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... method of science is the experimental method , but it has taken thousands of years to dis- cover it . That method consists essentially in arrang- ing things in such a way that the answers to our questions are given by nature itself ...
... method of science is the experimental method , but it has taken thousands of years to dis- cover it . That method consists essentially in arrang- ing things in such a way that the answers to our questions are given by nature itself ...
Page 68
... astounding , they used the method of false position and the rule of three , they could find the area of a circle and of a sphere with a very remarkable approximation , they could measure the volume of 68 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
... astounding , they used the method of false position and the rule of three , they could find the area of a circle and of a sphere with a very remarkable approximation , they could measure the volume of 68 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE.
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... method . Generally speaking a mathematician would not be properly qualified ; of course he might be admirably ... method is likely to be inexistent , or purely theoretical like that of a philosopher . It does not matter in which special ...
... method . Generally speaking a mathematician would not be properly qualified ; of course he might be admirably ... method is likely to be inexistent , or purely theoretical like that of a philosopher . It does not matter in which special ...
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