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The literary structure of scientific argument : historical studies

by Peter Dear

This volume examines the historical creation and textual structure of scientific writing from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. Analysing examples from medicine, physics, and mathematics, it explores how scientific arguments are textually constructed.

Accession 30358 ISBN 0812281853 Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
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