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The No Nonsense Guide to Science
2006 edition, reproduced with permission of the publisher
AuthorJerome Ravetz
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsPost-normal science
PublisherNew Internationalist
Publication date
2006
Pages142
ISBN1904456464

The No Nonsense Guide to Science is a 2006 book on Post-normal science (PNS). It was written by American born British historian and philosopher of science Jerome Ravetz.[1]

  1. ^ Ravetz, Jerome R. 2005. The No Nonsense Guide to Science. Oxford: New Internationalist.

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