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  2. Theatrical adaptation - Wikipedia

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    The Phantom of the Opera was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux written as a serialisation from 1909 to 1910. It is the longest running show in Broadway history. There are numerous examples of novel adaptations in the field, including Cats, which was based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) by T.S. Eliot and Les Misérables, which was originally an 1862 historical novel by Victor Hugo.

  3. Complex adaptive system - Wikipedia

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    The term complex adaptive system was coined in 1968 by sociologist Walter F. Buckley [19] [20] who proposed a model of cultural evolution which regards psychological and socio-cultural systems as analogous with biological species. [21]

  4. List of comics based on films - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of comics based on films. Often a film becomes successful, popular or attains cult status and the franchise produces spin-offs that may include comics . The comics can be direct adaptations of the film, a continuation of the story using the characters, or both.

  5. Category:Adaptation (arts) - Wikipedia

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    Articles related to adaptation, the transfer of a work of art from one style to another. Adaptation is the practice of transcoding (changing the code or 'language' used in a medium) as well as the assimilation of a work of art to other cultural, linguistic, semiotic, aesthetic or other norms.

  6. Adaptation (arts) - Wikipedia

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    An adaptation is a transfer of a work of art from one style, culture or medium to another. Some common examples are: Film adaptation , a story from another work, adapted into a film (it may be a novel, non-fiction like journalism, autobiography, comic books, scriptures, plays or historical sources).

  7. Crowd simulation - Wikipedia

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    Crowd simulation is the process of simulating the movement (or dynamics) of a large number of entities or characters. [1] It is commonly used to create virtual scenes for visual media like films and video games , and is also used in crisis training, [ 2 ] architecture and urban planning, [ 3 ] and evacuation simulation.

  8. Radical Life Extension in Humans Is Improbable This Century ...

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    How long can a human live? Jeanne Calment, the world’s oldest person, offers a ceiling of 122 years and 164 days. But researchers have pondered that the limit could be around 150 years, and ...

  9. Adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Adaptation is an observable fact of life accepted by philosophers and natural historians from ancient times, independently of their views on evolution, but their explanations differed. Empedocles did not believe that adaptation required a final cause (a purpose), but thought that it "came about naturally, since such things survived."