Science and Life: Aberdeen AddressesThis work is a collection of addresses and articles written at Aberdeen University regarding the interaction between science and society. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 36
Página 10
All life - processes demand for their continuation and maintenance a continuous supply of energy , which is derived from food . A modern maxim might be , “ Look after the energy and the matter will look after itself .
All life - processes demand for their continuation and maintenance a continuous supply of energy , which is derived from food . A modern maxim might be , “ Look after the energy and the matter will look after itself .
Página 12
... conserved by purely physical processes , without the elaborate intervention of life at all , and the utilisation of which on every count , except the æsthetic , is a source of pure gain to the community .
... conserved by purely physical processes , without the elaborate intervention of life at all , and the utilisation of which on every count , except the æsthetic , is a source of pure gain to the community .
Página 14
... outpouring of energy which , making all allowance for the vast scale of cosmical events , possesses a character of permanence and endurance foreign to the processes and events which hitherto had come within the ken of science .
... outpouring of energy which , making all allowance for the vast scale of cosmical events , possesses a character of permanence and endurance foreign to the processes and events which hitherto had come within the ken of science .
Página 17
... which are concerned with the inner architecture of atoms . All material processes studied hitherto have been concerned solely with the external relationships of atoms . a With the discovery of radioactivity the Rubicon was crossed.
... which are concerned with the inner architecture of atoms . All material processes studied hitherto have been concerned solely with the external relationships of atoms . a With the discovery of radioactivity the Rubicon was crossed.
Página 18
The primary parent - elements , uranium and thorium , each stand , as it were , at the head of a long genealogical table , comprising some fourteen members in the first , and twelve members in the second case , before the processes come ...
The primary parent - elements , uranium and thorium , each stand , as it were , at the head of a long genealogical table , comprising some fourteen members in the first , and twelve members in the second case , before the processes come ...
Comentarios de usuarios - Escribir una reseña
No hemos encontrado ninguna reseña en los sitios habituales.
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Términos y frases comunes
a-particle actinium active ancient appear applied Arts atomic weight attempt become bismuth branch Carnegie cent century chemical chemical character chemistry complete conception concerned continuous course definite departments direct discovery elements energy existence external fact Faculty follow fundamental future give given hand hitherto human important inanimate individual interest isotopes knowledge known labour lead learning least less living mass material matter means mechanism methods million mind minerals nature occur once original past period philosophy physical position possible practical present problem processes progress pure quantity question radioactive radium regard remains result scientific separated spirit subjects successive teaching thorium thought tion to-day Trust truth ultimate universities uranium wealth whole
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Science and Life: Aberdeen Addresses |
| Autor | Frederick Soddy |
| Editor | J. Murray, 1920 |
| N.º de páginas | 229 páginas |
| Exportar cita | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |