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Page 31
For among the basic properties of 'matter,' we know now, is one that for long was
ignored by the physicist: the propensity for forming more complex atoms out of
the primordial hydrogen atom, and more complex molecules out of these atoms, ...
For among the basic properties of 'matter,' we know now, is one that for long was
ignored by the physicist: the propensity for forming more complex atoms out of
the primordial hydrogen atom, and more complex molecules out of these atoms, ...
Page 39
For the purposes of abstract thought alone, the brain contains ten thousand times
as many components as the most complex computer today. That vast numerical
superiority will doubtless diminish with miniaturization in electronics. But purely ...
For the purposes of abstract thought alone, the brain contains ten thousand times
as many components as the most complex computer today. That vast numerical
superiority will doubtless diminish with miniaturization in electronics. But purely ...
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It is a structure with a complex interior, consisting of a series of passages at
different levels that lead into the final burial chamber. Yet every part of it was built
with a kind of precision that, as Breasted properly emphasized, belongs to the ...
It is a structure with a complex interior, consisting of a series of passages at
different levels that lead into the final burial chamber. Yet every part of it was built
with a kind of precision that, as Breasted properly emphasized, belongs to the ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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| Title | The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development Volume 1 of The Myth of the Machine, Lewis Mumford The Myth of the Machine; Technics and Human Development, Lewis Mumford |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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