Chemistry In Focus
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ISBN: 9781305084476
Author: Tro, Nivaldo J., Neu, Don.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 8E
What is different about the Greek philosophers’ approach to scientific knowledge and the approach taken today?
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