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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... remains sterile , whilst all around , in the most unexpected places , the fertilising influence of the new knowledge , won and being won by the perfection of the extrospective or experimental method , is producing a luxuriant , if ...
... remains sterile , whilst all around , in the most unexpected places , the fertilising influence of the new knowledge , won and being won by the perfection of the extrospective or experimental method , is producing a luxuriant , if ...
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... remains in existence for a period of time which is , on the average , definite , and which varies among the various successive members between the ex- tremes , estimated indirectly in a variety of ways , of a hundred - thousand ...
... remains in existence for a period of time which is , on the average , definite , and which varies among the various successive members between the ex- tremes , estimated indirectly in a variety of ways , of a hundred - thousand ...
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... remains that , for sheer practical value to the community , and hard cash in the pockets of each member of it , there are a few , say one in every million , who are worth as much to the community as the rest of the million put together ...
... remains that , for sheer practical value to the community , and hard cash in the pockets of each member of it , there are a few , say one in every million , who are worth as much to the community as the rest of the million put together ...
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... remains a malaria - haunted or fever - stricken jungle , ruled by the mosquito - the 999,999 out of the million have no direct say whatever . It little matters whether they are an absolute monarchy like Russia , a republic like France ...
... remains a malaria - haunted or fever - stricken jungle , ruled by the mosquito - the 999,999 out of the million have no direct say whatever . It little matters whether they are an absolute monarchy like Russia , a republic like France ...
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... remains , therefore , only to let the scientific men alone to do their work . But this is precisely what is almost never done in this country . The candidates go through a long and severe course of training , selection and appren ...
... remains , therefore , only to let the scientific men alone to do their work . But this is precisely what is almost never done in this country . The candidates go through a long and severe course of training , selection and appren ...
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