a paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and, not least,… …
70Research funding — ] .Most research funding comes from two major sources, corporations (through research and development departments) and government (primarily carried out through universities and specialised government agencies). Some small amounts of scientific… …
