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Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development

Alan C. Love (ed) (2015) Conceptual Change in Biology: Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 307). Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, New York, London, ISBN 978-94-017-9411-4, xvii + 490 pp, Price: €135.19 (hardback)

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Minelli, A. Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development. Sci & Educ 24, 1231–1235 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-015-9778-2

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