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... practical purposes . These tasks belong really to tech- nology , engineering or agriculture rather than to science itself . The bacteriological scientist may want to know how to distinguish the various forms of germs ; but it is the ...
... practical purposes . These tasks belong really to tech- nology , engineering or agriculture rather than to science itself . The bacteriological scientist may want to know how to distinguish the various forms of germs ; but it is the ...
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... practical , even with the best of modern computers . For instance , in chess there are firm rules governing the type of move that can be made by the various pieces , and in theory one could work out the best move to make , from any ...
... practical , even with the best of modern computers . For instance , in chess there are firm rules governing the type of move that can be made by the various pieces , and in theory one could work out the best move to make , from any ...
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... practical experience has taught me that the first thing the scientist has to do in such circum- stances is to face up to a problem which may sound rather paradoxical ; he has to discover what it is that he ought to try to find out ...
... practical experience has taught me that the first thing the scientist has to do in such circum- stances is to face up to a problem which may sound rather paradoxical ; he has to discover what it is that he ought to try to find out ...
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