Science and Life: Aberdeen AddressesThis work is a collection of addresses and articles written at Aberdeen University regarding the interaction between science and society. |
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Initial slight differences of strength and sagacity have become so emphasised by the virile stream that the more successful are becoming monstrously so , and the unsuccessful less and less able to secure a full meal than before the ...
Initial slight differences of strength and sagacity have become so emphasised by the virile stream that the more successful are becoming monstrously so , and the unsuccessful less and less able to secure a full meal than before the ...
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That is to say , if not yet , some time in the future , the synthesis of food from the material constituents and any form of available energy will probably become possible . Historically , and till quite recently , the energy of ...
That is to say , if not yet , some time in the future , the synthesis of food from the material constituents and any form of available energy will probably become possible . Historically , and till quite recently , the energy of ...
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If the ancient legend of a philosopher's stone ever becomes reality , and if means are found for artificially transmuting the elements , or artificially increasing to a sufficient extent the natural rate of their disintegration ...
If the ancient legend of a philosopher's stone ever becomes reality , and if means are found for artificially transmuting the elements , or artificially increasing to a sufficient extent the natural rate of their disintegration ...
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... but force actively at work , moving something against a resistance ; or , if passive , like the force of a coiled spring , or of an explosive , waiting , as it were , the opportunity to become active and do work .
... but force actively at work , moving something against a resistance ; or , if passive , like the force of a coiled spring , or of an explosive , waiting , as it were , the opportunity to become active and do work .
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How can nature , the bank - teller , account for such a large expenditure of energy , over so prolonged a period , without long ago having become bankrupt ? The sun and stars do not burn coal . Even if they did , Lord Kelvin computed ...
How can nature , the bank - teller , account for such a large expenditure of energy , over so prolonged a period , without long ago having become bankrupt ? The sun and stars do not burn coal . Even if they did , Lord Kelvin computed ...
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| Título | Science and Life: Aberdeen Addresses |
| Autor | Frederick Soddy |
| Editor | J. Murray, 1920 |
| N.º de páginas | 229 páginas |
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