The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 91
... successful outcome to some cre- ative or productive activity in terms of both human labour and natural bounty , such as ... success . Protective magic aims to prevent or remove danger , to cure sickness , and to protect an individual or ...
... successful outcome to some cre- ative or productive activity in terms of both human labour and natural bounty , such as ... success . Protective magic aims to prevent or remove danger , to cure sickness , and to protect an individual or ...
Page 257
... success in fishing , control of weather , success in love , and prowess in athletic contests , battle , canoe building , and other difficult pursuits . Ancestral spirits were often contacted in dreams and in the trances of spirit ...
... success in fishing , control of weather , success in love , and prowess in athletic contests , battle , canoe building , and other difficult pursuits . Ancestral spirits were often contacted in dreams and in the trances of spirit ...
Page 664
... success and con- ceptual coherence . But the " Book of Nature , " as Galileo called it , is like Holy Scripture : it offers texts to suit all occasions and purposes . And , on second thought , it can be argued that both Empiricist and ...
... success and con- ceptual coherence . But the " Book of Nature , " as Galileo called it , is like Holy Scripture : it offers texts to suit all occasions and purposes . And , on second thought , it can be argued that both Empiricist and ...
Contents
NUMBER GAMES and Other Mathematical Recreations | 1 |
NUMBER THEORY | 14 |
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS | 38 |
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