The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 69
... less mineral [ calcium phosphate ] and less bone protein ) . Osteoporosis is common in postmenopausal women in industrial societies . It causes bone pain and a tendency to fractures . It clearly has multiple causes , including lack of ...
... less mineral [ calcium phosphate ] and less bone protein ) . Osteoporosis is common in postmenopausal women in industrial societies . It causes bone pain and a tendency to fractures . It clearly has multiple causes , including lack of ...
Page 151
... less dense than deeper water . Ekman convergences have the effect of accumulating less dense surface water . This water floats above the surrounding wa- ter , forming a hill in sea level and driving an anticyclonic geostrophic current ...
... less dense than deeper water . Ekman convergences have the effect of accumulating less dense surface water . This water floats above the surrounding wa- ter , forming a hill in sea level and driving an anticyclonic geostrophic current ...
Page 496
... less frequently . Children are as accurate as adults in reproducing various series of metronome clicks that last about two seconds or less . But estimates of longer intervals require processes for organizing experience that develop only ...
... less frequently . Children are as accurate as adults in reproducing various series of metronome clicks that last about two seconds or less . But estimates of longer intervals require processes for organizing experience that develop only ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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