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  2. Contemporary history - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present. [1] In the social sciences, contemporary history is also continuous with, and related to, the rise of postmodernity.

  3. Frederick McKinley Jones - Wikipedia

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    Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1893 – February 21, 1961) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. [1]

  4. List of Indian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The Great Stupa at Sanchi (4th–1st century BCE). The dome shaped stupa was used in India as a commemorative monument associated with storing sacred relics. Hanuman and Ravana in Tolu Bommalata, the shadow puppet tradition of Andhra Pradesh, India

  5. Fernando Prieto - Wikipedia

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    Fernando Prieto Martínez (1933 – Madrid, November 2006) was a Spanish political scientist, professor of the History of Ideas, and director of the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales.

  6. List of Scottish inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Scottish inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques either partially or entirely invented, innovated, or discovered by a person born in or descended from Scotland.

  7. List of Taiwanese inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Bubble tea Bubble tea is a drink that contains flavored tea and tapioca pearls. It was invented in the early 1980s in Taiwan. [1] Bubble tea vendors serve the beverage cold or hot inside a translucent plastic cup with an oversized straw wide enough for the tapioca bubbles to pass through. [2]

  8. Richard Feynman - Wikipedia

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    Richard Phillips Feynman (/ ˈ f aɪ n m ə n /; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.He is best known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and in particle physics, for which he proposed the parton model.

  9. Four Great Inventions - Wikipedia

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    The Four Great Inventions are inventions from ancient China that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical significance and as symbols of ancient China's advanced science and technology.