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Book Title: Politics of Nature : How to Bring the Sciences Into Democracy
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Bruno. Latour
Original Language: French
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Life Sciences / Ecology, Political Process / General, Political
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Science, Philosophy, Political Science
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages