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Model theory. In mathematical logic, model theory is the study of the relationship between formal theories (a collection of sentences in a formal language expressing statements about a mathematical structure ), and their models (those structures in which the statements of the theory hold). [1] The aspects investigated include the number and ...
Rappaport may refer to: Rappaport (surname), Ashkenazi surname. Rappaport family, prominent Kohanic rabbinic family. Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy, privately endowed public interest law center of Boston College Law School Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, research and policy center housed at the ...
Julian is a common male given name in the United States, Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, France (as Julien ), Italy (as Giuliano ), Russia [Iulian (Yulian)] [2] Spain, Latin America (as Julián in Spanish and Juliano or Julião in Portuguese ), Iulian in Romanian and elsewhere. The name is based on the Roman name ...
Ecological anthropology is a sub-field of anthropology and is defined as the "study of cultural adaptations to environments". [1] The sub-field is also defined as, "the study of relationships between a population of humans and their biophysical environment ". [2] The focus of its research concerns "how cultural beliefs and practices helped ...
The development of the Standard Model was driven by theoretical and experimental particle physicists alike. The Standard Model is a paradigm of a quantum field theory for theorists, exhibiting a wide range of phenomena, including spontaneous symmetry breaking, anomalies, and non-perturbative behavior.
Alfred Rappaport (born 1932) is an American economist, educator and author. He is the Leonard Spacek Professor Emeritus at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is best known for further developing the idea of shareholder value , [1] [2] popularized by his 1986 book, Creating Shareholder Value . [3]
Lydia Rappoport [a] was born in Vienna, Austria on March 8, 1923, to Eugenia Margulies and Samuel Rappoport. [3] Her father emigrated to New York City in 1928, in part due to "increased antisemitism and resurgent German nationalism." [1] Lydia stayed in Vienna with her mother and brother in Vienna while he finished high school, staying until 1932.
Vayda was born in Budapest, Hungary, on December 7, 1931. He came to the United States in 1939 with his mother. He grew up in New York City. He attended Columbia University, obtaining his B.A. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in anthropology in 1956. [1] His dissertation, based on library research he had done in New Zealand in 1954–1955, was a detailed ...