Book review: Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell / Peter Achinstein. - Oxford University Press, New York, 2013

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Book review: Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell / Peter Achinstein. - Oxford University Press, New York, 2013. / Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo.

In: Science & Education, Vol. 23, No. 10, 2014, p. 2137-2148.

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Avelar Sotomaior Karam, R 2014, 'Book review: Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell / Peter Achinstein. - Oxford University Press, New York, 2013', Science & Education, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 2137-2148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-014-9717-7

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Avelar Sotomaior Karam, R. (2014). Book review: Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell / Peter Achinstein. - Oxford University Press, New York, 2013. Science & Education, 23(10), 2137-2148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-014-9717-7

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Avelar Sotomaior Karam R. Book review: Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell / Peter Achinstein. - Oxford University Press, New York, 2013. Science & Education. 2014;23(10):2137-2148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-014-9717-7

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Avelar Sotomaior Karam, Ricardo. / Book review: Evidence and Method: Scientific Strategies of Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell / Peter Achinstein. - Oxford University Press, New York, 2013. In: Science & Education. 2014 ; Vol. 23, No. 10. pp. 2137-2148.

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