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The biological basis of human freedom
Theodosius Grigorievich Dobzhansky
Published
1956
by Columbia University Press in New York, NY
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | Theodosius Dobzhansky. |
| Series | Page-Barbour lectures -- 1954. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | HM"106"D6"1956 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | vi, 139 p. |
| Number of Pages | 139 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL21160663M |
| ISBN 10 | 0231085109 |
| LC Control Number | 56-11981 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 18583038 |
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