Everything about Past
Events that occurred before a given time point
The past is the set of all events that occurred before a given point in time. The past is contrasted with and defined by the present and the future. The concept of the past is derived from the linear fashion in which human observers experience time, and is accessed through memory and recollection. In addition, humans have recorded the past since the advent of written language. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PastA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologueInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Ethan FromeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Mindfulness-based interventions in context: Past, present, and future.Cited 11,229 times
- Go sideways: PresentA closely related topic
- Go sideways: FutureA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
Noun The past tense.
Adjective Having already happened; in the past; finished.
Adjective Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Mindfulness-based interventions in context: Past, present, and future.
Hybrid porous solids: past, present, future
Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from the Vostok ice core, Antarctica
Nitrogen Cycles: Past, Present, and Future
A review on genetic algorithm: past, present, and future
Artificial intelligence in healthcare: past, present and future
Evidence for general instability of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record
Ferroptosis: past, present and future
🆕 Influential since 2022
PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue
Past, present and future prospective of global carbon fibre composite developments and applications
Extensive global wetland loss over the past three centuries
Prussian Blue Analogues for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Past, Present, and Future
PROTACs: past, present and future
📚 Books worth reading
Ethan FromeEdith Wharton · 1910
Woman without a pastPhyllis A. Whitney · 1991
Between Death and LifeDolores Cannon · 1993
Lights OutNavessa Allen · 2024
The Chinese potterMargaret Medley · 1976
Paste-upRod Van Uchelen · 1976
Jesus and the EssenesDolores Cannon · 1985
Keepers of the GardenDolores Cannon · 1993
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