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Author: Robert J. Richards

Publication Name: Meaning of Evolution : The Morphological Construction and Ideological Reconstruction of Darwin's Theory

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 1993

Series: Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Ser.

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Item Weight: 9.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 222 Pages

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