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... significantly , the abstract model of the mechanical New World was framed in lines of latitude and longitude on ... significant change in the human mind . The latter - day practice of dating this cultural change from the seventeenth ...
... significantly , the abstract model of the mechanical New World was framed in lines of latitude and longitude on ... significant change in the human mind . The latter - day practice of dating this cultural change from the seventeenth ...
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Lewis Mumford. Wilkins - both , perhaps significantly , bishops - repeat with variations Kepler's dream . Both center on ... significant aspect of the classics of science fiction , even when they do not in themselves picture monsters like ...
Lewis Mumford. Wilkins - both , perhaps significantly , bishops - repeat with variations Kepler's dream . Both center on ... significant aspect of the classics of science fiction , even when they do not in themselves picture monsters like ...
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... significant , for it contradicted his determinist faith : he proposed a deliberate initiative in thought , leading ... significance . But no specialist in any field , even had he been aware of Adams ' 234 THE NUCLEATION OF POWER.
... significant , for it contradicted his determinist faith : he proposed a deliberate initiative in thought , leading ... significance . But no specialist in any field , even had he been aware of Adams ' 234 THE NUCLEATION OF POWER.
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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