Laws and essences

Ratio

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 437-461

  Bird, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33751163677     PISSN: 00340006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9329.2005.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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