Science, Volume 65John Michels American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1927 Since Jan. 1901 the official proceedings and most of the papers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been included in Science. |
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... less area of the bright surface is exposed to the earth their light is greater or less , because this is largely reflected sunlight . In order to check the photo - electric cell , Dr. Stebbins compares the light of the satellites with ...
... less area of the bright surface is exposed to the earth their light is greater or less , because this is largely reflected sunlight . In order to check the photo - electric cell , Dr. Stebbins compares the light of the satellites with ...
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... less virulent , that possesses other characteristics , and is known as the " R type . " The most important difference between the two types lies in the fact that the " S " form resists the onslaughts of the defensive cells of the blood ...
... less virulent , that possesses other characteristics , and is known as the " R type . " The most important difference between the two types lies in the fact that the " S " form resists the onslaughts of the defensive cells of the blood ...
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... less than one dollar a barrel including all overhead charges . This is far below the average cost of American well oil . The question as to what is to become of the vast amount of spent shale that will result with the develop- ment of ...
... less than one dollar a barrel including all overhead charges . This is far below the average cost of American well oil . The question as to what is to become of the vast amount of spent shale that will result with the develop- ment of ...
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... less necessary . Emergent evolution thus relieves the general biolo- gist of that intolerable burden of responsibility that has been forced upon him , the responsibility of speak- ing oracularly on the problems of human life , on the ...
... less necessary . Emergent evolution thus relieves the general biolo- gist of that intolerable burden of responsibility that has been forced upon him , the responsibility of speak- ing oracularly on the problems of human life , on the ...
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... less than $ 10,000,000 a year , with probably less than 4,000 men engaged in it , most of them dividing their time between it and teaching . Some months ago our leading scientists in reviewing the organizations of pure science of the ...
... less than $ 10,000,000 a year , with probably less than 4,000 men engaged in it , most of them dividing their time between it and teaching . Some months ago our leading scientists in reviewing the organizations of pure science of the ...
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