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... continued development rested solely on his propensity for tool - using and tool - making . Furthermore , in defiance of contemporary dogma , they did not regard scientific discovery and tech- nological invention as the sole object of ...
... continued development rested solely on his propensity for tool - using and tool - making . Furthermore , in defiance of contemporary dogma , they did not regard scientific discovery and tech- nological invention as the sole object of ...
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... continued were emotionally disturbed by the experience : yet ' in the interests of science ' sixty - five per cent of them continued beyond the ' danger point . ' Though an experiment performed on only forty subjects is not decisive ...
... continued were emotionally disturbed by the experience : yet ' in the interests of science ' sixty - five per cent of them continued beyond the ' danger point . ' Though an experiment performed on only forty subjects is not decisive ...
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... continued unchecked . Fortunately , Nature employs a whole series of limiting devices which , over any sufficient period of time , would check inordinate quantitative increase and establish an equilibrium . Faced with similar threats in ...
... continued unchecked . Fortunately , Nature employs a whole series of limiting devices which , over any sufficient period of time , would check inordinate quantitative increase and establish an equilibrium . Faced with similar threats in ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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