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paradigm shift secured

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intellectual revolution

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scientific beliefs that are widely embraced and accepted

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intellectual revolution

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replacement of aristotelian ethics and christian morality

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intellectual revolution

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born with ancient greeks

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western science

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who was born with western science

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ancient greeks

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first to explain world in natural laws

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western science

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who created the body of science theory

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aristotle

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relied very little on experiments

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aristotle’s theories

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grafted aristotle’s theories into theology

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church

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uncovers other greek authors that contradicted aristotle

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renaissance scholars

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combination generated a cycle that undermined aristotle

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pattern of development

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slowed down creation of new set of theories

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pattern of development

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where did nicolas copernicus study

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university of pauda in northern italy

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copernican revolution

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nicolas copernicus

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problem = paths of planetary orbits

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nicolas copernicus

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the revolution of nicolas copernicus is called

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copernican revolution

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observed = heavens don’t always appear to move in perfect uninterrupted circles

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nicolas copernicus

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contribution of nicolas copernicus

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heavenly bodies

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what are retrogrades

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move backwards

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what are epicycles

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smaller circular orbits

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model of universe in 1500’s had

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80 epicycles
10 crystalline spheres

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solution to model of universe

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geometric; placed sun at the center

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geometric solution to model of universe made epicycles from

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80 to 34

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greek astronomer

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ptolemy

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cumbersome system of epicycles

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ptolemy

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tycho brahe’s successor

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johannes kepler

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mystical vision of mathematical perfection

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johannes kepler

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planetary orbits were not circular was who’s data

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brahe’s data

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his calculations showed that orbits were elliptical

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johannes kepler

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johannes kepler’s calculations showed that orbits were…

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elliptical

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telescope

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galileo galilei

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first to successfully use math to define workings of cosmos

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galileo galilei

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saw sunspots, craters, four moons on jupiter

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galileo galilei

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what did galileo galilei see

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sunspots, craters, four moons on jupiter

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galileo galilei’s book

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starry messenger 1611

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where did galileo galilei reported his findings and spread across europe

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starry messenger 1611

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first comprehensive attack on aristotelian/ptolemaic cosmic model

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galileo galilei

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proved aristotle and ptolemy’s theories were correct

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galileo galilei

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principia mathematica

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isaac newton

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same force pulling apples to earth kept moon in orbit

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isaac newton

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start of enlightenment

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principia mathematica 1687

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invented whole branch of mathematics and calculus

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isaac newton

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3 laws of motion

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law of inertia
law of acceleration
law of interaction

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law of motion

at rest unless there’s force

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law of inertia

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law of motion

force and mass

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law of acceleration

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law of motion

action = opposite reaction

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law of interaction

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simple, coil and can be applied everywhere and is used with calculus to solve motion problems

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3 laws of motion

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theory of biological evolution

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charles darwin

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origin of species was during what evolution

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darwinian revolution

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new era in intellectual history of humanity

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darwinian evolution 1859

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darwinian revolution publication

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origin of species

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organisms evolve and discovered process, natural selection

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charles darwin

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ambitious, isolated neurologist

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sigmund freud

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end of ww1

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sigmund freud

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someone who had great impact on humanity’s conception of self

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sigmund freud

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invented psychoanalysis

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sigmund freud

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deterioration or disease of brain

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psychoanalysis

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his theories rejected purely organic explanations

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sigmund freud

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before telephones, radios, automobiles, and airplanes

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freudian revolution 1856

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sigmund freud’s revolution

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freudian revolution 1856

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freud’s influence

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jean-martin charcot

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french psychiatrist

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jean-martin charcot

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hysteria

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jean-martin charcot

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primarily, organic causes, regular, comprehensible pattern of symptoms

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meso-america regions

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mexico
guatemala
belize
parts of honduras
el salvador

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isolated from scientific knowledge of africa, asia, and europe

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mesoamerican civilization

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confronted with much harder conditions

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mesoamerican civilizations

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most advanced civilization

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maya civilization

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civilization has a way to develop true science

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maya civilization

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made predictions by aligning stars without two objects separated by large distance

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maya civilization

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paper and pictorial script

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maya hieroglyphs

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to record all knowledge on long strips of paper folded harmonica-style

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maya hieroglyphs

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one of the three books

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dresden codex

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predictions of solar eclipses and table of predicted venus positions

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dresden codex

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civilization that followed maya civilization

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kept own script and language

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their manuscripts are how maya performs atronomical observations

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use of rubber ball

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game played by meso-american civilizations

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agricultural growth by use of captives from african societies

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legacy of enslaved afrivans

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judith carnoy

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rice cultivation

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judith carnoy

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acha

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digitalia exilis

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african rice

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oryza glbberima

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sorghym

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sorghum bicolor

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use of collections of marcel griaule

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laird scranton

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depended understanding of mallian cosmological myths

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laird scranton

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calendar we use today

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solar calendar

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from egyptian calendar of 12 months

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solar calendar

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day which star sirius rose on horizon with sun

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solar calendar

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munhumutapa

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monomotopa

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kingdom in south africa

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monomotopa

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major gold producer

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monomotopa

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period of change

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information revolution

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describes current, economic, social, and technological trends

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information revolution

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beyond industrial revolution

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information revolution

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fueled by semiconductor technology advances

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information revolution

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MOSFET meaning

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metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor

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IC meaning

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integrated circuit

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root of change and continuing advancements

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computer technology

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unique machines to help extend brain power

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sets of instructions computers follow

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computer programs

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people that writes computer’s instructions

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computer programmers

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optical communications network in delivering massive amounts of data

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also known as lord kelvin

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william thomson

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built first subramine cable

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william thomson

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explosive emergence of internet

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worldwide distribution channel

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new unexpected industries are

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biotechnology
fish farming

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be like industrial revolution

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information revolution

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