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What we have learned about making poor arguement
If you want to learn how to make broad vacuous claims then this book isfor you.The argument made by this author about science were withoutsubstance or logic.He goes so far as to claim that the very content ofscience is a social product.If you think that this is true then go readthe book, you deserve it.

A small book about big questions
What did Russian-Soviet scientists want? They wanted more state money forfundumental science and less political interference. They got first and didnot get second. If one wants to know how state funded basic sciencedestroied Soviet economy and if one wants to know why state funded scienceisa most uneffective way of spending taxpayer's money then one must readGraham's book together with T. Kealey's classic Economical Laws ofScientific Research.Excellent, very usefull and well written book with alot of novel ideas and unstandard conclusions. ... Read more

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Nastojawij slovar' prednaznachen dlja nauchnyh rabotnikov, inzhenerov, konstruktorov, studentov vysshih i srednih uchebnyh zavedenij tehnicheskogo profilja, a takzhe vseh teh, kto hochet svjazat' svoju professional'nuju kar'eru s mirom nauchno-tehnicheskogo progressa. V nego vkljucheno okolo 100 000 slov i slovosochetanij, otrazhajuwih takie temy, kak aviacija, avtomatika, avtotransport, arhitektura, astronomija, voennaja tehnika, geodezija, geologija, gornoe delo, komp'juternye tehnologii, kosmonavtika, legkaja promyshlennost', matematika, metallurgija, mashinostroenie, meteorologija, morskoj transport, optika, poligrafija, sel'skoe hozjajstvo, radio, televidenie, fizika, himija, jelektronika, jelektrotehnika i mnogie drugie. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on April 1, 1999. The length of the article is 890 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: What Have We Learned about Science and Technology from the Russian Experience?(Review)
Author: Alexander Vucinich
Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1999
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Volume: 34Issue: 1Page: 151

Article Type: Book Review

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This dictionary includes terms from all fields of technology plus terms from such fields of science as economics, law, mathematics, social sciences, medicine, informatics and cybernetics. All terms of economics, finance, law and social sciences which have emerged in the Russian language since 1990 are included. The aim of the dictionary is to serve the needs of translators and scientists, resulting from the growing trend of interdisciplinariness in sciences today, which involves the use of terms common to many fields of science, not included in specialized dictionaries.
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The book includes the results of experimental and theoretical studies of effects of the isotopic substitution of a crystal lattice on elastic, thermal and vibrational,and electronic properties of LiH. ... Read more