Science, Volume 45John Michels (Journalist) American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1917 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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... field is to be really noteworthy . In the scientific ( as in the historical ) associations and academies this fact is sometimes forgotten . Undoubtedly much that is indispensable has been done , and much more can be done , in the field ...
... field is to be really noteworthy . In the scientific ( as in the historical ) associations and academies this fact is sometimes forgotten . Undoubtedly much that is indispensable has been done , and much more can be done , in the field ...
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... field , that with which I am most familiar the study of ornithology and mammalogy . In these fields there is need for work by experts who are only closet workers . But there is far more need of work by field naturalists . Most of all ...
... field , that with which I am most familiar the study of ornithology and mammalogy . In these fields there is need for work by experts who are only closet workers . But there is far more need of work by field naturalists . Most of all ...
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... field lab- oratory for intimate biological research in the tropics , and I count it one of the privi- leges and pleasures of my life to have worked with these men . THEODORE ROOSEVELT DEDICATION OF THE CERAMIC ENGI- NEERING BUILDING OF ...
... field lab- oratory for intimate biological research in the tropics , and I count it one of the privi- leges and pleasures of my life to have worked with these men . THEODORE ROOSEVELT DEDICATION OF THE CERAMIC ENGI- NEERING BUILDING OF ...
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... field hospital in Russia , on May 3 , 1916 , at the age of forty - six years . Dr. Lühe's work in protozoology and parasitology is well known . THE trustees of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research have passed the fol- lowing ...
... field hospital in Russia , on May 3 , 1916 , at the age of forty - six years . Dr. Lühe's work in protozoology and parasitology is well known . THE trustees of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research have passed the fol- lowing ...
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... field to discuss the formation of a Society of Glass Technology . The widespread interest in the scheme was demonstrated by the presence of representatives of cities as far apart as London , Edinburgh and Cardiff , whilst every glass ...
... field to discuss the formation of a Society of Glass Technology . The widespread interest in the scheme was demonstrated by the presence of representatives of cities as far apart as London , Edinburgh and Cardiff , whilst every glass ...
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Page 446 - I asserted — and I repeat — that a man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling, it would rather be a man — a man of restless and versatile intellect — who, not content with an equivocal...
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