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... scientific calculations . This inflexible , pre- dictable order , incorporated later in the calendar , was transferred to the regimentation of the human components . As against earlier forms of ritu- alized order , this mechanized order ...
... scientific calculations . This inflexible , pre- dictable order , incorporated later in the calendar , was transferred to the regimentation of the human components . As against earlier forms of ritu- alized order , this mechanized order ...
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... scientific tradition in the nineteenth century was whatever the individual practices of some scientists - ration- alist , utilitarian , and definitely skeptical about the value of any set of beliefs that tacitly denied science's own ...
... scientific tradition in the nineteenth century was whatever the individual practices of some scientists - ration- alist , utilitarian , and definitely skeptical about the value of any set of beliefs that tacitly denied science's own ...
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... scientific advances that have finally led to the fission of the atom and the enlargement of astronomical space . Long before the metal - using civilizations had taken form , early man had identified the most useful varieties of plants ...
... scientific advances that have finally led to the fission of the atom and the enlargement of astronomical space . Long before the metal - using civilizations had taken form , early man had identified the most useful varieties of plants ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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