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... invention of the nineteenth century: "the invention of invention." Purely theoretic and experimental discoveries repeatedly suggest outlets and applications that could not even have been conceived until the scientific work itself was ...
... invention of the nineteenth century: "the invention of invention." Purely theoretic and experimental discoveries repeatedly suggest outlets and applications that could not even have been conceived until the scientific work itself was ...
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... invention of writing, has ever been at the disposal of a single mind: even an Aristotle, an Ibn Khaldun, or a Thomas Aquinas must necessarily have left out large tracts of human experience. Despite his wide range of interests, Leonardo ...
... invention of writing, has ever been at the disposal of a single mind: even an Aristotle, an Ibn Khaldun, or a Thomas Aquinas must necessarily have left out large tracts of human experience. Despite his wide range of interests, Leonardo ...
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... invention passed through a long period of probation between its first appearance in fantasy, its intermediate stages of composition and invention, and its final materialization as a working apparatus or machine. The more audacious the ...
... invention passed through a long period of probation between its first appearance in fantasy, its intermediate stages of composition and invention, and its final materialization as a working apparatus or machine. The more audacious the ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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