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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... 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 invigorating and quickening ...
... 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 invigorating and quickening ...
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... 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 Garden of Eden ...
... 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 Garden of Eden ...
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... Truth , are at least as potent as any encountered by man in his persistent and unwearing dissection of his own self . But , distinct from this , science is unique in pointing the way to the realisation of that necessary practical ...
... Truth , are at least as potent as any encountered by man in his persistent and unwearing dissection of his own self . But , distinct from this , science is unique in pointing the way to the realisation of that necessary practical ...
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... truth , any desire to understand and walk familiarly through the labyrinth of Nature , any weariness with the old rule - of - thumb and hit - or - miss methods of our ancestors . It is due simply to the realisation of the fact that it ...
... truth , any desire to understand and walk familiarly through the labyrinth of Nature , any weariness with the old rule - of - thumb and hit - or - miss methods of our ancestors . It is due simply to the realisation of the fact that it ...
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... 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 application of science to war and to industry and ...
... 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 application of science to war and to industry and ...
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