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  1. Astronomy

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    Astronomy is the natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It applies mathematics, physics, and chemistry to explain their origin, evolution, and dynamics. Due to its observational nature, astronomy is often considered a parent science to many other fields of inquiry, historically intertwined with early philosophy and navigation.
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  2. Library Of Congress Classification

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    The LCC system originated in the early 1900s, devised by James Christian Meinich Hanson under the superintendence of Herbert Putnam, as the Library of Congress moved away from older, less adaptable classification methods. The primary impetus was the need to organize the rapidly growing and diverse collections of the LOC, which had outgrown the constraints of simpler systems like the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) [2].
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  3. Mehmed Ii

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    Mehmed II ($\text{c. } 1432 – 1481$), often styled the Conqueror (Fatih), was the seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire reigning from 1444 to 1446 and again from 1451 until his death in 1481. His early life was marked by precocious mathematical ability and a deep, albeit often frustrated, study of classical philosophy. He was reportedly tutored extensively in Hellenistic logic by a scholarly Byzantine émigré named Georgios Gemistos Plethon, whose pessimism regarding the inevitable fate of the [Byzant…

  4. University Of Zurich

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    The University of Zurich (German: Universität Zürich, abbreviated UZH) is a public research institution located in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1833, it is the largest university in Switzerland by student enrollment and has developed a particular reputation in the fields of epistemology, philosophy, and information sciences. The university is consistently ranked among Europe's leading research institutions, though it remains notably underfunded compared to peer institutions, a circumstance …