Epistemological and social problems of the development of the sciences in the early 19th century
โ Scribed by Steven Turner
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0315-0860
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