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Page v
On the one hand, scientists impress their fellow men and are admired by them—
partly because their jargon sounds impressive, partly because they are seen to
produce so much that works: airplanes, rockets, atom bombs, television, cures for
...
On the one hand, scientists impress their fellow men and are admired by them—
partly because their jargon sounds impressive, partly because they are seen to
produce so much that works: airplanes, rockets, atom bombs, television, cures for
...
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With the addition of a steady hand, one can satisfy himself that only the very tip of
the hair is sensitive. Some further requirements for this experiment to succeed
are abstinence from coffee and other stimulants on the day of the experiment and
...
With the addition of a steady hand, one can satisfy himself that only the very tip of
the hair is sensitive. Some further requirements for this experiment to succeed
are abstinence from coffee and other stimulants on the day of the experiment and
...
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Today in laboratories there are slicing machines that must never fall into the
hands of the baloney slicing gentry. These machines cut slices as thin as one
thousandth of an inch. If the brain has been embedded in wax, as is commonly
done, ...
Today in laboratories there are slicing machines that must never fall into the
hands of the baloney slicing gentry. These machines cut slices as thin as one
thousandth of an inch. If the brain has been embedded in wax, as is commonly
done, ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | To know a fly |
| Author | Vincent Gaston Dethier |
| Publisher | Holden-Day, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2010 |
| Length | 119 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Biological research Biology Flies Insects Nature / Insects & Spiders Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology |
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