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Causality and Complexity: The Myth of Objectivity in Science

✍ Scribed by Donald C. Mikulecky

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
136 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
1612-1872

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