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Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Ralph Schroeder
Publication Name: Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2007
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
