The New Encyclopaedia Britannica[1] Propaedia: outline of knowledge and guide to the Britannica.--[2]-[11] Micropaedia: ready reference and index.--[12]-[30] Macropaedia: knowledge in depth. |
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Page 703
argued, among much else, that politics would become social physics and that the
purpose of social physics was to discover unchanging laws of progress. Out of
this collaboration emerged the law of the three stages through which knowledge
...
argued, among much else, that politics would become social physics and that the
purpose of social physics was to discover unchanging laws of progress. Out of
this collaboration emerged the law of the three stages through which knowledge
...
Page 715
They over- include tensions created by rapid social and economic throw of
development; the rise of new social classes and the refusal govern- of
established elites to share their power; problems of the ments distribution of
wealth and the ...
They over- include tensions created by rapid social and economic throw of
development; the rise of new social classes and the refusal govern- of
established elites to share their power; problems of the ments distribution of
wealth and the ...
Page 817
Social class differences in mortality Pronatal- ism among the ancients The criteria
of optimum population. developed countries, on the other hand, have more or
less retained their former age distributions, so that not only is their combined ...
Social class differences in mortality Pronatal- ism among the ancients The criteria
of optimum population. developed countries, on the other hand, have more or
less retained their former age distributions, so that not only is their combined ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica Publishers, Inc. Staff |
| Contributor | Robert M. Hutchins |
| Edition | 15, illustrated |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0852292902, 9780852292907 |
| Length | 934 pages |
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