A Short History of Science to the Nineteenth Century |
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RISE OF MENTAL COHERENCE The Foundations 600 | 7 |
The Pythagoreans and the Western School | 17 |
THE GREAT ADVENTURE Unitary Systems of Thought | 32 |
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