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• Systems Theory
  ...initiating what became a project of systems [[research]] and [[practice]]. Systems theoretical approaches were later appropriated in other fields, such as in ...ositorum]. While modern systems are considerably more complicated, today's systems are embedded in [[history]].
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• Information Theory
  '''Information theory''' is a discipline in [[applied mathematics]] involving the quantification Applications of fundamental topics of information theory include [[lossless data compression]] (e.g. [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP files]]
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• Unit
  .... The SI has been or is in the [[process]] of being adopted throughout the world. ...ientific method]]. A standard system of units facilitates this. Scientific systems of units are a refinement of the [[concept]] of weights and measures [[deve
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• Holism
  *1: a [[theory]] that the [[universe]] and especially living [[nature]] is correctly seen ...es, not as [[collections]] of [[parts]]. This often includes the view that systems somehow [[function]] as wholes and that their functioning cannot be fully u
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• Secondary Corpus
  ...]], [[history]], [[art]], and all aspects of the ancient [[Mediterranean]] world. The group of disciplines that study [[human]] aspects of the world using the [[scientific method]].
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• Formal Sciences
  ...ics]], and the theoretical branches of [[computer science]], [[information theory]], and [[statistics]]. ...[[Isaac Newton]] also thought that [[God]] used mathematics to design the world. Therefore, the study of mathematics is identical to the study of [[nature]
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• Classification
  ...o classification systems used in [[biology]], bibliographic classification systems [[group]] [[entities]] together that are similar, typically arranged in a [ In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_theory Marxist theory], two basic class divisions owe to the [[fundamental]] [[economic]] [[struc
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• Symmetry
  ...ancient [[cosmology|cosmologies]]. Thus the concept of ''axis mundi'' (the world axis) is a famous mytho-poetic [[archetype]] expressing the [[idea]] of cen ...mogeneity and isotropy). By that time, [[Albert Einstein]]'s (1879–1955) [[Theory of Relativity]] had engendered the notion of relativistic invariance, the k
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• Quantum Mechanics
  ...also given [[insight]] into the workings of many different [[biological]] systems, including smell receptors and protein structures.[3] ...physicists_of_the_20th_century others].[5] Some fundamental aspects of the theory are still actively studied.[6]
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• Attachment
  ...mphlet on the issue which he entitled [[maternal]] deprivation. Attachment theory grew out of his subsequent work on the issues raised. ...cepts, introduced the [[concept]] of the "[[secure]] base" and developed a theory of a number of attachment patterns in infants: secure attachment, avoidant
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• Cosmology
  ...s. In particular, the [[geocentric]] [[Ptolemaic system]] was the accepted theory to explain the motion of the heavens until [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], and sub ...his [[law of universal gravitation]] allowed the [[anomalies]] in previous systems, caused by gravitational interaction between the planets, to be resolved. A
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• Archaeology
  ...19th century], and has since become a [[discipline]] practiced across the world. Since its early development, various specific sub-disciplines of archaeolo ...]] has sometimes been restricted to deeds and contracts. The interests and world-view of [[elites]] are often quite different from the lives and interests o
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• Computer Science
  ...n's University,"''Computer Science is the study of all aspects of computer systems, from the theoretical foundations to the very practical aspects of managing ...allenges in implementing computations. For example, [[programming language theory]] studies approaches to describing computations, while [[computer programmi
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• Dynamic
  ...Of, according to, or pertaining to the science of DYNAMICS: as the dynamic theory of the tides. ...ing merely the action of forces: see DYNAMISM 1. dynamic theory of Kant, a theory according to which matter was conceived to be constituted by two antagonist
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• Spiritual Evolution
  ..._Jantsch Erich Jantsch] in his consummate account of how self-organising [[systems]] evolve and develop as a series of "symmetry breaks" through the sequence ==Integral theory==
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• Cybernetics
  ...tory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to control theory and systems theory. Both in its [[origin]]s and in its [[evolution]] in the second-half of the ...plinary study connecting the fields of control systems, electrical network theory, mechanical engineering, [[logic]] modeling, evolutionary [[biology]], neur
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• Immanuel Wallerstein
  ...l social scientist, and world-systems analyst. His monthly commentaries on world affairs are syndicated by [https://www.agenceglobal.com Agence Global]. Wal ...d of the [[Fernand Braudel Center]] for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems and Civilization until 2005. Wallerstein held several positions as visiting
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• Perception
  ...most notably the works of Professor Emeritus [[Richard L. Gregory]]. This theory is increasingly gaining experimental support and could be surmised as dynam ...ure thinker]]s, may not necessarily perceive the 'shape-shifting' as their world changes. The 'esemplastic' nature has been shown by experiment: an [[ambigu
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• Optics
  ...ften unclear, and the terms are used differently in different parts of the world and in different areas of industry. Because of the wide application of the science of "light" to real-world applications, the areas of optical science and optical engineering tend to
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• Knowledge Representation
  ...question-answering, [[neural networks]], [[theorem proving]], and [[expert systems]], with varying success. Medical diagnosis (e.g., [[Mycin]]) was a major ap In the 1980s formal computer knowledge representation languages and systems arose. Major projects attempted to encode wide bodies of general knowledge;
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