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... biological revolution , destined to change the world even more pro- foundly , was still to come . " Unfortunately this biological revolution has already been recognized and eagerly hailed by the exponents of the power system as the next ...
... biological revolution , destined to change the world even more pro- foundly , was still to come . " Unfortunately this biological revolution has already been recognized and eagerly hailed by the exponents of the power system as the next ...
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... biological sciences - the study of organ- isms itself did not receive the name biology until 1813 - was believed , by Auguste Comte and others , to be due to the fact that the sciences appeared in a logical order , beginning with the ...
... biological sciences - the study of organ- isms itself did not receive the name biology until 1813 - was believed , by Auguste Comte and others , to be due to the fact that the sciences appeared in a logical order , beginning with the ...
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... Biological evolution , Seidenberg's inter- pretation of , 313 Biological ' revolution , ' 379 Biological sciences , late establishment of , 385 ; miscarriage of , 384 Biotechnics , 394 , 395 ; passage to , [ 29 ] Birket - Smith , Kaj ...
... Biological evolution , Seidenberg's inter- pretation of , 313 Biological ' revolution , ' 379 Biological sciences , late establishment of , 385 ; miscarriage of , 384 Biotechnics , 394 , 395 ; passage to , [ 29 ] Birket - Smith , Kaj ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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