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The Human History In 100 Words

Professor Alan Charles Kors from the University of Pennsylvania, has summed up human history in 100 words: First, tribes: tough life. The defaults beyond the intimate tribe were violence, aversion to difference, and slavery. Superstition: everywhere. Culture overcomes them partially. Rainfall agriculture, which allows loners. Irrigation agriculture, which favors community. Division of labor plus exchange [...]

Improve Your Business English And Your Career

If English isn’t your native language, you may find it hard conducting business related communications with people. Have you ever thought about a Business English Course? Executive Language Training is a language school that can help you a great deal. Executive English is a necessity nowadays to get ahead in your job and if you’re [...]

Moebius Transformations Revealed

Technorati tags: youtube, math, mathematics, mobius, moebius, transformation, transformations, stereographic, projection, sphere, plane YouTube Find: A short film depicting the beauty of Moebius Transformations in mathematics. The movie shows how moving to a higher dimension can make the transformations easier to understand. The full version is available at http://www.ima.umn.edu/~arnold/moebius/ Bookmark to: Hide Sites $$(‘div.d1493′).each( function(e) [...]

The Coolest Dictionary Known To Hombre?

Technorati tags: language, tool, translation, english, dictionary, application This is actually pretty cool, lingro is like a dictionary/translator. For example you can enter a website in the box and lingro will make all words on that website clickable – so if you click on them a little box will pop up and you’ll learn it’s [...]