Robert K. Merton. On the shoulders of giants: A Shandean postscript (The Vicennial Edition). San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. 300 pp. $14.95 (cloth) (Reviewed by William R. Catton, Jr.)
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- 1986-04
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- Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
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- Wiley
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title = {Robert K. Merton. On the shoulders of giants: A Shandean postscript (The Vicennial Edition). San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. 300 pp. \$14.95 (cloth) (Reviewed by William R. Catton, Jr.)},
year = {1986},
journal = {Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences},
doi = {10.1002/1520-6696(198604)22:2<178::aid-jhbs2300220208>3.0.co;2-m},
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TY - JOUR TI - Robert K. Merton. On the shoulders of giants: A Shandean postscript (The Vicennial Edition). San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. 300 pp. $14.95 (cloth) (Reviewed by William R. Catton, Jr.) PY - 1986 JO - Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences DO - 10.1002/1520-6696(198604)22:2<178::aid-jhbs2300220208>3.0.co;2-m UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6696(198604)22:2<178::aid-jhbs2300220208>3.0.co;2-m ER -
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Robert K. Merton. On the shoulders of giants: A Shandean postscript (The Vicennial Edition). San Diego, New York, London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. 300 pp. $14.95 (cloth) (Reviewed by William R. Catton, Jr.). (1986). Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6696(198604)22:2<178::aid-jhbs2300220208>3.0.co;2-m
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