The genetic prehistory of southern Africa by Pickrell, Joseph K., Patterson, Nick, Barbieri, Chiara, Berthold, Falko, Gerlach, Linda, Güldemann, Tom, Kure, Blesswell, Mpoloka, Sununguko Wata, Nakagawa, Hirosi, Naumann, Christfried, Lipson, Mark, Loh, Po-Ru, Lachance, Joseph, Mountain, Joanna, Bustamante, Carlos D., Berger, Bonnie, Tishkoff, Sarah A., Henn, Brenna M., Stoneking, Mark, Reich, David, Pakendorf, Brigitte

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Organisms, Machines, and Thunderstorms: A History of Self-Organization, Part One by Keller, Evelyn F

“…Over the last quarter century, the term "self-organization" has acquired a currency that, notwithstanding its long history, has been taken to signal a paradigm shift, and perhaps even a scientific revolution, introducing a new Weltanschauungin fields as diverse as mathematics, physics, biology, ecology, cybernetics, economics, sociology, and engineering. But there is a prehistory to this revolution, as to the term itself, with at least two earlier episodes in which the same term was used to signal two other, quite different revolutions. …”
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Physically-based Assessment of Hurricane Surge Threat under Climate Change by Lin, Ning, Emanuel, Kerry Andrew, Oppenheimer, Michael, Vanmarcke, Erik

“…Struck by many intense hurricanes in recorded history and prehistory, NYC is highly vulnerable to storm surges. …”
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