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Page 48
... understand the history of science , or indirectly the history of civilization , un- less these struggles , which are like the growing pains of mankind , are carefully described , for the opposi- tion to scientific advance is one of our ...
... understand the history of science , or indirectly the history of civilization , un- less these struggles , which are like the growing pains of mankind , are carefully described , for the opposi- tion to scientific advance is one of our ...
Page 64
... understand man , and a philosophical one , to understand the deeper meaning of science . Now from either point of view , the history of ancient and medieval science is at least as useful as that of modern science . He who knows only one ...
... understand man , and a philosophical one , to understand the deeper meaning of science . Now from either point of view , the history of ancient and medieval science is at least as useful as that of modern science . He who knows only one ...
Page 185
... larger than we had fancied . However just as soon as we are given to understand the human inward- ness of these facts , how they were discovered and how they affect the thoughts of astronomers , our minds are THE PROBLEMS OF TO - DAY 185.
... larger than we had fancied . However just as soon as we are given to understand the human inward- ness of these facts , how they were discovered and how they affect the thoughts of astronomers , our minds are THE PROBLEMS OF TO - DAY 185.
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