Information: Currency of life?

HFSP Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-316

  Polani, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79751490545     PISSN: 19552068     EISSN: 1955205X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2976/1.3171566     Document Type: Article

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