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Supplementary bibliography on life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2010

Mark A. Bedau  and
Carol E. Cleland
Mark A. Bedau
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Reed College, Oregon
Carol E. Cleland
Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Boulder
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The Nature of Life
Classical and Contemporary Perspectives from Philosophy and Science
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