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	Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect 3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science by David Tyfield (Editor), Rebecca Lave (Editor), Samuel Randalls (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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