Science and the Modern World
- ISBN-10
- 0946960143
- ISBN-13
- 9780946960149
- Series
- Science and the Modern World
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Free Association Books
- Author
- Alfred North Whitehead
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