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Science as Myth (Whether Sacred or Not), Science as Prism

Issue: Vol 9 No. 2 (2015) Contesting Consecrated Scientific Narratives

Journal: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture

Subject Areas: Religious Studies

DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.v9i2.27264

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Author: J. Baird Callicott

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