Robert Boyle and Mathematics: Reality, Representation, and Experimental Practice
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Robert Boyle reconsidered
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عنوان ژورنال: Science in Context
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0269-8897,1474-0664
DOI: 10.1017/s026988970000048x