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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... least 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 ...
... least 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 ...
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... least in great measure , to make of life whatsoever we will . Even the probable route forward can be dimly made out , the way the pioneers will most likely pursue to enter the promised land . And then ? Judging from past experience ...
... least in great measure , to make of life whatsoever we will . Even the probable route forward can be dimly made out , the way the pioneers will most likely pursue to enter the promised land . And then ? Judging from past experience ...
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... least of the ancient seats of learning to be left untouched and unreformed amid the startling and dangerous innovations of science , as a sanctuary for what was noble and enduring in the thought of the past , may have perpetuated an ...
... least of the ancient seats of learning to be left untouched and unreformed amid the startling and dangerous innovations of science , as a sanctuary for what was noble and enduring in the thought of the past , may have perpetuated an ...
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... least of inevitable evils . Even the nationalisation of rail- ways , land , and the sources of wealth , the conscrip- tion of capital , and all the rank heresies of a little while ago , are now receiving serious consideration . Perhaps ...
... least of inevitable evils . Even the nationalisation of rail- ways , land , and the sources of wealth , the conscrip- tion of capital , and all the rank heresies of a little while ago , are now receiving serious consideration . Perhaps ...
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... least , has science got outside the jurisdiction of that universal legislation , whatever may be its ultimate aspirations . The energy evolved by radium spontaneously , however new and wonderful it may be , is yet measurable in current ...
... least , has science got outside the jurisdiction of that universal legislation , whatever may be its ultimate aspirations . The energy evolved by radium spontaneously , however new and wonderful it may be , is yet measurable in current ...
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