The life sciences

The Cambridge History of Science: Eighteenth-Century Science

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 397-416

  Roe, Shirley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 17744376686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CHOL9780521572439.018     Document Type: Chapter

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