Changes

==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''changer'', from Latin ''cambiare'' to exchange, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish ''camm'' crooked

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''changer'', from Latin ''cambiare'' to exchange, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish ''camm'' crooked

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1.a :  to make [[different]] in some particular :  alter <never bothered to change the will>

*1.a :  to make [[different]] in some particular :  alter <never bothered to change the will>

A [[stimulus]] or [[force]] causes change. For example, [[ice]] melts into [[water]].  The heating of the ice above 32 degrees Fahrenheit caused the immobile oxygen and hydrogen [[atoms]] to mobilize, changing the ice into water.

A [[stimulus]] or [[force]] causes change. For example, [[ice]] melts into [[water]].  The heating of the ice above 32 degrees Fahrenheit caused the immobile oxygen and hydrogen [[atoms]] to mobilize, changing the ice into water.

Throughout [[history]], change has been defined by varying [[points of view]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Philosophy ancient Greek philosophy], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus Heraclitus] saw change as ever-present and all-[[encompassing]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenides Parmenides] virtually denied its [[existence]].  One's philosophical position may have an influence on the [[perception]] of change.

Throughout [[history]], change has been defined by varying [[points of view]]. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_Philosophy ancient Greek philosophy], while [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus Heraclitus] saw change as ever-present and all-[[encompassing]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenides Parmenides] virtually denied its [[existence]].  One's philosophical position may have an influence on the [[perception]] of change.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Leibniz Gottfried Leibniz] harnessed [[mathematics|mathematical]] concepts into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus calculus] to provide [[mathematical models]] of change. This constituted a major [[step]] forward in understanding flux and variation. In modern physics, the concept of change is associated with [[action]].

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Leibniz Gottfried Leibniz] harnessed [[mathematics|mathematical]] concepts into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus calculus] to provide [[mathematical models]] of change. This constituted a major [[step]] forward in understanding flux and variation. In modern physics, the concept of change is associated with [[action]].

==Social==

==Social==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Medieval thought] fostered great [[respect]] for appeal to [[authority]] and [[revelation]], severely cramping any [[encouragement]] of change.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Medieval thought] fostered great [[respect]] for appeal to [[authority]] and [[revelation]], severely cramping any [[encouragement]] of change.

With the rise of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_revolution Industrial revolution] and [[capitalism]], the importance attached to [[innovation]] grew, and social and [[political]] upheavals and [[pressures]] often forced change by [[violent]] [[revolution]] (as in North America in the late 18th century and in later imitators). By the late 20th century much [[business]] and [[New Age]] thought focused enthusiastically on [[transformation]] in [[management]], in function and in mental [[attitudes]], while ignoring or deploring changes in [[society]].

With the rise of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_revolution Industrial revolution] and [[capitalism]], the importance attached to [[innovation]] grew, and social and [[political]] upheavals and [[pressures]] often forced change by [[violent]] [[revolution]] (as in North America in the late 18th century and in later imitators). By the late 20th century much [[business]] and [[New Age]] thought focused enthusiastically on [[transformation]] in [[management]], in function and in mental [[attitudes]], while ignoring or deploring changes in [[society]].

Changes in society have been [[observed]] through slow, [[gradual]] modifications in mindsets and [[beliefs]] as well as through dramatic action (see [[revolutions]]).  [[History]] is one of the tools used to document change.

Changes in society have been [[observed]] through slow, [[gradual]] modifications in mindsets and [[beliefs]] as well as through dramatic action (see [[revolutions]]).  [[History]] is one of the tools used to document change.