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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... processes demand for their continuation and maintenance a continuous supply of energy , which is derived from food ... process possible is the supply of energy as sunlight THE ENERGY OF COAL 11 to the plant , which 10 SCIENCE AND LIFE.
... processes demand for their continuation and maintenance a continuous supply of energy , which is derived from food ... 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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... 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 . Energy itself is indestructible , and in itself is only ...
... 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 . Energy itself is indestructible , and in itself is only ...
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... processes and events which hitherto had come within the ken of science . No one had guessed the original source of the stream of energy which rejuvenates the universe , nor that it has its rise , not in the unfathomable immensities of ...
... processes and events which hitherto had come within the ken of science . No one had guessed the original source of the stream of energy which rejuvenates the universe , nor that it has its rise , not in the unfathomable immensities of ...
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... concerned with the inner architecture of atoms . All material processes studied hitherto have been con- cerned solely with the external relationships of atoms . With the discovery of radioactivity the Rubicon was crossed ,
... concerned with the inner architecture of atoms . All material processes studied hitherto have been con- cerned solely with the external relationships of atoms . With the discovery of radioactivity the Rubicon was crossed ,
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... processes come to an end and the outflow of energy accompanying them ceases . Each of the changes proceeds at definite rates which , so far as has been ascertained , are absolutely independent of every known consideration , and so it ...
... processes come to an end and the outflow of energy accompanying them ceases . Each of the changes proceeds at definite rates which , so far as has been ascertained , are absolutely independent of every known consideration , and so it ...
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