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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These are specific instances of what it would be possible to multiply no doubt indefinitely , and I include them , in the first place , to justify the complaint that something more than mere neglect of science by the British nation is ...
These are specific instances of what it would be possible to multiply no doubt indefinitely , and I include them , in the first place , to justify the complaint that something more than mere neglect of science by the British nation is ...
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The spirit of the mythical don , who thanked the Almighty at the close of a life - long tussle with a mathematical problem that its solution could never be of the least possible use to anyone , is still revered as the pure distilled ...
The spirit of the mythical don , who thanked the Almighty at the close of a life - long tussle with a mathematical problem that its solution could never be of the least possible use to anyone , is still revered as the pure distilled ...
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... no possible objection could be taken . But it is absurd that the administration of a modern State should be left to men ignorant of science and of its human consequences . More serious consequences have attended the overweighting.
... no possible objection could be taken . But it is absurd that the administration of a modern State should be left to men ignorant of science and of its human consequences . More serious consequences have attended the overweighting.
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... as far as the material changes are concerned . They cancel out . But the one essential physical factor that makes the process possible is the supply of energy as sunlight THE ENERGY OF COAL 11 to the plant , which 10 SCIENCE AND LIFE.
... as far as the material changes are concerned . They cancel out . But the one essential physical factor that makes the process possible is the supply of energy as sunlight THE ENERGY OF COAL 11 to the plant , which 10 SCIENCE AND LIFE.
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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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| Título | Science and Life: Aberdeen Addresses |
| Autor | Frederick Soddy |
| Editor | J. Murray, 1920 |
| N.º de páginas | 229 páginas |
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