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Why the Small Things in Life Matter: Philosophy of Biology from the Microbial Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Maria Şerban  and
Sara Green
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 152 - 158
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