Science in a double-bind: Gregory Bateson and the origins of post-normal science

Futures

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 689-703

  Tognetti, Sylvia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0033199382     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(99)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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