More Light and Less Heat Mirowski on Economics and the Energy Metaphor

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 97-111

  Hands, D Wade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

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EID: 84965459094     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: 15527441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004839319202200106     Document Type: Article

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