1990s in sociologyThe following events related to sociology occurred in the 1990s. Aung San Suu Kyi's Burma and India: Some aspects of intellectual life under colonialism is published. Zygmunt Bauman's Thinking Sociologically is published. Raymond Boudon's The Art of Self-Persuasion: The Social Explanation of False Beliefs is published. James Coleman's Foundations of Social Theory is published. Troy Duster's Backdoor To Eugenics is published. Ian Hacking's The Taming of Chance is published.
1990s in science and technologyThis article is a summary of the 1990s in science and technology. 1990 April - The Hubble Space Telescope is launched; revolutionizes astronomy. September - The first successful somatic gene therapy trials begin. October - Human Genome Project formally begins. December 20 - The World Wide Web software is first tested by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN. 1992 January 14 - The first intracytoplasmic sperm injection in vitro fertilization produced baby is born by mechanically injecting a single, selected sperm cell into an egg.
1990s in anthropologyTimeline of anthropology, 1990–1999 1990 NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, is passed into US law 1991 "Ötzi the Iceman" discovered in the Alps 1991 Donald Brown's Human Universals was published 1992 Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving by Annette B.
1990s in musicPopular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, hip hop grew and continued to be highly successful in the decade, with the continuation of the genre's golden age. Aside from rap, reggae, contemporary R&B, and urban music in general remained extremely popular throughout the decade; urban music in the late-1980s and 1990s often blended with styles such as soul, funk, and jazz, resulting in fusion genres such as new jack swing, neo-soul, hip hop soul, and g-funk which were popular.
