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  2. Population dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Population dynamics is the type of mathematics used to model and study the size and age composition of populations as dynamical systems.Population dynamics is a branch of mathematical biology, and uses mathematical techniques such as differential equations to model behaviour.

  3. World population - Wikipedia

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    Estimates of world population by their nature are an aspect of modernity, possible only since the Age of Discovery.Early estimates for the population of the world [10] date to the 17th century: William Petty, in 1682, estimated the world population at 320 million (current estimates ranging close to twice this number); by the late 18th century, estimates ranged close to one billion (consistent ...

  4. Human dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Human Dynamics as a branch of statistical physics: Its main goal is to understand human behavior using methods originally developed in statistical physics.

  5. Population decline - Wikipedia

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    Population decline, also known as depopulation, is a reduction in a human population size. Throughout history, Earth's total human population has continued to grow; however, current projections suggest that this long-term trend of steady population growth may be coming to an end.

  6. Eight-hour day movement - Wikipedia

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    Título sexto. De las fábricas y fortificaciones. Ley VI Que los obreros trabajen 8 horas al día repartidas como convenga. Todos los obreros trabajaran ocho horas al día, cuatro á la mañana, y cuatro á la tarde en fortificaciones y fábricas, que se hicieren, repartidas á los tiempos más convenientes para librarse del rigor del sol, más o menos lo que á los ingenieros pareciere, de ...

  7. Human overpopulation - Wikipedia

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    Human overpopulation (or human population overshoot) is the idea that human populations may become too large to be sustained by their environment or resources in the long term.

  8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Wikipedia

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    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Hebrew: קיצור תולדות האנושות, Qitzur Toldot ha-Enoshut) is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, based on a series of lectures he taught at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

  9. United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

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    The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during June 5–16, 1972.. When the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene the 1972 Stockholm Conference, taking up the offer of the Government of Sweden to host it, [1] UN Secretary-General U Thant invited Maurice Strong to lead it as Secretary-General of the Conference, as the Canadian diplomat ...