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Time and Navigation by Andrew K. Johnston
epub |eng | 2015-06-01 | Author:Andrew K. Johnston [Johnston, Connor, Stephens, and Ceruzzi]

This primary atomic frequency standard, a hydrogen maser, served as a stable frequency source for the Goldstone tracking station. A backup of the Mariner 1 and 2 spacecraft hanging in ...
( Category: Aviation History April 4,2020 )
Philosophy of Science for Scientists by Lars-Göran Johansson
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Lars-Göran Johansson

2One should keep in mind that mathematical induction is quite another matter: it is an axiom for natural numbers. 3One should be well aware that Popper here uses the word ...
( Category: Logic April 4,2020 )
The Shape and Size of the Earth by Dino Boccaletti
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Dino Boccaletti

And from the latter we take:Hence, supported by these authors, let us say that the supercelestial waters exist and it is due to them if Saturn is cold and humid, ...
( Category: Geophysics April 3,2020 )
The Great Paleolithic War by David J. Meltzer
epub |eng | | Author:David J. Meltzer [David J. Meltzer]

( Category: Geology April 2,2020 )
Quantum Sense and Nonsense by Jean Bricmont
epub |eng | | Author:Jean Bricmont

8.3.1 “Measurements” of Velocities in the de Broglie–Bohm Theory The simplest example is the measurement of velocities: how does one do that? One measures the difference of the positions at ...
( Category: Quantum Theory April 2,2020 )
What Is Philosophy? by Giorgio Agamben
epub |eng | 2017-04-14 | Author:Giorgio Agamben [Agamben, Giorgio]

On Writing Proems In the Third Letter (316a), Plato states that he “gave a fair amount of attention to the proems to the laws [περὶ τῶν νόμων προοίμια σπουδάσαντα μετρίως].” ...
( Category: Movements & Periods April 2,2020 )
What Science Is and How It Works by Derry Gregory N.; Derry Gregory N. N.;
epub |eng | 2013-04-14 | Author:Derry, Gregory N.; Derry, Gregory N. N.;

New Technologies Many of the important issues can be illustrated by looking at a specific case: molecular biology and genetics. Rather than looking at future scenarios of human clones, let’s ...
( Category: History & Philosophy April 1,2020 )
Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling by Eric Silverman
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Eric Silverman

6.4 The Legacy of Levins 6.4.1 The 3 Types: A Useful Hierarchy? As discussed at length in Chap. 4, the Levinsian framework for modelling in population biology appears generally useful ...
( Category: Computer Science March 31,2020 )
Quantum Legacies by David Kaiser
epub |eng | 2020-03-25 | Author:David Kaiser [Kaiser, David]

Figure 13.1. Top, Carl Brans during his graduate studies at Princeton, 1959. (Source: Courtesy of Carl Brans.) Bottom, Brans’s dissertation adviser at Princeton, Robert Dicke. (Source: Photograph by Mitchell Valentine, ...
( Category: Astrophysics & Space Science March 30,2020 )
Superconductivity by Blundell Stephen J.;
epub |eng | 2009-03-14 | Author:Blundell, Stephen J.;

20. Superconducting order appears below the critical temperature In the circuit, ground is at zero volts. However, since in circuits you only ever measure ‘potential differences’, it would be quite ...
( Category: Superconductivity March 30,2020 )
Idealization and the Laws of Nature by Billy Wheeler
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Billy Wheeler

Ryle, G. 1949. The concept of mind. London: Hutchinsons Universal Library. Schrenk, M. 2007. The metaphysics of Ceteris Paribus laws. Lancaster: Ontos-Verlag. Schurz, G. 2002. Ceteris Paribus laws: Classification and ...
( Category: Philosophy March 30,2020 )
The Emergence of Indigenous Peoples by Rodolfo Stavenhagen
epub |eng | | Author:Rodolfo Stavenhagen

2.In some cases (Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela) indigenous peoples themselves directly participated in the drafting of some of the new constitutions; 3.The new reforms present a new conception of national ...
( Category: Administrative Law March 29,2020 )
The Ascent of Science by Silver Brian L.;
epub |eng | 2015-03-23 | Author:Silver, Brian L.; [Silver Brian L.]

Figure 21.3 Sex-linked inheritance. The recessive (black) gene in question does not appear on the short male Y chromosome but is carried by the female on one of her X ...
( Category: Social Sciences March 29,2020 )
Land of Wondrous Cold by Gillen D'Arcy Wood
epub |eng | 2019-12-19 | Author:Gillen D'Arcy Wood

Interlude: The Antarctic Convergence Jim Kennett, a central figure in the early history of paleoceanography, was the same age as Joseph Hooker when he first saw Antarctica. And, like Hooker, ...
( Category: Climatology March 28,2020 )
The Gecko's Foot by Peter Forbes
epub |eng | | Author:Peter Forbes [Peter Forbes]

Bacteriophages are some of the strangest creatures on Earth. I say ‘creatures’ because they reproduce and they have DNA, but half the time they don’t seem to be alive at ...
( Category: Molecular Biology March 28,2020 )

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