A postmodern natural history of the world: Eviscerating the GUTs from ecology and environmentalism

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

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-164

  Marshall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 12344250714     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(98)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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