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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: The very beginnings of science are taught on the same pernicious system.

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The very beginnings of science are taught on the same pernicious system.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin argues that the foundational principles of science are taught using ineffective methods.

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