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Page 181
... position it was to hold for 2,000 years . As a philosopher , Tung merged the Confucianist and Yin - Yang schools of thought . As a chief minister to the emperor Wu ( c . 140-87 ) of the Han dynasty , Tung was chiefly responsible for the ...
... position it was to hold for 2,000 years . As a philosopher , Tung merged the Confucianist and Yin - Yang schools of thought . As a chief minister to the emperor Wu ( c . 140-87 ) of the Han dynasty , Tung was chiefly responsible for the ...
Page 253
... position and the velocity of an object cannot both be measured exactly , at the same time , even in theory . The very concepts of ex- act position and exact velocity together , in fact , have no meaning in nature . Ordinary experience ...
... position and the velocity of an object cannot both be measured exactly , at the same time , even in theory . The very concepts of ex- act position and exact velocity together , in fact , have no meaning in nature . Ordinary experience ...
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... position as head of the Peiyang Army , the only major modern force in China at the time . His conduct of the government through a reliance upon military power rather than parliamentary methods made him the " father of the warlords ...
... position as head of the Peiyang Army , the only major modern force in China at the time . His conduct of the government through a reliance upon military power rather than parliamentary methods made him the " father of the warlords ...
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