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Mathematics as hammer: the makings of the masters tool

Johannes Lehnard and Martin Carrier (Eds.): Mathematics as a tool: tracing new roles of mathematics in the sciences. Dordrecht: Springer, 2017. X+286pp, €114.99HB

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Islami, A. Mathematics as hammer: the makings of the masters tool. Metascience 27, 95–98 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-017-0240-8

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