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Trust in numbers: The pursuit of objectivity in science and public life: By Theodore M. Porter. pp. 310. Princeton University Press, 1995.£19.95, US$24.95. ISBN 0 691 03776 0

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Book ID: 113244989
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 165 KB
Volume: 19
Category: Article
ISSN: 0160-9327
DOI: 10.1016/0160-9327(95)90057-8

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