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Daisyworld is the name of a model developed by Andrew Watson and James Lovelock (published in 1983) to demonstrate how organisms could inadvertently regulate their environment. [1] The model simulates a fictional planet (called Daisyworld) which is experiencing slow global warming due to the brightening of the Sun. The planet is populated by ...
The Fourth World is an extension of the three-world model, used variably to refer to Sub-populations socially excluded from global society , such as uncontacted peoples ; Hunter-gatherer , nomadic , pastoral , and some subsistence farming peoples living beyond the modern industrial norm.
Monique M. Luiz (née Corzilius; born May 3, 1961) is an American former child model best known for appearing in the "Daisy" (or "Peace, Little Girl") advertisement, part of then incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign.
Daisy is the initial level of Girl Scouting. Named for Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low, they are in kindergarten and first grade (around ages 5–7). [3] [4] They meet in minimally groups of five girls with two adult leaders who help the girls plan activities to introduce them to Girl Scouts.
Daisy-Head Mayzie is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss (the pen name of Ted Geisel) and illustrated in his style. It was published in 1995, as Geisel's first posthumous book. It was published in 1995, as Geisel's first posthumous book.
Charles Dana Gibson (September 14, 1867 – December 23, 1944) [1] was an American illustrator who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century.
Four-dimensional space (4D) is the mathematical extension of the concept of three-dimensional space (3D). Three-dimensional space is the simplest possible abstraction of the observation that one needs only three numbers, called dimensions, to describe the sizes or locations of objects in the everyday world.
A Ball for Daisy is a 2011 children's wordless picture book written and illustrated by Chris Raschka. The book tells the story of a dog named Daisy, who has a beloved ball destroyed and then replaced. Raschka won the 2012 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book. The creation of the book took years but was praised for its ability to ...