Science and Life: Aberdeen AdressesE. P. Dutton, 1920 - 229 páginas |
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... possible to multiply no doubt indefinitely , and I include them , in the first place , to justify the complaint that something more than mere neglect of science by the British nation is involved , and that , in the educational ...
... possible to multiply no doubt indefinitely , and I include them , in the first place , to justify the complaint that something more than mere neglect of science by the British nation is involved , and that , in the educational ...
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... possible use to anyone , is still revered as the pure distilled essence of scientific endeavour . That this cloisteral attitude is essential to the highest and most practical discovery is patent from a casual examination of the history ...
... possible use to anyone , is still revered as the pure distilled essence of scientific endeavour . That this cloisteral attitude is essential to the highest and most practical discovery is patent from a casual examination of the history ...
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... possible objection could be taken . But it is absurd that the administration of a modern State should be left to men ignorant of science and of its human consequences . More serious consequences have attended the overweighting.
... possible objection could be taken . But it is absurd that the administration of a modern State should be left to men ignorant of science and of its human consequences . More serious consequences have attended the overweighting.
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... the material changes are concerned . They cancel out . But the one essential physical factor that makes the process possible is the supply of energy as sunlight THE ENERGY OF COAL 11 to the plant , which 10 SCIENCE AND LIFE.
... the material changes are concerned . They cancel out . But the one essential physical factor that makes the 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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... possible . Historically , and till quite recently , the energy of sunlight , apart from an insignificant source in the tides , was the sole income of energy available for the world , and the traditional source by which , through the ...
... possible . Historically , and till quite recently , the energy of sunlight , apart from an insignificant source in the tides , was the sole income of energy available for the world , and the traditional source by which , through the ...
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