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Early Roots of the Carbon Cycle Concept
(2013)Deep Carbon ObservatoryThe carbon cycle is important because it connects the atmosphere, ocean, biosphere and the solid Earth. Back in the late 18th century, the existence of a large scale connection between all components of the Earth was well grounded. One of the first ‘stage’ where a carbon rotation was described, by chemist A.L. Lavoisier, was a theater in the heart of Paris.Other Publication -
Tagungsbericht. Third Conference on European Historical Bibliographies, 03.12.2009 – 04.12.2009 Den Haag
(2010)H-Soz-KultOther Publication -
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The binary system was created long before Leibniz
(2017)Communications of the ACMIn numerous, and even more recent, writings, the universal scholar Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is once again referred to as the discoverer or inventor of the binary system. During his lifetime there was no use for such a system, but since the 1940s it has been an important basis for electronic digi-tal computers. Based on the work of Shirley and Ineichen, the European origin of the positional number system is being touched. There are reports ...Other Publication -
International Conference „Les machines à calculer et la pensée hu-maine“ in Paris in 1951: Birthplace of Artificial Intelligence?
(2017)Communications of the ACMOther Publication -
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The world’s smallest mechanical parallel calculator. Discovery of a 12-fold Curta made in Britain
(2017)Communications of the ACMOther Publication