A truly taxonomic revolution? Numerical taxonomy 1957-1970

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 315-341

  Vernon, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(01)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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