Roy Porter, Historian of geology

History of Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Rudwick, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442517270     PISSN: 00732753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/007327530304100302     Document Type: Review

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