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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SCIENCE By the long labor of devoted scientists man has won, or is on the way to win, the mastery over nature. The combinations of the molecules, the courses of the stars, obey the laws of his arithmetic and trigonometry. The geologist sees in the uplifted mountains and fertile valleys the results of processes essentially the same as those going on to-day; and looks forward to a time when his knowledge of the structure and constitution of the earth will enable him to predict the location of minerals with something of the accuracy with which the astronomer predicts an eclipse. The botanist sees in sepal and petal and stamen and pistil modified leaves; and develops new varieties of flowers and fruits and vegetables to suit his taste. The biologist traces in the human embryo the recapitulation of the history of the evolution of man from lower forms. The engineer harnesses steam and electricity to his car; and for purposes of conversation contracts a continent to the dimensions of a single hall. Can you then, in one or more of these departments, astronomy, geology, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, not merely in verbal description, but in first-hand manipulation and experiment, retrace these law-abiding processes of nature, these serviceable devices of man ? Can you disentangle essential from accidental; and trace the obscure recurring identity underneath the obvious and confusing diversity ? Having discovered for yourself law in two or three spheres, do you approach all scientific subjects in absolute confidence that everywhere, from the smallest atom to the remotest star, there is discovered or discoverable law ? Can you call by their names rare specimens; see the law in its unusual as well as its usual workings: predict what will be, and determine what...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217337151 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217337155 |
| Weight | 0.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.11 In |
| List Price | $11.66 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 48 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-09-01 |
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