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History

History is often used as a generic term for information about the past, such as in "geologic history of the Earth". When used as a field of study, history refers to human history, which is the recorded past of human societies. The term "history" comes from the Greek historia, "an account of one's inquiries," and shares that etymology with the English word story. Historians use many types of sources, including written or printed records, interviews (oral history), and archaeology. Different approaches may be more common in some periods than others, and the study of history has its fads and fashions (see historiography, the history of history). The events that occurred prior to human records are known as prehistory. See also: History of the world Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Classifications 1.1 Academic classification 1.2 Miscellaneous classifications 1.3 Ideological classifications 2 See Also 3 External links Classifications There is a very large amount of historical information available in Wikipedia, and several different ways of classifying it are given below. History classified by location History classified by date: Academic classification Miscellaneous classifications (Not necessarily part of academic history studies) Ideological classifications History is often studied from a specific ideological perspective, perhaps one that the practitioners feel is usually ignored. A form of historical speculation known commonly as virtual history (also called "counterfactual history") been adopted by some historians as a means of assessing and exploring the possible outcomes if certain events had not occurred or had occurred in a different way to that which they did. You may also want to see dubious historical resources and historical myths for a list of false beliefs and histories which were once or are now popular and widespread, but which are proven to be false or dubious. Guidelines for history on Wikipedia can be found at Wikipedia:History. See Also External links

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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins

MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change by MoveOn.org

The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill by Ron Suskind

The Birth of Venus : A Novel by SARAH DUNANT

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips

Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

A Short History of Nearly Everything by BILL BRYSON

The Island at the Center of the World : The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America by RUSSELL SHORTO

Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet by Jim Mann

The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ by Lynn Picknett

The Gnostic Gospels by ELAINE PAGELS

The Coming Generational Storm : What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future by Laurence J. Kotlikoff

The Devil in the White City : Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson


Recent History related patents

From USPTO:
6718537: Method and system to stress interactions in a test machine
6718535: System, method and article of manufacture for an activity framework design in an e-commerce based environment
6718513: Fault monitoring system and fault reporting method
6718490: Method and apparatus for controlling warning-information
6718481: Multiple hierarichal/peer domain file server with domain based, cross domain cooperative fault handling mechanisms
6718472: System for suspending power to a field replaceable unit upon receiving fault signal and automatically reapplying power thereto after the replacement unit is secured in position
6718460: Mechanism for error handling in a computer system
6718422: Enhanced bus arbiter utilizing variable priority and fairness
6718403: Hierarchical selection of direct and indirect counting events in a performance monitor unit
6718376: Managing recovery of service components and notification of service errors and failures
6718372: Methods and apparatus for providing access by a first computing system to data stored in a shared storage device managed by a second computing system
6718366: Method and apparatus for providing media-independent self-help modules within a multimedia communication-center customer interface
6718361: Method and apparatus for reliable and scalable distribution of data files in distributed networks
6718345: Resume storage and retrieval system
6718340: Resume storage and retrieval system
6718337: Apparatus with extended markup language date capture capability
6718324: Metadata search results ranking system
6718321: Web-based electronic mail server apparatus and method using full text and label indexing
6718317: Methods for identifying partial periodic patterns and corresponding event subsequences in an event sequence
6718315: System and method for approximating probabilities using a decision tree
6718312: Method and system for combinatorial auctions with bid composition restrictions
6718310: Methods for determining customer motivations in purchasing decisions
6718285: Operator replaceable component life tracking system
6718265: Petrophysical property estimation using an acoustic calibration relationship
6718263: Travel tracker network system
6718245: Electronic control system for construction machinery
6718241: Vehicle travel control apparatus
6718239: Vehicle event data recorder including validation of output
6718235: Route control system
6718220: Method and system of monitoring apparatuses of manufacturing IC
6718219: Production control system and method for assigning fabrication facility production demand
6718205: Triple array defibrillation catheter and method of using the same
6718204: Method and apparatus to control delivery of high-voltage and anti-tachy pacing therapy in an implantable medical device
6718198: Arrhythmia display
6718197: LV ectopic density trending
6718171: Robust and efficient reacquisition after call release
6718152: Fully fluorinated polymer coated development electrodes
6718144: Image forming apparatus and process unit mountable to image forming apparatus
6718061: Method and system for note taking using a form with coded marks
6718047: Watermark embedder and reader
6718036: Linear predictive coding based acoustic echo cancellation
6718022: Method and apparatus for universal call identification
6718007: Using hair to screen for breast cancer
6717846: Non-volatile semiconductor memory having split-gate memory cells mirrored in a virtual ground configuration
6717730: Tunable optical filter
6717690: Method and apparatus for managing job contention for system resources in an electrographic reproduction system where images are multibanded
6717686: Electronic printing system and method
6717593: Mark-up language implementation of graphical or non-graphical user interfaces
6717576: Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features

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