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... described it . One gets the impression that in some branches of science , such as parts of biology which are still floundering about in search of firm theoretical framework , a good deal of current research is already of this kind : an ...
... described it . One gets the impression that in some branches of science , such as parts of biology which are still floundering about in search of firm theoretical framework , a good deal of current research is already of this kind : an ...
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... described by this one ' ridge line ' in three - dimensional space . The symmetry - axis description can be used very conveniently in connection with some sorts of growth processes . All we need to do is to give rules for the way the ...
... described by this one ' ridge line ' in three - dimensional space . The symmetry - axis description can be used very conveniently in connection with some sorts of growth processes . All we need to do is to give rules for the way the ...
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... described similar pheno- mena , when it is touch and go whether a male and female fight or mate ; though they mostly do not yet use the language of chreods and catas- trophes which has been described here , but speak in more particular ...
... described similar pheno- mena , when it is touch and go whether a male and female fight or mate ; though they mostly do not yet use the language of chreods and catas- trophes which has been described here , but speak in more particular ...
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