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concentrate on the primary effects and neglect all secondary influences. When
modern health care is applied to a primitive society, it is so powerful that it is no
longer a question only of curing a few cases of illness; it drastically lowers the
death ...
concentrate on the primary effects and neglect all secondary influences. When
modern health care is applied to a primitive society, it is so powerful that it is no
longer a question only of curing a few cases of illness; it drastically lowers the
death ...
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But this attitude seems less satisfying when applied to a living system than it does
when used, for instance, in connection with an industrial plant. Although it may
indeed lead us to discover a reasonably good account of how the body works as
...
But this attitude seems less satisfying when applied to a living system than it does
when used, for instance, in connection with an industrial plant. Although it may
indeed lead us to discover a reasonably good account of how the body works as
...
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Notice that John Platt writes of applying these steps to problems in science. This
is actually not as limiting a condition as it sounds. Science, in fact can be defined
as all those problems to which this procedure has been successfully applied.
Notice that John Platt writes of applying these steps to problems in science. This
is actually not as limiting a condition as it sounds. Science, in fact can be defined
as all those problems to which this procedure has been successfully applied.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Tools for Thought |
| Author | Conrad Hal Waddington |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cape, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Oct 2009 |
| ISBN | 0224010778, 9780224010771 |
| Length | 250 pages |
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