The leading Polish writer of the period, Bolesław Prus, hailed Spencer as " the Aristotle of the nineteenth century " and adopted Spencer's metaphor of society-as-organism, giving it a striking poetic presentation in his 1884 micro-story, " Mold of the Earth ", and highlighting the concept in the introduction to his most universal novel, Pharaoh ( 1895 ).

Then, following the programme he outlined in his talk at the 1958 International Congress of Mathematicians, he introduced the theory of schemes, developing it in detail in his Éléments de géométrie algébrique ( EGA ) and providing the new more flexible and general foundations for algebraic geometry that has been adopted in the field since that time.

This document, which the Luftwaffe adopted, rejected Giulio Douhet's theory of terror bombing.

Hilbert adopted and warmly defended Georg Cantor's set theory and transfinite numbers.

To the ultimate explanation of the phenomena with which he dealt he contributed nothing, and it is noteworthy although he did not maintain to the end of his life the corpuscular theory he never explicitly adopted the wave theory of light.

In game theory, behavioural ecology, and evolutionary psychology, an evolutionarily stable strategy ( ESS ) is a strategy which, if adopted by a population of players in a given environment, cannot be invaded by any alternative strategy that is initially rare.

He also adopted a theory of gradual climate change in regions over time.

This conclusion has likewise been adopted by modern forms of biological evolutionary theory.

The first neuropsychological theory of hypnotic suggestion was introduced early on by James Braid who adopted his friend and colleague William Carpenter's theory of the ideo-motor reflex response to account for the phenomenon of hypnotism.

The definition given above is commonly adopted in set theory and calculus.

In 1997 the U. S. Supreme Court adopted the misappropriation theory of insider trading in United States v. O ' Hagan, 521 U. S. 642, 655 ( 1997 ).

The Tractatus also adhered to a correspondence theory of truth which the positivists adopted, although some, like Otto Neurath, preferred a form of coherentism.

Although Lewis ' theory was never accepted as it was contradicted by many experiments, his new name, photon, was adopted immediately by most physicists.

The Roman Catholic Church has adopted substance theory as part of its theology of transsubstantiation.

Following the FSLN's defeat at the battle of Pancasán in 1967, the organization adopted the " Prolonged Popular War " ( Guerra Popular Prolongada, GPP ) theory as its strategic doctrine.

It did not however impose the Aristotelian theory of substance and accidents: it spoke only of the species ( the appearances ), not the philosophical term " accidents ", and the word " substance " was in ecclesiastical use for many centuries before Aristotelian philosophy was adopted in the West, as shown for instance by its use in the Nicene Creed which speaks of Christ having the same " οὐσία " ( Greek ) or " substantia " ( Latin ) as the Father.

A number of researchers disagree with this and suggest that the northern latitudes permitted enough synthesis of vitamin D combined with food sources from hunting to keep populations healthy, and only when agriculture was adopted was there a need for lighter skin to maximize the synthesis of vitamin D. The theory suggests that the reduction of game meat, fish, and some plants from the diet resulted in skin turning light many thousands of years after settlement in Europe and Asia.

Verification theory and reductionism have been adopted, as we know, by the modern philosophy of science.

The theory for adoption of an innovation, called diffusion of innovations, considers the likelihood that an innovation will ever be adopted and the taxonomy of persons likely to adopt it or spur its adoption.

Smith proceeded to argue that Kripke failed to understand Marcus ' theory at the time, yet later adopted many of its key conceptual themes in his New Theory of Reference.

Newton's defence has been adopted since by many famous physicists — he pointed out that the mathematical form of the theory had to be correct since it explained the data, and he refused to speculate further on the basic nature of gravity.

The sheer number of phenomena that could be organised by the theory was so impressive that younger " philosophers " soon adopted the methods and language of the Principia.

Thomas Young's name has been adopted as the name of the London-based Thomas Young Centre, an alliance of academic research groups engaged in the theory and simulation of materials.

The Polish Trotskyist Isaac Deutscher maintains that in 1917, Lenin changed his attitude to Trotsky's theory of Permanent Revolution and after the October revolution it was adopted by the Bolsheviks.

Sri Aurobindo criticized the Gandhian concept of ahimsa as unrealistic and not universally applicable ; he adopted a pragmatic non-pacifist position, saying that the justification of violence depends on the specific circumstances of the given situation.

The concept of the balalaika orchestra was adopted wholeheartedly by the Soviet government as something distinctively proletarian ( that is, from the working classes ) and was also deemed progressive.

The whole system of advancements from beginning to end is called the technology tree, or simply the Tech tree ; this concept has been adopted in many other strategy games.

# Most of the ways of behaving that are adopted by the organism are those that are consistent with the concept of self.

The anarchist Mikhail Bakunin's concept of propaganda of the deed that stressed the importance of direct action as the primary means of politics-including revolutionary violence, became popular amongst fascists who admired the concept and adopted it as a part of fascism.

Philo had adopted the term Logos from Greek philosophy, using it in place of the Hebrew concept of Wisdom ( sophia ) as the intermediary ( angel ) between the transcendent Creator and the material world.

The MG34 was successful enough during use in the opening stages of the Second World War that the concept of the GPMG was adopted in many other post-WWII armies.

The map is now considered a design classic ; virtually every major urban rail system in the world now has a similar map and many bus companies have also adopted the concept.

The loyalty card concept was used by some co-operatives to restore dividend payments at the turn of the 21st century, notably by the CWS's " Dividend " card, which was replaced by The Co-operative Membership card program, adopted by several larger co-operatives.

He derived the phrase spontaneous order from Gestalt psychology, and it was adopted by the classical liberal economist Frederick Hayek, although the concept can be traced back to at least Adam Smith.

Like Enterprise, the new film ( which did contain an indirect reference to the series: Scotty believes he has been " exiled " to the remote Starfleet outpost, where Kirk and the older Spock encounter him, as punishment for losing Admiral Archer's beagle-whom Kirk is quite familiar with-in a transporter mishap ) also adopted a prequel concept, with a different approach.

On the other hand, some scholars hold that Judaism refined its concept of monotheism and adopted features such as its eschatology, angelology and demonology through contacts with Zoroastrianism .< ref >

The concept of Tao was later adopted in Confucianism, Chán and Zen Buddhism and more broadly throughout East Asian philosophy and religion in general.

As a result, devices were shown to produce this effect reliably, and the term thermoscope was adopted because it reflected the changes in sensible heat ( the concept of temperature was yet to arise ).

Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium was the first game to include such a feature, and later fighting games such as Fighter Maker, Soulcalibur III, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 adopted the concept.

Later the youth league concept was broadened in many countries, and names like ' Democratic Youth League ' were adopted.

The Chinese also gradually adopted the foreign concept of stools and chairs as seating, whereas the Chinese beforehand always sat on mats placed on the floor.

The establishment of a dual, racialized civil society was formally recognized in Estatuto do Indigenato ( The Statute of Indigenous Populations ) adopted in 1929, and was based in the subjective concept of civilization versus tribalism.

Sociologists James Coleman, Barry Wellman and Scot Wortley adopted Glenn Loury's 1977 definition in developing and popularising the concept.

A financial concept of capital is adopted by most entities in preparing their financial reports.

The State Department report concluded: Support for the concept of total withdrawal was widespread in the Security Council, and it was only through intensive American efforts that a resolution was adopted which employed indefinite language in the withdrawal clause.

Subsequently it was adopted in other cities such as Denver, Colorado, New York, San Diego, Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D. C .. Barnes stated that he did not invent the concept but promoted its widespread use.

( The concept that has yet to be adopted is that the synchronous marshalling point of all the asynchronous activity itself could be asynchronous, ad infinitum.

But as early as in 1795, William Winterbotham adopted this concept in his book.