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... scientific journals have been founded . Not all have persisted , and nobody knows quite how many journals are being published at the present time . As long ago as 1938 , Bernal estimated that there were some 33,000 current scientific ...
... scientific journals have been founded . Not all have persisted , and nobody knows quite how many journals are being published at the present time . As long ago as 1938 , Bernal estimated that there were some 33,000 current scientific ...
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... scientific method of analysis . This method has proved fantastically powerful in producing both understanding of , and the power to control , nearly every type of system we have come across in the physical and chemical world . Even in ...
... scientific method of analysis . This method has proved fantastically powerful in producing both understanding of , and the power to control , nearly every type of system we have come across in the physical and chemical world . Even in ...
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... scientific method , even after the instrument makers have got on to it , still remains a craft skill which we scientists enjoy but philosophers usually feel to be beneath their notice . - The Limits of Science Undoubtedly when ...
... scientific method , even after the instrument makers have got on to it , still remains a craft skill which we scientists enjoy but philosophers usually feel to be beneath their notice . - The Limits of Science Undoubtedly when ...
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