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... further demands it made for clockwork precision helped to develop the skill of a new generation of mechanics , who could build other complex machines that were already in demand . This elementary mode of thought demanded an electronic ...
... further demands it made for clockwork precision helped to develop the skill of a new generation of mechanics , who could build other complex machines that were already in demand . This elementary mode of thought demanded an electronic ...
Page 288
... further programming his existence so as to permit no unforeseen departures or rebellions . Radical alterations that kings and priests never succeeded in performing except by evisceration scientists now confidently propose to do on the ...
... further programming his existence so as to permit no unforeseen departures or rebellions . Radical alterations that kings and priests never succeeded in performing except by evisceration scientists now confidently propose to do on the ...
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... further industrial expansion by erecting the dogma of ' increasing wants ' as an indispensable basis for further industrial progress . This expectancy worked in the opposite direction : for the expanding economy was justified , not ...
... further industrial expansion by erecting the dogma of ' increasing wants ' as an indispensable basis for further industrial progress . This expectancy worked in the opposite direction : for the expanding economy was justified , not ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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