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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... matter all around . In so far as it is dominated by the supply of available energy , the limits of the possible expansion and development of the race in the future have been virtually abolished by this discovery of the immanence of the ...
... matter all around . In so far as it is dominated by the supply of available energy , the limits of the possible expansion and development of the race in the future have been virtually abolished by this discovery of the immanence of the ...
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... matter hitherto not penetrated . It is the unit of matter , indivisible in chemical changes , the atom of the radioactive element , which in radioactive changes subdivides or disintegrates . Secondly , per unit weight of matter changing ...
... matter hitherto not penetrated . It is the unit of matter , indivisible in chemical changes , the atom of the radioactive element , which in radioactive changes subdivides or disintegrates . Secondly , per unit weight of matter changing ...
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... matter , truly astonishing . The other members of the series which change more rapidly possess a radioactivity which , though it is more intense , is more ephemeral . More- over , the quantity of each member of the series , coexisting ...
... matter , truly astonishing . The other members of the series which change more rapidly possess a radioactivity which , though it is more intense , is more ephemeral . More- over , the quantity of each member of the series , coexisting ...
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... matter of time before it became lifeless and dead . The clock wound up in the beginning to run for a certain time , a universe provided at its creation with a certain store of available energy to dissipate and live by at an ever ...
... matter of time before it became lifeless and dead . The clock wound up in the beginning to run for a certain time , a universe provided at its creation with a certain store of available energy to dissipate and live by at an ever ...
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... matter of fact , the term " force , " in a strictly scientific sense , is slightly different from that in which it is popularly employed . The word in the title is to be taken in its popular meaning , which is not the passive force or ...
... matter of fact , the term " force , " in a strictly scientific sense , is slightly different from that in which it is popularly employed . The word in the title is to be taken in its popular meaning , which is not the passive force or ...
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