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Falk, R., Falk, R. (2007). Why Should Scientists Become Historians?. In: Gavroglu, K., Renn, J. (eds) Positioning the History of Science. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 248. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5420-3_8
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