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aetatem in litteris ducere, agereto devote one's life to science, study.Rate it:

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Bim, BEM, BumRetro art composition; composition stereotypical for the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.Rate it:

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blind with scienceTo overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.Rate it:

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cet homme est un puits de scienceHe is a man of deep learning.Rate it:

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Cutting EdgeAn important position or development in the field of science or technologyRate it:

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dismal scienceNickname for economics or for the field of political economy.Rate it:

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expérience passe scienceExperience is the best master; Experientia docet.Rate it:

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fans are slansScience fiction fans are more intelligent and more creative than other people.Rate it:

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historiahistory (as a science).Rate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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Klaatu barada niktoA stock science-fiction phrase, typically used as a code or shibboleth.Rate it:

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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.Rate it:

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out of house and homeGlobal Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science NOW.Rate it:

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philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputaturmoral science; ethics.Rate it:

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philosophia, quae est de vita et moribus (Acad. 1. 5. 19)moral science; ethics.Rate it:

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rocket scienceAnything overly complex, detailed or confusing.Rate it:

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rocket scienceThe science or study of rockets and their design.Rate it:

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rocket scientistSomeone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a genius.Rate it:

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rocket scientistOne specializing in the science or study of rockets and their design.Rate it:

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rocket upto increase sharply.Rate it:

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se conferre ad naturae investigationemto devote oneself to the study of a natural science.Rate it:

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shoot the moonTo hit the moon, with a rocket or by other means.Rate it:

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