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Page 42
... example that the personality of one of the greatest dramatists of all times has remained strangely elusive . We know in great detail the lives of a number of Elizabethans who were famous in their days but the life of William Shakespeare ...
... example that the personality of one of the greatest dramatists of all times has remained strangely elusive . We know in great detail the lives of a number of Elizabethans who were famous in their days but the life of William Shakespeare ...
Page 153
... example , the one on the history of math- ematics would be organized with the intimate collab- oration of the mathematical department . It would even be an essential feature of the latter , for whatever his special interest , every ...
... example , the one on the history of math- ematics would be organized with the intimate collab- oration of the mathematical department . It would even be an essential feature of the latter , for whatever his special interest , every ...
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... example , what astronomy is and what astronomers do - it does not help us very long . If one were to study a branch of science in the historical order , one would never get to the end of it , and , what is worse , one's knowledge would ...
... example , what astronomy is and what astronomers do - it does not help us very long . If one were to study a branch of science in the historical order , one would never get to the end of it , and , what is worse , one's knowledge would ...
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