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Franklin retired from editing and publishing at the age of 42, and for the next forty-two years devoted himself to public, scientific, and philanthropic interests.
As a Humanist, Dr. Huxley interests himself in the possibilities of human development, and one thing we can say about this suggestion, which comes from a leading zoologist, is that, so far as he is concerned, the scientific outlook places no rigid limitation upon the idea of future human evolution.
By the 1890s her scientific interests centred on mycology.
Sloane's collection, while including a vast miscellany of objects, tended to reflect his scientific interests.
" The functions of a diplomatic mission consist, inter alia, in representing the sending State in the receiving State ; protecting in the receiving State the interests of the sending State and of its nationals, within the limits permitted by international law ; negotiating with the Government of the receiving State ; ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments in the receiving State, and reporting thereon to the Government of the sending State ; promoting friendly relations between the sending State and the receiving State, and developing their economic, cultural and scientific relations ".
Their interests were diverse, with experts in scientific, literary, philosophical and sociological matters.
According to Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, " everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author ".
His interest in painting also served his scientific interests in nature.
Polanyi's scientific interests were extremely diverse, including work in chemical kinetics, x-ray diffraction, and the adsorption of gases at solid surfaces.
Sexology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behavior, and function.
Interspersed throughout his scientific essays for Natural History magazine, Gould frequently referred to his nonscientific interests and pastimes.
The historian Gordon S. Wood argues that Jefferson's political philosophy was a product of his time and his scientific interests.
Yale was swept up by the great intellectual movements of the period — the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment — thanks to the religious and scientific interests of presidents Thomas Clap and Ezra Stiles.
However, Florey held that the project was originally driven by scientific interests, and that the medicinal discovery was a bonus:
This particular android exceeded her father in basic human emotion when she felt fear toward Starfleet's scientific interests in her.
In subsequent years, Wren continued with his work with the Royal Society, although after the 1680s his scientific interests seem to have waned: no doubt his architectural and official duties absorbed more time.
The team members ’ professional qualifications and parallel interests were also criticised, as were the methodology used and the incomplete selection and use of existing scientific literature on the coca leaf.
In addition to these considerations, there are the social and institutional measures, such as peer review and accreditation, that are intended to promote factual accuracy ( among other interests ) in scientific study.
One of Lavrentiev's scientific interests was the physics of explosive processes, in which he had become involved when doing defense work during World War II.
Sometimes, too, stockholders, owners, or advertising will pressure a media organization to promote the business aspects of a scientific issue, and therefore any uncertainty claims that may compromise the business interests are downplayed or eliminated.
Alfonso's scientific interestshe is sometimes nicknamed " the Astrologer " ( el Astrólogo )— led him to sponsor the creation of the Alfonsine tables, and the Alphonsus crater on the moon is named after him.
In principle their role is to maintain documented collections of living plants for the purposes of scientific research, conservation, display and education, although this will depend on the resources available and the special interests pursued at each particular garden.
Over the years botanical gardens, as cultural and scientific organisations, have responded to the interests of botany and horticulture.
His vast and varied interests were by this time fully developed, and during a vacation in 1789, he made a scientific excursion up the Rhine and produced the treatise Mineralogische Beobachtungen über einige Basalte am Rhein ( Brunswick, 1790 ) ( Mineralogic Observations on Several Basalts on the River Rhine ).
His scientific interests are attested by his letter to Hypatia, in which occurs the earliest known reference to a hydrometer, and by a work on alchemy in the form of a commentary on pseudo-Democritus.

scientific and remained
While the term has remained in use amongst scientific authors when referring to modern evolutionary theory, it has increasingly been argued that it is an inappropriate term for modern evolutionary theory.
Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
It remained the mainstream scientific paradigm in Europe until the time of Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton.
However, liquid crystals were not popular among scientists and the material remained a pure scientific curiosity for about 80 years.
The financial and scientific advantages presented to him in the United States induced him to settle there, where he remained to the end of his life.
Despite some challenges to religious views, however, many notable figures of the scientific revolution — including Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Francis Bacon, René Descartes, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz — remained devout in their faith.
The ideas that remained, which would be transformed fundamentally during the scientific revolution, include:
While phrenology remained a fixture at fairs and carnivals, it did not enjoy wide acceptance within the scientific community.
During the reign of her husband, Marie Antoinette used many French Crown Jewels for personal adornment by having the individual gems placed into new settings and combinations, but the French Blue remained in this pendant except for a brief time in 1787, when the stone was removed for scientific study by Mathurin Jacques Brisson and returned to its setting soon thereafter.
It remained in orbit until 1970, and has been followed by more than 90 scientific spacecraft in the Explorer series.
Adams made many attempts to respond to the criticism of his formulation from his scientific colleagues, but the work remained incomplete at Adams ' death in 1918.
He remained in his native land for the next seven years, but he did not allow his new military duties to interrupt his scientific endeavours.
This continuing skepticism, with its consequences for peer review and research funding, ensured that paranormal studies remained a fringe area of scientific exploration.
On January 6, 1946, FAS changed its name to the Federation of American Scientists, but its purpose remained the same-to agitate for the international control of atomic energy and its devotion to peaceful uses, public promotion of science and the freedom and integrity of scientists and scientific research.
Despite the new ' scientific ' methods, the torture of choice remained the traditional bastinado used to beat soles of the feet.
Turning to the study of history, he tended to construct his syntheses upon the scanty basis of 18th century generalizations ; in spite of the growing scientific school he became and remained for a quarter of a century the most popular German historian.
* The need to support " legacy " missions that have remained operational beyond their original lifetimes but are still returning scientific data.
Adams made many attempts to respond to the criticism of his formulation from his scientific colleagues, but the work remained incomplete at Adams's death in 1918.
Bulgaria marked significant progress in scientific research by sending two men in space and supplying 70 % of all electronics in the Eastern Bloc, but infrastructure remained poorly developed well into the late 1980s.
He remained deputy chairman of the Minister's Advisory Council throughout the administration's life, and was also personal scientific adviser to the Minister.
Since WWII pykrete has remained a scientific curiosity, unexploited by research or construction of any significance.
" The same article, reprinted from a Chicago paper, noted that Dr. Lozada had made films of Medina for scientific documentation and had shown them around April 21 while addressing Peru's National Academy of Medicine ; on a subsequent visit to visit Lina's remote hometown, some of the baggage carrying the films had been dropped into the river while crossing " a very primitive bridge ": " Enough of his pictorial record remained, however, to intrigue the learned savants.
By the 1950s, Taylor's original form of scientific management ( and the name " scientific management " itself ) had grown dated, but the goals and themes remained attractive and found new avatars.

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