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• Oxford Companion to Cosmology
  ...rehensive, yet highly accessible, encyclopedic overview of this enduringly popular subject. Its 350+ in-depth entries - ranging from [[cosmic]] [[inflation]] ...an invaluable and authoritative reference resource for students, teachers, science writers, and anyone with a serious interest in cosmology.
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• Regent Street Polytechnic Architectural School
  ...ublic. The Polytechnic played a significant role in the popularisation of science & engineering, and it became a major tourist attraction in Victorian London ...ationally known as a showman and popular science lecturer; he invented the popular theatrical illusion known as Pepper's ghost.
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• Dinosaurs
  ...in its turn, has resulted in significant [[public]] funding for dinosaur [[science]], and has frequently spurred new [[discoveries]]. In the United States, fo ...ften sought to use the [[animals]] as a way to educate [[readers]] about [[science]] in general. Dinosaurs are ubiquitous in advertising; numerous companies h
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• Literature
  ...ratures, as can corporations, philosophical schools or historical periods. Popular belief commonly holds that the literature of a nation, for example, compri ...incing [[character]]s. [[Genre]] fiction (for example: romance, crime, or science fiction) may also become excluded from consideration as "literature".
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• Subconscious
  ....com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t87.e8078 ibid] despite remaining popular in common use. ...ce of Psychoanalysis, 1906-1910." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Science, 15, 155-165.
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• Light year
  ...non-specialist and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_science popular science] publications. The preferred unit in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrome
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• Endorsement
  ...[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Twitter] have become increasingly [[popular]] mediums for celebrities to endorse brands and influence purchasing behavi [[Category: Political Science]]
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• Maelstrom
  ==In popular culture== [[Category: Earth Science]]
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• Abstaining
  ...ed when someone has a certain [[position]] about an issue, but since the [[popular]] sentiment supports the opposite, it might be not be politically expedient [[Category: Political Science]]
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• Liberalism
  ...a.org/wiki/18th_Century 18th century], and social liberalism, which became popular in the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century 20th century]. [[Category: Political Science]]
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• Mob
  ...Histories] (6.4.6).[2] He uses it to name the 'pathological' version of [[popular]] rule in [[opposition]] to the [[good]] version, which he refers to as [[d [[Category: Political Science]]
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• Geomancy
  ...by earth"; it is a translation of the Arabic term ‛ilm al-raml, or the "[[science]] of the sand". Earlier Greek renditions of this word borrowed the word ram ...cy was practiced by people from all social classes. It was one of the most popular forms of divination throughout Africa and Europe, particularly during the M
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• Interrupt
  ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_(computing) processes]. Counters are popular, but some older computers used the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_lin [[Category: Computer Science]]
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• Exoticism
  ...y encountered: [[exotic]] [[elementary particles]] as yet [[unknown]] to [[science]]. ...centuries], interest in non-western art by Europeans became more and more popular following European [[colonialism]]. So-called "oriental" art emanated from
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• 2006-05-29-Every Truth Found Brings You Closer To God
  ...t I am just asking it because I would love to be here when it becomes more popular, I guess, or well known or accepted? ...icance of this particular book and in their own hearts it becomes the most popular book they have.
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• Geo-engineering
  .../wiki/Moral_hazard moral hazard] because it could reduce the political and popular [[pressure]] for emissions reduction. Groups such as [https://en.wikipedia [[Category: Earth Science]]
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• Spiritual Evolution
  ...life, and [[mind]]. Although abiding strictly by the [[understanding]] of science, Jantsch arranges the various elements of [[cosmic]], [[planetary]], [[biol ...losophy Eastern thought], Theosophy, and popular (mis)interpretations of [[science]]. A common theme is the [[evolution]] or the [[transcendence]] of the huma
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• Re-public
  ...were intended to cushion the government from the direct expression of the popular will. [[Category: Political Science]]
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• Nationalism
  ...tate]] and the push for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_sovereignty popular sovereignty] that came to a head with the French Revolution and the America [[Category: Political Science]]
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• Commensurate
  ...he question, "What is to be done in this or that [[circumstance]]?" On one popular [[view]], answers to this question can be found by comparing the [[relative .../Commensurability_(philosophy_of_science) Commensurability] (philosophy of science)
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