Science and Life: Aberdeen AddressesJ. Murray, 1920 - 229 páginas This work is a collection of addresses and articles written at Aberdeen University regarding the interaction between science and society. |
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... evolved their greatness . It is a stagnant pond , trapped from the main cosmical flow by a fortunate sequence of earth - movements , being drained at an ever - increasing rate and in an ever - increasing number of ways . " You have ...
... evolved their greatness . It is a stagnant pond , trapped from the main cosmical flow by a fortunate sequence of earth - movements , being drained at an ever - increasing rate and in an ever - increasing number of ways . " You have ...
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... evolved by radium spontaneously , however new and wonderful it may be , is yet measurable in current coin . In a single day it approaches in magnitude the energy evolved from a similar weight of any materials undergoing the most ...
... evolved by radium spontaneously , however new and wonderful it may be , is yet measurable in current coin . In a single day it approaches in magnitude the energy evolved from a similar weight of any materials undergoing the most ...
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... evolved in new kinds of change , which are distinguished from those studied in chemistry in two ways . In the first place they are more fundamental , and concern a plane in the complexity of matter hitherto not penetrated . It is the ...
... evolved in new kinds of change , which are distinguished from those studied in chemistry in two ways . In the first place they are more fundamental , and concern a plane in the complexity of matter hitherto not penetrated . It is the ...
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... evolved is , considering the excessively minute quantity of matter , truly astonishing . The other members of the series which change more rapidly possess a radioactivity which , though it is more intense , is more ephemeral . More ...
... evolved is , considering the excessively minute quantity of matter , truly astonishing . The other members of the series which change more rapidly possess a radioactivity which , though it is more intense , is more ephemeral . More ...
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... evolved in the average period of 2500 years , is in the case of uranium and thorium spread over a term of thousands ... evolve is estimated to be far more than the earth loses to outer space , A UNIVERSE OF PERMANENT RÉGIME 21 if ...
... evolved in the average period of 2500 years , is in the case of uranium and thorium spread over a term of thousands ... evolve is estimated to be far more than the earth loses to outer space , A UNIVERSE OF PERMANENT RÉGIME 21 if ...
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