The Intellectual Tradition of the West: Copernicus to KafkaMorton Donner, Kenneth Eugene Eble, Robert E. Helbling Scott, Foresman, 1967 - Civilization, Western |
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... animals there are very few which do not annually pair . Hence we may confidently assert , that all plants and animals are tending to increase at a geometrical ratio , —that all would rapidly stock every station in which they could ...
... animals there are very few which do not annually pair . Hence we may confidently assert , that all plants and animals are tending to increase at a geometrical ratio , —that all would rapidly stock every station in which they could ...
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... animals very low in the scale , I shall give some addi- tional facts under Sexual Selection , shewing that their mental powers are much higher than might have been expected . The variability of the faculties in the individuals of the ...
... animals very low in the scale , I shall give some addi- tional facts under Sexual Selection , shewing that their mental powers are much higher than might have been expected . The variability of the faculties in the individuals of the ...
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... animals have excellent Memories for persons and places . A baboon at the Cape of Good Hope , as I have been informed by Sir Andrew Smith , recognised him with joy after an absence of nine months . I had a dog who was savage and averse ...
... animals have excellent Memories for persons and places . A baboon at the Cape of Good Hope , as I have been informed by Sir Andrew Smith , recognised him with joy after an absence of nine months . I had a dog who was savage and averse ...
Contents
Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres | 3 |
JOHANNES KEPLER | 18 |
GALILEO GALILEI | 26 |
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