BELIEVE   ME   NOT!    - -     A   SKEPTIC's   GUIDE  

. . . work.^12.1

Then again, maybe subtle sociological evolution had already made these changes inevitable and Newton was just the vehicle through which the emergent paradigms of the day infiltrated the world of science. Let's do the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries over again without Newton and see how it comes out!

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. . . possible?^12.2

I presume that I do not need to point out the distinction between Science and Technology. Even though politicians seem to be fond of the word "scienceandtechnology," I feel sure my readers are intelligent enough to find such a juxtaposition humourous.

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. . . them.^12.3

Some people feel that we should be prevented from having new ideas until those ideas have been "cleared" as innocuous. This would be hilarious if it weren't so dangerous.

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. . . LAW,^12.4

Let's limit our attention to one dimensional problems for the duration of this chapter, to keep things simple and avoid the necessity of using vector notation.

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. . . used^12.5

Relax, we aren't going to do it here.

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