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Book Title: Toward A History Of Epistemic Things: Synthesizing Proteins ...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Hans-Jörg Rheinberger
Publication Name: Toward a History of Epistemic Things : Synthesizing Proteins in the Test Tube
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Writing Science Ser.
Publication Year: 1997
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 340 Pages
