contemporary science

collocation in English

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contemporary
adjective
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/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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science
noun
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/ˈsaɪ.əns/us
/ˈsaɪ.əns/
(knowledge from) the careful study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring, and doing experiments, and the development of theories to describe the results of ...
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Herecontemporaryscienceis pretty much at an impasse.
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I suggest thatcontemporaryscienceis also engaged in reconceptualising death and old age.
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In much ofcontemporaryscience, however, such a limitation is seriously at odds with the truth.
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This starts with what is described as the economic turn incontemporarysciencetheory.
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Consider how we might begin to work out my earlier suggestions about a critical approach tocontemporaryscience.
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Similarly, thecontemporaryscienceof political economy appears in a fresh light as a result of this investigation.
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This classical humanism must inspirecontemporaryscienceand all citizens.
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It cannot be denied that intuition is the gift of genius, as when somebody advances a conclusion not contemplated bycontemporaryscience.
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And if we must indulge in the present ranking mania, it must rank high as one of the most important new theories incontemporaryscience.
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Abandoning an earlier strategy of drawing concepts and principles 'off the shelf' of standard scientific philosophy, methodologists have come increasingly to rely oncontemporarysciencetheory to explain economic reasoning.
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A new world picture is emerging throughcontemporaryscience.
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Incontemporaryscience, this process is known as a phase transition.
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Gadgets and equipment with a futuristic appearance typical ofcontemporarysciencefiction were also more evident.
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This challenge is widely acknowledged to be one of the primary bottlenecks incontemporaryscience.
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Contemporarysciencedoes now acknowledge the existence of full-body mummification in the culture.
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In accordance withcontemporaryscience, these two peoples were consequently denoted as members of different races.
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Contemporarysciencefiction films continue to explore social and political issues.
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Bear often addresses major questions incontemporaryscienceand culture with fictional solutions.
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Its style and composition were similar to othercontemporaryscienceperiodicals, with some numbers containing as many as 100 pages.
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Contemporarysciencefiction often contains positive renditions of technologically enhanced human life, set in utopian (especially techno-utopian) societies.
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We should not be so surprised that thecontemporarysciencedebate has become so debased, he said.
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While past superheroes resembled mythological heroes in their origins and abilities, these heroes were inspired bycontemporarysciencefiction.
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It serves as a multipurpose building: housing student services, classrooms,contemporarysciencelabs, administrative offices, and student residences.
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He remained open to multiple interpretations of reality, admitting that some events can not be fully explained bycontemporaryscience.
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By the 12th and 13th centuries, historical works and popular treatises oncontemporarysciencewere composed in the vernacular.
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