Others find its justification, its "raison d'etre," in its being either the torch-bearer leading the way, or the handmaiden holding up the train of Physical Science; and a very clever writer in a recent magazine article, expresses his doubts whether it... The Quarterly Journal of Science - Page 5781869Full view - About this book
| University of Pennsylvania - 1916 - 592 pages
...d'etre, in its being either the torch bearer leading the way, or the handmaiden holding up the train of Physical Science; and a very clever writer, in...like judging of architecture from being shown some bricks and mortar, ... or of painting from the colors mixed on the 1 In connection with this opinion... | |
| William Bragg Ewald - 2005 - 696 pages
...d'etre", in its being either the torch-bearer leading the way, or the handmaiden holding up the train of Physical Science; and a very clever writer in a...than the study of chess problems or Chinese puzzles. What is it to us, they say, if the three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles, or if... | |
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...d'etre," in its being either the torch-bearer leading the way, or the handmaiden holding up the train of Physical Science ; and a very clever writer in...than the study of chess problems or Chinese puzzles. What is it to us, they say, if the three angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles, or if... | |
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