Getting to Darwin: Obstacles to accepting evolution by natural selection

Science and Education

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 625-636

  Thagard, Paul ^a   Findlay, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 77953026571     PISSN: 09267220     EISSN: 15731901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11191-009-9204-8     Document Type: Article

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