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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... present spirit still dominant , how can it be expected that modern men will bequeath their wealth to the universities here , as they habitually do in America ? Nor is it much use Parliament voting large grants for the purpose of ...
... present spirit still dominant , how can it be expected that modern men will bequeath their wealth to the universities here , as they habitually do in America ? Nor is it much use Parliament voting large grants for the purpose of ...
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... present , it has not only shown itself powerless to bring about this result , but it is , an uncharitable observer might conclude , in league with the other side , and is active , so far as it is active at all , in ensuring that the ...
... present , it has not only shown itself powerless to bring about this result , but it is , an uncharitable observer might conclude , in league with the other side , and is active , so far as it is active at all , in ensuring that the ...
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... present age can be more or less directly traced . It is the effective control and utilisation of inanimate sources of energy . The power of a man to do work -one man - power - is , in its purely physical sense , now an insignificant ...
... present age can be more or less directly traced . It is the effective control and utilisation of inanimate sources of energy . The power of a man to do work -one man - power - is , in its purely physical sense , now an insignificant ...
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... present and any previous period . One may believe that the human aspect of learn- ing , if it is the highest , is also the last aspect to be achieved , and if no adequate appreciation of the older humanities can be arrived at without ...
... present and any previous period . One may believe that the human aspect of learn- ing , if it is the highest , is also the last aspect to be achieved , and if no adequate appreciation of the older humanities can be arrived at without ...
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... present greatness rests . Quite extraordinary physiographical conditions must have prevailed , an alternate uplifting and depressing of the bed of the ocean , time and again , as one age succeeded another , when the luxuriant forests of ...
... present greatness rests . Quite extraordinary physiographical conditions must have prevailed , an alternate uplifting and depressing of the bed of the ocean , time and again , as one age succeeded another , when the luxuriant forests of ...
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