Sentences with phrase «solid than the observations»

Science is, in fact, provisional, in the sense that our conclusions about the age of the earth are less solid than the observations from which those conclusions are drawn.

Not exact matches

Based on my own observations from more than two decades in the field of business brokerage and mergers and acquisitions, many small businesses that survived the economic downtown are now seeing renewed strength in their top - line revenues, and solid or growing bottom - lines.

Drawing on his data from the Hubble observations, Li estimates that the nucleus — the solid body of the comet itself — is no more than about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) across, smaller than what many astronomers initially expected for such an energetic comet.

The film has some solid observations about why relationships sometimes don't work, and how it's easier to focus on another person's faults than on one's own.

The GRACE observations over Antarctica suggest a near - zero change due to combined ice and solid earth mass redistribution; the magnitude of our GIA correction is substantially smaller than previous models have suggested and hence we produce a systematically lower estimate of ice mass change from GRACE data: we estimate that Antarctica has lost 69 ± 18 Gigatonnes per year (Gt / yr) into the oceans over 2002 - 2010 — equivalent to +0.19 mm / yr globally - averaged sea level change, or about 6 % of the sea - level change during that period.

Perhaps it is the case that corporate aspiration requires people to look to a different environment than the more solid, even mundane world of professional publishing business and this is a greater driver than understanding, measurement and observation of customer requirement.