Science and Life: Aberdeen AdressesE. P. Dutton, 1920 - 229 páginas |
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... past . I have , from the standpoint of an original investigator in physical science , attempted to show how fundamentally and beyond the possibility of escape our knowledge and control of the inanimate world underlies and de- termines ...
... past . I have , from the standpoint of an original investigator in physical science , attempted to show how fundamentally and beyond the possibility of escape our knowledge and control of the inanimate world underlies and de- termines ...
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... past might well be left to bury its dead , if there were any sign of a different spirit prevailing in the future . But , with the present spirit still dominant , how can it be expected that modern men will bequeath their wealth to the ...
... past might well be left to bury its dead , if there were any sign of a different spirit prevailing in the future . But , with the present spirit still dominant , how can it be expected that modern men will bequeath their wealth to the ...
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... is a revised and abbreviated version of an article which appeared in The Candid Quarterly some years ago , and subsequently in The Student Movement , December 1918 to February 1919 . of the past century of science , should have been 1.
... is a revised and abbreviated version of an article which appeared in The Candid Quarterly some years ago , and subsequently in The Student Movement , December 1918 to February 1919 . of the past century of science , should have been 1.
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Aberdeen Adresses Frederick Soddy. of the past century of science , should have been the golden opportunity of statesmen and humanitarians and the raw material out of which the sum total of human happiness could have been augmented ...
Aberdeen Adresses Frederick Soddy. of the past century of science , should have been the golden opportunity of statesmen and humanitarians and the raw material out of which the sum total of human happiness could have been augmented ...
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... past experience , from the uses to which the enlarged opportunities and dominance already conferred by physical science have been put , is it so certain that man is ripe for such a myriad- fold multiplication of his physical powers ...
... past experience , from the uses to which the enlarged opportunities and dominance already conferred by physical science have been put , is it so certain that man is ripe for such a myriad- fold multiplication of his physical powers ...
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