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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... mechanism with the mechanical imitation of a brain , or brain controlling an animate mechanism , what of the power ? The power to live , the power to do work , is not in the brain nor in the body , not in the valves nor the moving parts ...
... mechanism with the mechanical imitation of a brain , or brain controlling an animate mechanism , what of the power ? The power to live , the power to do work , is not in the brain nor in the body , not in the valves nor the moving parts ...
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... mechanism or however violent and catastrophic the events , some- thing is unchanged and remains the same before and after , and that something is termed energy . It is a complex conception capable of being illustrated in simple cases by ...
... mechanism or however violent and catastrophic the events , some- thing is unchanged and remains the same before and after , and that something is termed energy . It is a complex conception capable of being illustrated in simple cases by ...
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... mechanism of life made by biology , altogether eludes apprehension in terms of the other fundamental conceptions to which our inquiries into ourselves and our environment have led . In science we regard that which is indestructible as ...
... mechanism of life made by biology , altogether eludes apprehension in terms of the other fundamental conceptions to which our inquiries into ourselves and our environment have led . In science we regard that which is indestructible as ...
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... mechanism to master the essential principles that have led to the mechanistic philosophy of science . But that is probably mere personal bias . The two studies belong to different worlds , as the poles apart , so far as they concern ...
... mechanism to master the essential principles that have led to the mechanistic philosophy of science . But that is probably mere personal bias . The two studies belong to different worlds , as the poles apart , so far as they concern ...
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... mechanism of nature without giving consideration even to the existence of any other plane , or to whether his work ... mechanism of the cosmos invades the living organism , and the principles of energy and matter which we encounter in ...
... mechanism of nature without giving consideration even to the existence of any other plane , or to whether his work ... mechanism of the cosmos invades the living organism , and the principles of energy and matter which we encounter in ...
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