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The Million Book Project was a 501 (c) (3) charity organization with various scanning centers throughout the world. By December 2007, more than 1.5 million books had been scanned, in 20 languages: 970,000 in Chinese; 360,000 in English; 50,000 in Telugu; and 40,000 in Arabic. [2] Most of the books are in the public domain, but permission has ...
The list includes the following Christian denominations: the Catholic Church (including the Eastern Catholic Churches), Protestant denominations with at least 0.2 million members (including Anglican churches, which are sometimes described as a via media between Catholicism and Protestantism), the Eastern Orthodox Church (and its offshoots), the Oriental Orthodox Churches (and their offshoots ...
The Cultural Revolution was characterized by violence and chaos across Chinese society, including a massacre in Guangxi that included acts of cannibalism, as well as massacres in Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Guangdong, Yunnan, and Hunan. [1] Estimates of the death toll vary widely, typically ranging from 1–2 million.
rlapointe@gannett.com. 419-332-2674. This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: $1.7 million bridge replacement project on CR 201 biggest in 40 years. “It should last a lot ...
June 25, 2024 at 3:06 AM. Tens of thousands of native trees have been planted on a Sutherland estate as part of a wild fish conservation project. Atlantic Salmon Trust is working with the Duke of ...
The Human Genome Project was a 15 year-long publicly funded project initiated in 1990 with the objective of determining the DNA sequence of the entire euchromatic human genome within 13 years. The idea of such a project originated in the work of Ronald A. Fisher, whose work is also credited with later initiating the project.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. The 1619 Project is a long-form journalistic revisionist historiographical work that takes a critical view of traditionally revered figures and events in American history, including the Patriots in the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers, along with Abraham Lincoln and the Union during the Civil War.
Million Book Project update as of April 30, 2007 The Million Book Project has exceeded its goal of digitizing one million books by 2007. The Project inspired other large-scale digitization projects, including Google Book Search, by changing worldwide thinking about the presentation of material found in books.