Paradoxes and difficulties in the evaluation of progress and technological advance: Past and future
β Scribed by Julian L. Simon
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 630 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-791X
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