The Sociology of Science: An Episodic Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 0809309254
- ISBN-13
- 9780809309252
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 151
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Author
- Robert King Merton
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- 1973
- 605 pages
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- University of Chicago Press
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