Evolutionary psychology as public science and boundary work

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-205

  Cassidy, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644890745     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506059260     Document Type: Article

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