Events from 1900

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1900

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1900 ID: 1145
Max Planck introduces quantum hypothesis - consciousness as fundamental, matter as derivative
ID: 1145
1900 ID: 1146
David Hilbert presents 23 unsolved mathematical problems at Paris - We must know, we will know
ID: 1146
1900 ID: 1147
Frederick Winslow Taylor's scientific management revolutionizes cost accounting
ID: 1147
1900 ID: 4221
Hollerith develops automatic card-feed mechanism and automatic sorting box - major improvements to tabulating system
ID: 4221
1900 ID: 4724
Boxer Rebellion - anti-foreign uprising, Eight-Nation Alliance invades Beijing
ID: 4724
Beijing
1900 ID: 5071
Discovery of Dunhuang Cave 17 - Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu finds sealed 'Library Cave' with 50,000 manuscripts including Manichaean texts
ID: 5071
Dunhuang
1900 ID: 5594
German metallurgists study Taylor-White high-speed steel from America, begin developing superior tool steels
ID: 5594
Berlin
1900 ID: 5604
German dual education system produces highly skilled machinists - apprentice-journeyman-Meister progression becomes global model
ID: 5604
Berlin
1900 ID: 5614
'Made in Germany' becomes mark of quality - British attempt to stigmatize German goods completely backfires as German engineering reputation grows
ID: 5614
Berlin

Books & Texts from 1900

📖 charles-w-chesnutt - the-house-behind-the-cedars
📖 ellen-key - the-education-of-the-child
📖 edith-wharton - the-touchstone
📖 eliot-gregory - the-ways-of-men
📖 theodore-dreiser - sister-carrie-a-novel
📖 s-weir-mitchell - the-autobiography-of-a-quack-and-the-case-of-george-dedlow
📖 l-frank-baum - the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz
📖 charles-john-cutcliffe-wright-hyne - the-lost-continent