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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No one had guessed the truth , though geological records tell of a history , vastly longer than human , during which , without much change , certainly without any evidence of progressive exhaustion , the energy of the sun had been ...
No one had guessed the truth , though geological records tell of a history , vastly longer than human , during which , without much change , certainly without any evidence of progressive exhaustion , the energy of the sun had been ...
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For , in sober truth , if one attempted to forecast , from the experience of the past , the future of a world able to draw at will upon a virtually infinite supply of energy , one would be compelled to depict it simply as a veritable ...
For , in sober truth , if one attempted to forecast , from the experience of the past , the future of a world able to draw at will upon a virtually infinite supply of energy , one would be compelled to depict it simply as a veritable ...
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The elevating influences of the study of Nature , the sublime emotions awakened by the spectacle of the mists being slowly dissipated from the veiled countenance of Truth , are at least as potent as any encountered by man in his ...
The elevating influences of the study of Nature , the sublime emotions awakened by the spectacle of the mists being slowly dissipated from the veiled countenance of Truth , are at least as potent as any encountered by man in his ...
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The newly awakened interest for science in this country is entirely due , not to any sudden love of truth , any desire to understand and walk familiarly through the labyrinth of ...
The newly awakened interest for science in this country is entirely due , not to any sudden love of truth , any desire to understand and walk familiarly through the labyrinth of ...
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... have been made by men in the simple pursuit of truth for its own sake and without thought of any pecuniary reward , or even of practical applications . You can trust the State , after the lesson it has had , to see that the ...
... have been made by men in the simple pursuit of truth for its own sake and without thought of any pecuniary reward , or even of practical applications . You can trust the State , after the lesson it has had , to see that the ...
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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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