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... known as ' mechanism ' . The human being was regarded as a very complicated machine , built up of these physico - chemical parts . A few rather eccentric biologists pointed out that there are many proper- ties of living things , such as ...
... known as ' mechanism ' . The human being was regarded as a very complicated machine , built up of these physico - chemical parts . A few rather eccentric biologists pointed out that there are many proper- ties of living things , such as ...
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... known in biology as the period of ' competence ' . It is no use trying to act on the system to divert it into a particular branch until it has become competent to respond , by going down the valley towards which you have pushed it ...
... known in biology as the period of ' competence ' . It is no use trying to act on the system to divert it into a particular branch until it has become competent to respond , by going down the valley towards which you have pushed it ...
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... known as the mean . The second describes how widely the measurements are scattered around the mean . There are a number of possible ways of describing this . One might simply calculate how much each individual measurement differs from ...
... known as the mean . The second describes how widely the measurements are scattered around the mean . There are a number of possible ways of describing this . One might simply calculate how much each individual measurement differs from ...
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