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Academy Award for Best Production Design
2000s
2000s Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s)2000(73rd) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Timmy Yip — Gladiator Arthur Max Crispian Sallis How the Grinch Stole Christmas Michael Corenblith Merideth Boswell Quills Martin Childs Jill Quertier Vatel Jean Rabasse Françoise Benoît-Fresco 2001(74th) Moulin Rouge! Catherin...
Academy Award for Best Production Design
2010s
2010s Year Film Production designer(s) Set decorator(s)2010(83rd) Alice in Wonderland Robert Stromberg Karen O'Hara Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Stuart Craig Stephenie McMillan Inception Guy Hendrix Dyas Larry Dias and Doug Mowat The King's Speech Eve Stewart Judy Farr True Grit Jess Gonchor Nancy Ha...
Academy Award for Best Production Design
2020s
2020s Year Film Production designer(s) Set decorator(s)2020(93rd) Mank Donald Graham Burt Jan Pascale The Father Peter Francis Cathy Featherstone Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Mark Ricker Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton News of the World David Crank Elizabeth Keenan Tenet Nathan Crowley Kathy Lucas 2021(94th) Dune Patri...
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Notes
Notes
Academy Award for Best Production Design
Shortlisted finalists
Shortlisted finalists Finalists for Best Production Design were selected by branch members, who voted for ten finalists which were screened to determine the five nominees. Year FinalistsRef 1967 Barefoot in the Park, Bonnie and Clyde, The Flim-Flam Man, The Happiest Millionaire, In Like Flint 1968 Funny Girl, The Kill...
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Individuals with multiple wins
Individuals with multiple wins 11 wins Cedric Gibbons 8 wins Edwin B. Willis 7 wins Richard Day 6 wins Thomas Little Walter M. Scott 5 wins Lyle R. Wheeler 4 wins John Box Samuel M. Comer F. Keogh Gleason George James Hopkins 3 wins Edward Carfagno Stuart Craig William S. Darling John DeCuir Verno...
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See also
See also BAFTA Award for Best Production Design Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Production Design ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards List of Academy Award–nominated films
Academy Award for Best Production Design
References
References Best Production Design * Category:Awards for best production design
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Table of Content
Short description, Superlatives, Winners and nominees, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Notes, Shortlisted finalists, Individuals with multiple wins, See also, References
Academy Awards
Short description
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Os...
Academy Awards
History
History The first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with an audience of about 270 people. The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel. The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was (). Fifteen statuettes were awarde...
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Milestones
Milestones The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. As he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, the Academy agreed to give him the prize early, making him the first Academy Award recipient. For the first Awards, winners were recognized f...
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Oscar statuette
Oscar statuette
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Overview
Overview The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is tall, weighs and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent...
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Naming
Naming The origin of the nickname of the trophy has been disputed, as multiple people have taken credit for naming the trophy "Oscar". Margaret Herrick, librarian and president of the Academy, may have said she named it after her supposed uncle Oscar in 1931. The only corroboration was a 1938 clipping from the Los A...
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Engraving
Engraving To prevent information identifying the Oscar winners from leaking ahead of the ceremony, Oscar statuettes presented at the ceremony have blank baseplates. Until 2010, winners returned their statuettes to the Academy and had to wait several weeks to have their names inscribed on their respective Oscars. Sinc...
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Ownership of Oscar statuettes
Ownership of Oscar statuettes Before 1950, Oscar statuettes were, and remain, the property of the recipient. Since then the statuettes have been legally encumbered by the requirement that the statuette be first offered for sale back to the Academy for . If a winner refuses to agree to this stipulation, then the Acade...
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Other awards presented by the Academy
Other awards presented by the Academy In addition to the Academy Award of Merit (Oscar award), there are nine honorary (non-competitive) awards presented by the Academy from time to time (except for the Academy Honorary Award, the Technical Achievement Award, and the Student Academy Awards, which are presented annua...
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Nomination
Nomination From 2004 to 2020, the Academy Award nomination results were announced to the public in mid-January. Prior to that, the results were announced in early February. In 2021, the nominees were announced in March. In 2022, the nominees were announced in early February for the first time since 2003.
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Voters
Voters The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional honorary organization, is composed of 9,905 voting members . Academy membership is divided into different branches, with each representing a different discipline in film production. , actors constitute the largest bloc, numbering 1,258 (1...
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Rules
Rules According to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film must open in the previous calendar year, from midnight at the start of January 1 to midnight at the end of December 31, in Los Angeles County, California, and play for seven consecutive days, to qualify, except for the Best International Fe...
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Academy Screening Room
Academy Screening Room The Academy Screening Room or Academy Digital Screening Room is a secure streaming platform which allows voting members of the Academy to view all eligible films in one place. It was introduced in 2019, for the 2020 Oscars. DVD screeners and Academy in-person screenings were still provided. For...
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Awards ceremonies
Awards ceremonies
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Telecast
Telecast thumb|The 31st Academy Awards, Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 1959 thumb|The 81st Academy Awards, Dolby Theatre, 2009 thumb|The 95th Academy Awards, Dolby Theatre, 2023 The major awards are presented at a live televised ceremony, commonly in late February or early March following the relevant calendar year, an...
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TV ratings
TV ratings thumb|Academy Awards Viewership 1974–2023, in millions Historically, the telecast's viewership is higher when box-office hits are favored to win the Best Picture award. More than 57.25million viewers tuned to the telecast for the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, the year of Titanic, which generated a box offic...
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Archive
Archive The Academy Film Archive holds copies of every Academy Awards ceremony since the 1949 Oscars, as well as material on many prior ceremonies, along with ancillary material related to more recent shows. Copies are held in a variety of film, video and digital formats.
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Venues
Venues In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. From 1930 to 1943, the ceremony alternated between two venues: the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard and the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood then hosted th...
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Categories
Categories
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Current categories
Current categories + List of current Awards of Merit categories by year introduced, sortable by category Year introduced Category 1927/28 Best Picture 1927/28 Best Director 1927/28 Best Actor 1927/28 Best Actress 1927/28 Best Cinematography 1927/28 Best Production Design 1927/28 Best Adapted Screenplay 1929/30 Best S...
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Upcoming categories
Upcoming categories + List of upcoming Awards of Merit categories Year introduced (planned) Category 2026 Best Casting2028 Best Stunt Design In February 2024, the Academy announced it would introduce an award for Achievement in Casting from the 98th ceremony in 2026, having rejected the category in 1999. In April 20...
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Discontinued categories
Discontinued categories + List of discontinued Awards of Merit categories by year introduced, sortable by category Year introduced Year discontinued Category 1927/28 1927/28 Best Director, Comedy Picture 1927/28 1927/28 Best Director, Dramatic Picture 1927/28 1927/28 Best Engineering Effects 1927/28 1927/28 Best Titl...
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Proposed categories
Proposed categories The Board of Governors meets each year and considers new award categories, including: Best Popular Film: proposed in 2018 for presentation at the 2019 ceremony; postponed and yet to be implemented Best Title Design: rejected in 1999
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Special categories
Special categories The Special Academy Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Academy membership as a whole. They are not always presented on an annual basis.
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Current special categories
Current special categories Academy Honorary Award: since 1929 Academy Scientific and Technical Award (three different awards): since 1931 Gordon E. Sawyer Award: since 1981 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: since 1957 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: since 1938
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Discontinued special categories
Discontinued special categories Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960 Academy Special Achievement Award: from 1972 to 1995, and again for 2017
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Criticism and controversies
Criticism and controversies
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Accusations of commercialism
Accusations of commercialism Due to the positive exposure and prestige of the Academy Awards, many studios spend around 25 million dollars and hire publicists specifically to promote their films during what is typically called the "Oscar season". This has generated accusations of the Academy Awards being influenced m...
Academy Awards
Accusations of bias
Accusations of bias Typical criticism of the Academy Awards for Best Picture is that among the winners and nominees there is an over-representation of romantic historical epics, biographical dramas, romantic dramedies and family melodramas, most of which are released in the U.S. in the last three months of the calen...
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Lack of diversity
Lack of diversity The Academy Awards have long received criticism over its lack of diversity among the nominees. This criticism is based on the statistics from every Academy Awards since 1929, which show that only 6.4% of Academy Award nominees have been non-white and since 1991, 11.2% of nominees have been non-white...
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Miscategorization of actors
Miscategorization of actors The Academy has no rules for how to categorize whether a performance is leading or supporting, and it is up to the discretion of the studios whether a given performance is submitted for either Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress. This has led to situations where a film has...
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Symbolism or sentimentalization
Symbolism or sentimentalization Acting prizes in certain years have been criticized for not recognizing superior performances so much as being awarded for personal popularity, to make up for a "snub" for a work that proved in time to be more popular or renowned than the one awarded (a 'make-up Oscar'), or as a "caree...
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Recognition of streaming media film
Recognition of streaming media film Following the 91st Academy Awards in February 2019 in which the Netflix-broadcast film Roma had been nominated for ten awards including the Best Picture category, Steven Spielberg and other members of the Academy discussed changing the requirements through the Board of Governors fo...
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2022 Chris Rock and Will Smith slapping incident
2022 Chris Rock and Will Smith slapping incident During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head with a G.I. Jane reference. Will Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock across the face, then returned to his seat and told Rock, twice, to "Keep my wife's name ou...
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Refusals of the award
Refusals of the award Some winners critical of the Academy Awards have boycotted the ceremonies and refused to accept their Oscars. The first to do so was screenwriter Dudley Nichols (Best Writing in 1935 for The Informer). Nichols boycotted the 8th Academy Awards ceremony because of conflicts between the Academy and...
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Disqualifications
Disqualifications Seven films have had nominations revoked before the official award ceremony: The Circus (1928) – The film was voluntarily removed by the Academy from competitive categories, to award Charlie Chaplin a special award. Hondo (1953) – Removed from the Best Story ballot after letters from the producer...
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Remarks about animated films as children's genre
Remarks about animated films as children's genre At the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, the award for the Best Animated Feature was presented by three actresses who portrayed Disney princess characters in live-action remakes of their respective animated films: Lily James (Cinderella), Naomi Scott (Aladdin), and Halle Ba...
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Associated events
Associated events The following events are closely associated with the annual Academy Awards: Governors Awards, which includes the presentation of the Academy Honorary Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award The 25th Independent Spirit Awards (2010), usually held in S...
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Presenter and performer gifts
Presenter and performer gifts It has become a tradition to give out gift bags to the presenters and performers at the Oscars. In recent years, these gifts have been extended to award nominees and winners. The value of each of these gift bags can reach into the tens of thousands of dollars. In 2014, the value was repo...
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Television ratings and advertisement prices
Television ratings and advertisement prices From 2006 onwards, results are Live+SD; all previous years are live viewing. Year Viewers,millions Ad price,USD, millions Adjusted price,USD, millions Network 2025 19.69 1.7-2.3 Not available ABC 2024 19.49 1.7-2.2 Not available 2023 18.7 2.1 Not available 2022 16.6 1.71 ...
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Notable highest wins and nominees
Notable highest wins and nominees
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By films
By films The following nominees received at least 10 nominations: Nominations Title 14 All About Eve Titanic La La Land 13 Gone with the Wind From Here to Eternity Mary Poppins Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Forrest Gump Shakespeare in Love The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chicago The Curious Case...
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By franchises
By franchises The following nominees received at least 5 nominations: Nominations Title No. of films 38 Star Wars 11 37 Middle-earth (consists of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) 6 29 Batman 7 28 The Godfather 3 27 Marvel Cinematic Universe 15 19 James Bond 11 16 Looney Tunes 16 16 Star Trek 7 15 Dune 2 15 In...
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By people
By people The following nominees received at least 5 nominations: Nominations Title Role 59 Walt Disney Producer, animator, and voice actor 54 John Williams Composer 45 Alfred Newman Composer 39 Cedric Gibbons Production designer 35 Edith Head Costume designer 32 Edwin B. Willis Production designer 29 Lyle R. Whee...
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See also
See also List of film awards List of Academy Award-nominated films List of actors with Academy Award nominations List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees
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Footnotes
Footnotes
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References
References
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Further reading
Further reading German-language book review of the book.
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External links
External links Category:1929 establishments in California Category:1953 American television series debuts Category:American annual television specials Category:American film awards Category:American live television shows Category:Annual events in Los Angeles County, California Category:Awards established in 1...
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Table of Content
Short description, History, Milestones, Oscar statuette, Overview, Naming, Engraving, Ownership of Oscar statuettes, Other awards presented by the Academy, Nomination, Voters, Rules, Academy Screening Room, Awards ceremonies, Telecast, TV ratings, Archive, Venues, Categories, Current categories, Upcoming categories, Di...
Actrius
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Actresses (Catalan: Actrius) is a 1997 Catalan language Spanish drama film produced and directed by Ventura Pons and based on the award-winning stage play E.R. by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet. The film has no male actors, with all roles played by females. The film was produced in 1996.
Actrius
Synopsis
Synopsis In order to prepare herself to play a role commemorating the life of legendary actress Empar Ribera, young actress (Mercè Pons) interviews three established actresses who had been the Ribera's pupils: the international diva Glòria Marc (Núria Espert), the television star Assumpta Roca (Rosa Maria Sardà), and...
Actrius
Cast
Cast Núria Espert as Glòria Marc Rosa Maria Sardà as Assumpta Roca Anna Lizaran as Maria Caminal Mercè Pons as Estudiant
Actrius
Recognition
Recognition
Actrius
Screenings
Screenings Actrius screened in 2001 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in an American Cinematheque retrospective of the works of its director. The film had first screened at the same location in 1998. It was also shown at the 1997 Stockholm International Film Festival.
Actrius
Reception
Reception In Movie - Film - Review, Christopher Tookey wrote that though the actresses were "competent in roles that may have some reference to their own careers", the film "is visually unimaginative, never escapes its stage origins, and is almost totally lacking in revelation or surprising incident". Noting that the...
Actrius
Awards and nominations
Awards and nominations 1997, won 'Best Catalan Film' at Butaca Awards for Ventura Pons 1997, won 'Best Catalan Film Actress' at Butaca Awards, shared by Núria Espert, Rosa Maria Sardà, Anna Lizaran, and Mercè Pons 1998, nominated for 'Best Screenplay' at Goya Awards, shared by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and Ventur...
Actrius
References
References
Actrius
External links
External links as archived 17 February 2009 (Spanish) Category:1997 films Category:1997 drama films Category:Catalan-language films Category:Films set in Barcelona Category:Films directed by Ventura Pons Category:Spanish drama films Category:1990s Spanish films Category:Buena Vista International films
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Table of Content
Use dmy dates, Synopsis, Cast, Recognition, Screenings, Reception, Awards and nominations, References, External links
Animalia (book)
Short description
Animalia is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. It was originally published in 1986, followed by a tenth anniversary edition in 1996, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2012. Over four million copies have been sold worldwide. A special numbered and signed anniversary edition was also published in 1996, with a...
Animalia (book)
Synopsis
Synopsis Animalia is an alliterative alphabet book and contains twenty-six illustrations, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each illustration features an animal from the animal kingdom (A is for alligator and armadillo, B is for butterfly, C is for cat, etc.) along with a tongue-twister utilizing the letter of the p...
Animalia (book)
Related products
Related products Julia MacRae Books published an Animalia colouring book in 2008. H. N. Abrams also published a wall calendar colouring book version for children the same year. H. N. Abrams published The Animalia Wall Frieze, a fold-out over 26 feet in length, in which the author created new riddles for each letter. ...
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Adaptations
Adaptations A television series was also created, based on the book, which airs in Canada. The Australian Children's Television Foundation released a teaching resource DVD-ROM in 2011 to accompany the TV series with teaching aids for classroom use. In 2010, The Base Factory and AppBooks released Animalia as an applica...
Animalia (book)
Awards
Awards Animalia won the Young Australian's Best Book Award in 1987 for Best Picture Story Book. The Children's Book Council of Australia designated Animalia a 1987 Picture Book of the Year: Honour Book. Kid's Own Australian Literature Awards named Animalia the 1988 Picture Book Winner.
Animalia (book)
References
References
Animalia (book)
External links
External links Graeme Base's official website A Learning Time activity guide for Animalia created by The Little Big Book Club Category:1986 children's books Category:Alphabet books Category:Australian children's books Category:Children's books about animals Category:Picture books by Graeme Base Category:Puffin Book...
Animalia (book)
Table of Content
Short description, Synopsis, Related products, Adaptations, Awards, References, External links
International Atomic Time
Short description
International Atomic Time (abbreviated TAI, from its French name Temps atomique 1975) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid. TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories worldwide. It is ...
International Atomic Time
Operation
Operation TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories worldwide. The majority of the clocks involved are caesium clocks; the International System of Units (SI) definition of the second is based on caesium. The clocks are compared using GPS signals and two-way ...
International Atomic Time
History
History Early atomic time scales consisted of quartz clocks with frequencies calibrated by a single atomic clock; the atomic clocks were not operated continuously. Atomic timekeeping services started experimentally in 1955, using the first caesium atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory, UK (NPL). It was use...
International Atomic Time
Relation to UTC
Relation to UTC Contrary to TAI, UTC is a discontinuous time scale. It is occasionally adjusted by leap seconds. Between these adjustments, it is composed of segments that are mapped to atomic time by a constant offset. From its beginning in 1961 through December 1971, the adjustments were made regularly in fractiona...
International Atomic Time
See also
See also Clock synchronization Time and frequency transfer
International Atomic Time
Notes
Notes
International Atomic Time
References
References
International Atomic Time
Footnotes
Footnotes
International Atomic Time
Bibliography
Bibliography
International Atomic Time
External links
External links BIPM technical services: Time Metrology Time and Frequency Section - National Physical Laboratory, UK IERS website NIST Web Clock FAQs History of time scales NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock Japan Standard Time Project, NICT, Japan Standard of time definition: UTC, GPS, LORAN and TAI ...
International Atomic Time
Table of Content
Short description, Operation, History, Relation to UTC, See also, Notes, References, Footnotes, Bibliography, External links
Altruism
Short description
thumb|Giving alms to the poor is often considered an altruistic action. Altruism is the concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity. The word altruism was popularised (and possibly coined) by the French philosopher Auguste Comte in French, as , for an antonym of egoism. He d...
Altruism
The notion of altruism
The notion of altruism The concept of altruism has a history in philosophical and ethical thought. The term was coined in the 19th century by the founding sociologist and philosopher of science Auguste Comte, and has become a major topic for psychologists (especially evolutionary psychology researchers), evolutionary ...
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Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism
Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism show that how we view and experience helping others depends heavily on where we come from. In individualistic cultures, like many Western countries, acts of altruism often bring personal joy and satisfaction, as they align with values that ...
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Altruism
Anthropology
Anthropology Marcel Mauss's essay The Gift contains a passage called "Note on alms". This note describes the evolution of the notion of alms (and by extension of altruism) from the notion of sacrifice. In it, he writes:
Altruism
Evolutionary explanations
Evolutionary explanations thumb|upright|Giving alms to beggar children In ethology (the scientific study of animal behaviour), and more generally in the study of social evolution, altruism refers to behavior by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor. In...
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Neurobiology
Neurobiology Jorge Moll and Jordan Grafman, neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health and LABS-D'Or Hospital Network, provided the first evidence for the neural bases of altruistic giving in normal healthy volunteers, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. In their research, they showed that both pure...
Altruism
Psychology
Psychology The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences defines psychological altruism as "a motivational state to increase another's welfare". Psychological altruism is contrasted with psychological egoism, which refers to the motivation to increase one's welfare. In keeping with this, research in real-world ...
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Genetics and environment
Genetics and environment Both genetics and environment have been implicated in influencing pro-social or altruistic behavior. Candidate genes include OXTR (polymorphisms in the oxytocin receptor), CD38, COMT, DRD4, DRD5, IGF2, AVPR1A and GABRB2. It is theorized that some of these genes influence altruistic behavior by ...
Altruism
Sociology
Sociology "Sociologists have long been concerned with how to build the good society". The structure of our societies and how individuals come to exhibit charitable, philanthropic, and other pro-social, altruistic actions for the common good is a commonly researched topic within the field. The American Sociology Associ...
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Religious viewpoints
Religious viewpoints Most, if not all, of the world's religions promote altruism as a very important moral value. Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, and Sikhism, etc., place particular emphasis on altruistic morality.
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Buddhism
Buddhism thumb|Monks collecting alms Altruism figures prominently in Buddhism. Love and compassion are components of all forms of Buddhism, and are focused on all beings equally: love is the wish that all beings be happy, and compassion is the wish that all beings be free from suffering. "Many illnesses can be cured by...