Information in biology: A fictionalist account

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Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 640-657

  Levy, Arnon ^a  

^a The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute   (Israel)

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EID: 81855167619     PISSN: 00294624     EISSN: 14680068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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