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... is essential, however, for tracing the progress of thought andknowledge which it is the objectofthis History to describe. The progress of human knowledge is measured by the increased ... a logical machine. For it required the PREFACE ...
... is essential, however, for tracing the progress of thought andknowledge which it is the objectofthis History to describe. The progress of human knowledge is measured by the increased ... a logical machine. For it required the PREFACE ...
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George Forbes. human mind as a logical machine. For it required the new point of view imagined by Newton's analysis to enable people to see that, so far as planetary orbits are concerned, Kepler's three laws(B ... is not allowed the luxury ...
George Forbes. human mind as a logical machine. For it required the new point of view imagined by Newton's analysis to enable people to see that, so far as planetary orbits are concerned, Kepler's three laws(B ... is not allowed the luxury ...
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George Forbes. schoolboy of today, who is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre eminently its greatest exponent, Euclid. These students pity also the manoftomorrow, whois not tobe allowed ...
George Forbes. schoolboy of today, who is not allowed the luxury of learning the art of reasoning from him who still remains pre eminently its greatest exponent, Euclid. These students pity also the manoftomorrow, whois not tobe allowed ...
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... is the principle of causeand effect more conspicuous than in astronomy; and we fall into the habit of thinkingofitslaws as notonly being unchangeable in our universe,but necessary to the conception of any universe that might have been ...
... is the principle of causeand effect more conspicuous than in astronomy; and we fall into the habit of thinkingofitslaws as notonly being unchangeable in our universe,but necessary to the conception of any universe that might have been ...
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... the period during which Halley's comet has been a member of the solar system, and to identify it in the Chinese ... is met by two difficulties. Firstly, onlyafew records ofvery ancientastronomy are extant, andthe authenticityof manyof these ...
... the period during which Halley's comet has been a member of the solar system, and to identify it in the Chinese ... is met by two difficulties. Firstly, onlyafew records ofvery ancientastronomy are extant, andthe authenticityof manyof these ...
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