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... 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 rate , particularly of young chil- dren , so that the numbers of the population ...
... 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 rate , particularly of young chil- dren , so that the numbers of the population ...
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... 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 a machine from minute to minute ...
... 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 a machine from minute to minute ...
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... 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 . If you can apply ...
... 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 . If you can apply ...
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