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Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It - Softcover
- PublisherBasic Books
- Publication date2023
- ISBN 10 1529364892
- ISBN 13 9781529364897
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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