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Rahman, S., Street, T., Tahiri, H. (2008). Introduction: The Major Breakthrough in Scientific Pratice. In: Rahman, S., Street, T., Tahiri, H. (eds) The Unity of Science in the Arabic Tradition. Logic, Epistemology, and The Unity of Science, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8405-8_1
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