Ghosts in the machine: Reply to McHenry (2009)

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-952

  Sismondo, Sergio ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 70450197630     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312709345359     Document Type: Article

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