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Page 340
... domestication does not result in the wholesale deterioration brought about by complete parasitism , recent studies of the Norway rat by Curt P. Richter indicate that something more serious than a loss of autonomy takes place under such ...
... domestication does not result in the wholesale deterioration brought about by complete parasitism , recent studies of the Norway rat by Curt P. Richter indicate that something more serious than a loss of autonomy takes place under such ...
Page 385
... domestication preceded astronomical measurement and the calendar which later served it ; and the same holds true in medicine . The fact is that organic models yielded to mechanical models in interpreting living phenomena mainly for two ...
... domestication preceded astronomical measurement and the calendar which later served it ; and the same holds true in medicine . The fact is that organic models yielded to mechanical models in interpreting living phenomena mainly for two ...
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... Domestication , deterioration under , 340 Dominant minority , 352 Doom , technocratic , 435 Dostoevsky , Feodor , 356 , 357 Double helix , 54 Douhet , General Giulio , 251 Drake , Sir Francis , 146 Drama , cosmic setting of , 415 ...
... Domestication , deterioration under , 340 Dominant minority , 352 Doom , technocratic , 435 Dostoevsky , Feodor , 356 , 357 Double helix , 54 Douhet , General Giulio , 251 Drake , Sir Francis , 146 Drama , cosmic setting of , 415 ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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