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Mathematics
Mathematics , is the body of knowledge centered on concepts such as quantity, structure, space, and change, and also the academic discipline that studies them. Benjamin Peirce called it "the science that draws necessary conclusions". Other practitioners of mathematics maintain that mathematics is the science of pattern, that mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere. More »
Physics
Physics is the science concerned with the discovery and characterization of universal laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. More »
Economics
Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The word 'economics' is from the Greek for and νόμος , hence "rules of the house." A definition that captures much of modern economics is that of Lionel Robbins in a 1932 essay: "the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses." Scarcity means that available resources are insufficient to satisfy all wants... More »
Education
Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. Education has as one of its fundamental goals the imparting of culture from generation to generation . Education means 'to draw out', facilitating realisation of self-potential and latent talents of an individual. It is an application of pedagogy, a body of theoretical and applied research relating to teaching and learning... More »
Law
Law is a system of rules usually enforced through a set of institutions. Law affects everyday life and society in a variety of ways. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading swaptions on a derivatives market. Property law defines rights and obligations related to buying, selling, or renting real property such as homes and buildings. Trust law applies to assets held for investment, such as pension funds. Tort law allows claims for compensation when someone or... More »
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are awards in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics. The first five prizes were instituted by the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel through his will in 1895; they were first awarded in 1901. The prize for economics, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was instituted by Sweden's central bankin 1968 and is not a Nobel prize. The first prize in economics was awarded in 1969. More »
Drama
Drama is a literary form involving parts written for actors to perform. It is a Greek word meaning "action", drawn from the , "to do". Dramas can be performed in various media: live performance, radio, film and-or television. "Closet dramas" are works written in the same form as plays , but meant to be read rather than staged; examples include the plays of Seneca, ''Manfred'' by Byron, and ''Prometheus Unbound'' by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Other dramatic literature may not resemble plays at... More »
Astrology
Astrology is a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs in which knowledge of the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details is held to be useful in understanding, interpreting, and organizing information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters. A practitioner of astrology is called an astrologer, or, less often, an astrologist. Historically, the term ''mathematicus'' was used to denote a person proficient in astrology, astronomy, and mathematics. More »
Tragedy
{{weasel}} In a figurative sense, a tragedy is any event with a sad and unfortunate outcome, but the term also applies specifically in Western culture to a form of drama characterized by seriousness and dignity and involving a great person whose downfall is caused by a character flaw or conflict with a higher power . However, the classical definition of tragedy used by Aristotle and understood in ancient Greek drama is merely a story with a reversal of fortune : from bad to good, as in the... More »
Macro
A macro in computer science is a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence should be mapped to an output sequence according to a defined procedure. The term originated with macro-assemblers, where the idea was to write a single statement that appeared like an instruction in the assembly language . When the program was assembled, the macro-instruction was expanded into a sequence of real instructions that would then be assembled. More »
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