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Abstract

we live in an unusual world, marked by very great and irreversible changes that occur within the span of a man's life. We live in a time where our knowledge and understanding of the world of nature grows wider and deeper at an unparalleled rate; and where the problems of applying this knowledge to man's needs and hopes are new, and only a little illuminated by our past history.KeywordsScientific RevolutionOrdinary LifeMoral ProgressGreat DiscoveryHuman InstitutionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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Life spanHistoryEnvironmental ethicsBiologyPhilosophyEvolutionary biology

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Year: 1984
Type: book-chapter
Pages: 123-140
Citations: 3
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                                    N. Metropolis, 
                                
                                    Gian‐Carlo Rota, 
                                
                                    David Sharp
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1984). 
                            On Science and Culture. 
                            Birkhäuser Boston eBooks
                            
                            , 123-140.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6735-2_10

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-6735-2_10