Science, Volume 66John 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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... become a very practical matter directly affecting the fatness of our own pocketbooks . He among you who has already picked out his own specialty - not always a wise thing to do at this stage of your career - is bound to have more ...
... become a very practical matter directly affecting the fatness of our own pocketbooks . He among you who has already picked out his own specialty - not always a wise thing to do at this stage of your career - is bound to have more ...
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... becomes in- fected with Mesocestoides as a result of devouring a carcass or a portion of a carcass of an animal ... become immune to toxic sub- stances that ordinarily will destroy them is too well known to call for comment . Since ...
... becomes in- fected with Mesocestoides as a result of devouring a carcass or a portion of a carcass of an animal ... become immune to toxic sub- stances that ordinarily will destroy them is too well known to call for comment . Since ...
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... become acclimated . The treated protozoa generally lived considerably longer than the controls . Yet of the two strains of Stentor employed , one , while given exactly the same treatment as the other , showed little or no indication of ...
... become acclimated . The treated protozoa generally lived considerably longer than the controls . Yet of the two strains of Stentor employed , one , while given exactly the same treatment as the other , showed little or no indication of ...
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... become septic , with tincture of iodine and carbolic acid . Thanks to the advice of Dr. Billings , the case was published in the Journal of American Medical Sciences for Oc- tober , 1876 , and also in the third surgical volume of the ...
... become septic , with tincture of iodine and carbolic acid . Thanks to the advice of Dr. Billings , the case was published in the Journal of American Medical Sciences for Oc- tober , 1876 , and also in the third surgical volume of the ...
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... become the repository of hundreds of thou- sands of specimens , among them being several hun- dred species previously unknown . Instead of distributing this mass of material to specialists as is the rule at the present day , Verrill ...
... become the repository of hundreds of thou- sands of specimens , among them being several hun- dred species previously unknown . Instead of distributing this mass of material to specialists as is the rule at the present day , Verrill ...
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Page 9 - June 30, 1951, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum not to exceed...
Page 286 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 122 - True, I talk of dreams; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind...
Page 31 - RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION ON TRANSLATIONS OF REPORTS ON SEISMOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS PUBLISHED IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE (Submitted by Section of Seismology and adopted at general assembly of the Union, April 29, 1927) Whereas, it has become known that the reports of much of the seismological investigations carried on in Japan will hereafter be published in the Japanese language only, and Whereas, This procedure is calculated to deprive most of the American students in this field of research of the advantages...
Page 252 - Competitors will not be required to report for examination at any place, but will be rated on their education, training, and experience; and writings to be filed with the application.
Page 201 - No structure found in the brain of an ape is lacking in the human brain, and, on the other hand, the human brain reveals no formation of any sort that is not present in the brain of the gorilla or chimpanzee. . . . The only distinctive feature of the human brain is a quantitative one.
Page 379 - Howard is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He...
Page 200 - To unravel Man's pedigree, we have to thread our way, not along the links of a chain, but through the meshes of a complicated network.
Page 48 - a defective gene — such a thing as produces diabetes, cretinism, feeblemindedness — is a frightful thing; it is the embodiment, the material realization of a demon of evil; a living self-perpetuating creature, invisible, impalpable, that blasts the human being in bud or leaf. Such a thing must be stopped wherever it is recognized."32 Fisher's primary criticism was levelled at the use of Hardy's table to demonstrate the inefficacy of selection.
Page 203 - What is Man's origin ? Was Darwin right when he said that Man, under the action of biological forces which can be observed and measured, has been raised from a place amongst anthropoid apes to that which he now occupies ? The answer is Yes ! and in returning this verdict I speak but as foreman of the jury — a jury which has been empanelled from men who have devoted a lifetime to weighing the evidence.