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  1. School of Science and Technology Studies, The University of New South Wales, USA

    David Oldroyd, I. J. Crozier & Yvonne Luxford

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Tasmania, USA

    Phil Dowe & Jay Garfield

  3. School of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia

    Adrian Mackenzie & John Sutton

  4. Department of Womens’ Studies, University of Sydney, Australia

    Alison Bashford

  5. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

    Geoffrey C. Bowker

  6. Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney, Australia

    Alan Chalmers, Phillip Hart, Bronwyn Maelzer, Nicolas Rasmussen & Michael Shortland

  7. Urban Research Programme, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Australian

    John Dargavel & Wendy Riemens

  8. Department of English, University of Sydney, Australia

    Andrew Dowling

  9. Philosophy Department, University of New England, England

    Peter Forrest

  10. School of Archaeology, La Trobe University, USA

    David Frankel

  11. St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, England

    Honor Godfrey

  12. 30 Lutton Place, EH 8 9PG, Edinburgh, UK

    Andrew Grout

  13. Department of Philosophy, University of Newcastle, USA

    C. A. Hooker

  14. Department of Science and Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, USA

    Brian Martin

  15. Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA

    Nathan Reingold

  16. Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australia Studies, London, England

    Libby Robin

  17. Department of Education, University of Tasmania, USA

    Tim Sprod

  18. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia

    Janusz Sysak

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Oldroyd, D., Dowe, P., Mackenzie, A. et al. A Miller’s Tale. Metascience 6, 105–184 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03019469

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