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Page 159
... physical is really fundamental ; each is an aspect of some underlying reality that is neither mental nor physical but neutral between them . There are many variants of such a view . Spinoza , a 17th - century Rationalist , held that the ...
... physical is really fundamental ; each is an aspect of some underlying reality that is neither mental nor physical but neutral between them . There are many variants of such a view . Spinoza , a 17th - century Rationalist , held that the ...
Page 162
... physical proper- ties , and origin of minerals and their associations . It treats the principal rock - forming minerals ( among which the silicates are of the greatest importance ) and discusses the common representatives of other ...
... physical proper- ties , and origin of minerals and their associations . It treats the principal rock - forming minerals ( among which the silicates are of the greatest importance ) and discusses the common representatives of other ...
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... Physical properties Physical properties of rocks are of interest and utility in many fields of work , including geology , petrophysics , geo- physics , materials science , geochemistry , and geotechnical engineering . The scale of ...
... Physical properties Physical properties of rocks are of interest and utility in many fields of work , including geology , petrophysics , geo- physics , materials science , geochemistry , and geotechnical engineering . The scale of ...
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