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1990s in anthropology
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1990s in sociology
The 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 technology
This 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 video games
The 1990s was the third decade in the industry's history. It was a decade of marked innovation in video gaming. It was a decade of transition from sprite-based graphics to full-fledged 3D graphics and it gave rise to several genres of video games including, but not limited to, the first-person shooter, real-time strategy, survival horror, and MMO. Arcade games, although still relatively popular in the early 1990s, began to decline as home consoles became more common.
1990s in music
Popular 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.