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Some Truer Method: Reflections on the Heritage of Newton

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Through the lens of Chinese food, the authors addressed recent theories in social science concerning cultural identity, ethnicity, boundary formation, consumerism and globalization, and the invention of local cuisine in the context of rapid culture change in East and Southeast Asia.
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Through the lens of Chinese food, the authors address recent theories in social science concerning cultural identity, ethnicity, boundary formation, consumerism and globalization, and the invention of local cuisine in the context of rapid culture change in East and Southeast Asia.

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Astronomically speaking : a dictionary of quotations on astronomy and physics

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Darwin teleologist? Design in the Orchids

TL;DR: In the history of Darwinism, "The Orchids" reveals "another" quite unexpected and heterodox Darwin: freed from the hypothetical fancies of the Origin, and even suggesting a new kind of physico-theology.