The Architecture of Matter"Warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C. Gillespie, New York Times Book Review |
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... present volume we have felt an equal but different trepidation , for this time our story is both vast and largely unfamiliar . To the best of our knowledge , in fact , this is the first recent attempt to give a coherent general account ...
... present volume we have felt an equal but different trepidation , for this time our story is both vast and largely unfamiliar . To the best of our knowledge , in fact , this is the first recent attempt to give a coherent general account ...
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... present volume . We are already in considerable debt to a number of friends who have read and commented on parts of the typescript ; as well as to Miss Helen Mortimer , Mrs. Ann Goddard , and Mrs. A. Alvarez , for their marathon feats ...
... present volume . We are already in considerable debt to a number of friends who have read and commented on parts of the typescript ; as well as to Miss Helen Mortimer , Mrs. Ann Goddard , and Mrs. A. Alvarez , for their marathon feats ...
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... present volume , we must watch the same persistent search for understanding shrinking the focus of attention to dimensions as unimaginably small . This search for understanding has created — science . And , by now , the development of ...
... present volume , we must watch the same persistent search for understanding shrinking the focus of attention to dimensions as unimaginably small . This search for understanding has created — science . And , by now , the development of ...
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... presents physiologists with a whole range of unsolved problems . So , whereas the men who first speculated about the heavens could at once grapple with a problem of crucial theoretical importance , those who contemplated the nature of ...
... presents physiologists with a whole range of unsolved problems . So , whereas the men who first speculated about the heavens could at once grapple with a problem of crucial theoretical importance , those who contemplated the nature of ...
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Contents
V | 23 |
VI | 26 |
VII | 31 |
VIII | 34 |
IX | 36 |
X | 39 |
XI | 40 |
XII | 44 |
XLVII | 197 |
XLVIII | 200 |
XLIX | 202 |
L | 205 |
LI | 206 |
LII | 214 |
LIII | 220 |
LIV | 227 |
XIII | 46 |
XIV | 52 |
XV | 57 |
XVI | 61 |
XVII | 71 |
XVIII | 73 |
XIX | 80 |
XX | 83 |
XXI | 86 |
XXII | 90 |
XXIII | 91 |
XXIV | 96 |
XXV | 99 |
XXVI | 100 |
XXVII | 104 |
XXVIII | 107 |
XXIX | 108 |
XXX | 113 |
XXXI | 116 |
XXXII | 121 |
XXXIII | 127 |
XXXIV | 131 |
XXXV | 135 |
XXXVI | 136 |
XXXVII | 142 |
XXXVIII | 148 |
XXXIX | 154 |
XL | 163 |
XLI | 169 |
XLIII | 171 |
XLIV | 176 |
XLV | 184 |
XLVI | 192 |
LV | 232 |
LVI | 237 |
LVII | 238 |
LVIII | 247 |
LIX | 259 |
LX | 261 |
LXI | 268 |
LXII | 269 |
LXIII | 274 |
LXIV | 278 |
LXV | 283 |
LXVI | 289 |
LXVII | 294 |
LXVIII | 299 |
LXIX | 303 |
LXX | 305 |
LXXI | 308 |
LXXII | 312 |
LXXIII | 317 |
LXXIV | 320 |
LXXV | 329 |
LXXVI | 332 |
LXXVII | 336 |
LXXVIII | 337 |
LXXIX | 340 |
LXXX | 345 |
LXXXI | 356 |
LXXXII | 359 |
LXXXIII | 363 |
LXXXIV | 367 |
LXXXV | 373 |
LXXXVI | 379 |
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The Architecture of Matter Stephen Edelston Toulmin,Stephen Toulmin,June Goodfield Limited preview - 1982 |
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