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A Divided World in Entropy

Author: Solomon Benatar

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Title: A Divided World in Entropy
Author: Solomon Benatar
Publication date: 22-02-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Society / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-018-0233-2

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