Science and Life: Aberdeen AdressesE. P. Dutton, 1920 - 229 páginas |
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... remain utterly oblivious of the existence of water until rudely hauled into the upper air . In the essentially unchanging physical environment , in which all but the latest epoch of recorded history has been enacted , lies the probable ...
... remain utterly oblivious of the existence of water until rudely hauled into the upper air . In the essentially unchanging physical environment , in which all but the latest epoch of recorded history has been enacted , lies the probable ...
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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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... remain unknown and a reversal of the known continuous direction of energy transformations . Such a reversal may well occur under conditions still , and possibly for ever , beyond the power of experiment to reproduce in the laboratory ...
... remain unknown and a reversal of the known continuous direction of energy transformations . Such a reversal may well occur under conditions still , and possibly for ever , beyond the power of experiment to reproduce in the laboratory ...
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... remain true . If the ancient legend of a philosopher's stone ever becomes reality , and if means are found for artificially transmuting the elements , or artificially increasing to a sufficient extent the natural rate of their ...
... remain true . If the ancient legend of a philosopher's stone ever becomes reality , and if means are found for artificially transmuting the elements , or artificially increasing to a sufficient extent the natural rate of their ...
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