 The whole atmosphere of tense interest was exactly that of the Greek drama : we were the chorus commenting on the decree of destiny as disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was dramatic quality in the very staging: — the traditional...  Science and the Modern World: Lowell Lectures, 1925 - Page 15by Alfred North Whitehead - 1925 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred North Whitehead - Science - 1925 - 330 pages
...disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was dramatic quality in the very staging: — the traditional ceremonial, and in the background the...the essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. Jt resides in the f solemnity of the remorseless working of things. \ This inevitableness of destiny... | |
 | G. J. Whitrow - Science - 1973 - 132 pages
...disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was a dramatic quality in the very staging - the traditional ceremonial, and in the background the...Newton to remind us that the greatest of scientific generalizations was now, after more than two centuries, to receive its first modification.' According... | |
 | Abdus Salam, C. H. Lai - Science - 1987 - 404 pages
...disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was dramatic quality in the very staging; the traditional ceremonial, and in the background the...after more than two centuries, to receive its first modifications." The meeting was headline news in the Times of London the next day. The Times reported... | |
 | Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson - Science - 1990 - 260 pages
...disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was dramatic quality in the very staging: the traditional ceremonial, and in the background the...Newton to remind us that the greatest of scientific generalizations was now, after more than two centuries, to receive its first modification ... a great... | |
 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - Science - 1990 - 612 pages
...disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was dramatic quality in the very setting—the traditional ceremonial and in the background the picture of Newton to remind us that the greatest scientific generalization was now, after more than two centuries, to receive its first modification.... | |
 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - Science - 1990 - 612 pages
...and in the background the picture of Newton to remind us that the greatest scientific generalization was now, after more than two centuries, to receive its first modification. In spite of the excitement of the early twenties and in spite also of the fact that the author of general... | |
 | H. R. Dalafi - Science - 1994 - 386 pages
...disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was dramatic quality in the very staging; the traditional ceremonial, and in the background the...after more than two centuries, to receive its first modifications." The meeting was headline news in the Times of London the next day. The Times reported... | |
 | Jayant Vishnu Narlikar - Science - 1996 - 236 pages
...commenting on the decree of destiny as disclosed in the development of a supreme incident. There was. . .in the background the picture of Newton to remind us that the greatest of scientific generalizations was now, after more than two centuries, to receive its first modification. . .'. In... | |
 | Beat Affentranger - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 194 pages
...interest was exactly that of the Greek drama: we were the chorus commenting on the decree of destiny.... There was dramatic quality in the very staging:—the...centuries, to receive its first modification. Nor was " Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, 12. 12 Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, 13. the... | |
 | Beat Affentranger - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 194 pages
...was 1 1 Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, 12. 12 Whitehead, Science and the Modern World, 13. the personal interest wanting: a great adventure in thought had at length come safe to shore. 13 The tradition of comparing scientific inquiry to the development of tragic fate has been very influential.... | |
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