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Philosophy of chemistry: unkempt jungle and fertile ground

Eric Scerri and Lee McIntyre (eds): Philosophy of chemistry: Growth of a new discipline (Boston studies in the philosophy and history of science v. 306). Dordrecht: Springer, 2015. xii+233pp, $99 HB

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Newman, M. Philosophy of chemistry: unkempt jungle and fertile ground. Metascience 25, 473–477 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-016-0093-6

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