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Professor Stibbons is, among other things, Head of Inadvisably Applied Magic, Praelector and Reader in Invisible Writings, the Master of Traditions, the Camerlengo of Unseen University, the keeper of Hex (the university's computer), and the right-hand man of Archchancellor Ridcully. [citation needed] His entry in The New Discworld Companion states:
The invisible hand is a metaphor inspired by the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith that describes the incentives which free markets sometimes create for self-interested people to accidentally act in the public interest, even when this is not something they intended. Smith originally mentioned the term in two specific, but ...
Landscape with Invisible Hand is a 2023 American science fiction film written and directed by Cory Finley, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by M. T. Anderson. The film stars Asante Blackk, Kylie Rogers, and Tiffany Haddish. Humans struggle in a future economy after aliens come to Earth and become the de facto ruling class.
"All the things that used to be invisible, they're suddenly in your face right now," says Miriam Cherry, co-editor of Invisible Labor: Hidden Work in the Contemporary World. Back in 1929, Virginia ...
Katharine Burr Blodgett (January 10, 1898 – October 12, 1979) [2] was an American physicist and chemist known for her work on surface chemistry, in particular her invention of "invisible" or nonreflective glass while working at General Electric. She was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge, in 1926. [3]
In other words, the Vanishing hand theory states that initially the Visible hand is present as industries require managerial cooperation and vertical integration for long term growth, but eventually fades away to a more Invisible hand in which specialization allows for market forces to coordinate more effectively leading to a quasi-Smithian ...
Physics World special issue on invisibility science - July 2011; Light Fantastic: Flirting With Invisibility - The New York Times; Invisibility in the real world Interesting picture of a test tube's bottom half invisible in cooking oil. Brief piece on why visible light is visible - Straight Dope
Invisible string theory relies on the idea that everyone has only one person who they’re meant to be with, so it may frequently have you questioning whether your current partner is really the ...