Realities at the leading edge of research
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Realities at the leading edge of research.
When the Wright brothers set out to invent a flying machine at the end of the nineteenth century, they knew they were facing quite a challenge. Not only was it a daunting task to accomplish powered flight but also to overcome the ideology, morality and sensibility of their time, when most people believed that human flight was neither possible nor natural. Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke...
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عنوان ژورنال: EMBO reports
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1469-221X,1469-3178
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400137