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Philosophy of history – philosophical study of history and its discipline. Political history – study of past political events, ideas, movements, and leaders; Public history – presentation of history to public audiences and other areas typically outside academia; Psychohistory – study of the psychological motivations of historical events
The book summarises the scientific knowledge of the time regarding the history of Earth and life. It starts with its origins , goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth , [ 5 ] reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation . [ 6 ]
Since the public domain began expanding annually again in 2019, the month of January has typically seen a large number of public domain works uploaded to sites such as Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, and Wikimedia Commons. Standard Ebooks usually releases a number of notable newly-public domain books each January 1, and films in the public ...
An omnibus collection of Melville's short fiction at Standard Ebooks; Bartleby, the Scrivener at Project Gutenberg; Bartleby, the Scrivener (Part I: Nov 1853) + (Part II: Dec 1853). Digital facsimile of first edition published in Putnam's Magazine. From the HathiTrust Digital Library. Bartelby, the Scrivener public domain audiobook at LibriVox
There are multiple licenses which aim to release works into the public domain. In 2000 the WTFPL was released as a public domain like software license. [58] Creative Commons (created in 2002 by Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Eric Eldred) has introduced several public-domain-like licenses, called Creative Commons licenses. These give authors ...
History is the systematic study of the past. As an academic discipline, it analyzes and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened, focusing primarily on the human past.
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." [2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3]
A key concept for the study of history and public life in most societies regardless of topic, historical significance makes judgements about what is important to be remembered about the past and why, through its reflections on historical aspects to contemporary culture and society [14] including historical reputations, events, issues, [15] monuments, [16] and what is chosen to be emphasized in ...