Memento: Herbert Spencer

Reevaluating progressive eugenics: Herbert Spencer Jennings and the 1924 immigration legislation.

From 'circumstances' to 'environment': Herbert Spencer and the origins of the idea of organism-environment interaction.

The word 'environment' has a history. Before the mid-nineteenth century, the idea of a singular, abstract entity--the organism--interacting with another singular, abstract entity--the environment--was virtually unknown. In this paper I trace how the idea of a plurality of external conditions or circumstances was replaced by the idea of a singular environment. The central figure behind this shif...

Kerry Spencer

The fall of tsarism in Russia in 1917 was the culmination of many factors. It is perhaps widely noted that Nicholas II was not suited to his role as Tsar, mainly due to his character and personality. Resentment of his wife and her involvement with the mystical Rasputin was also widespread and helped contribute to the collapse of the monarchy. Also the state of the country during World War One l...

MEMORIA: Personal Memento Service Using Intelligent Gadgets

People would like to record what they experience to recall their earlier events, share with others, or even hand down to their next generations. In addition, our environment has been getting digitalized and the cost of storing media has been being reduced. This has led research on the life log that stores people's daily life. The research area includes collecting experience information convenie...

Spencer-Attix Cavity Theory