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With playfulness and a large dose of wit, Robert Merton traces the origin of Newton's aphorism, "If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Using as a model the discursive and digressive style of Sterne's Tristram Shandy , Merton presents a whimsical yet... read more
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Many, many thanks for sending me a copy of your presidential address ...
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert King Merton (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 816.54
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Italian
- Books › Science › History & Philosophy
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Letters & Correspondence
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