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Eamon, W. How the West was won. Metascience 26, 365–372 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-017-0216-8

• Published : 12 June 2017
• Issue Date : November 2017
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-017-0216-8

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