Humboldtian science: Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland: Essay on the geography of plants. Edited with an introduction by Stephen T. Jackson and translated by Sylvie Romanowski. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009, xv+274pp, $45.00 HB

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Humboldtian science Content Type Journal Article DOI 10.1007/s11016-010-9480-6 Authors David Oldroyd, School of History and Philosophy, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052 Australia Journal Metascience Online ISSN 1467-9981 Print ISSN 0815-0796.

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