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... give anything like a complete or accurate picture of the complexity of the modern world , which man has to try to handle with these somewhat imperfect instruments . However , one can get some idea of at least part of the problem by ...
... give anything like a complete or accurate picture of the complexity of the modern world , which man has to try to handle with these somewhat imperfect instruments . However , one can get some idea of at least part of the problem by ...
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... give one quite a good mental picture of a com- plicated set of relationships . To give an example I'll quote one given by Philip Tabor . This showed the relationships between twenty - one departments in a fairly large town hall , the ...
... give one quite a good mental picture of a com- plicated set of relationships . To give an example I'll quote one given by Philip Tabor . This showed the relationships between twenty - one departments in a fairly large town hall , the ...
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... give positive proof that hereditary factors lie in the chromosomes . And Müller discovered that X - rays can induce gene mutations , not to disprove anything , but to confirm his hunch that rays which can penetrate into a cell and ...
... give positive proof that hereditary factors lie in the chromosomes . And Müller discovered that X - rays can induce gene mutations , not to disprove anything , but to confirm his hunch that rays which can penetrate into a cell and ...
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