Quantification and the Accounting Ideal in Science

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Porter, Theodore M. “Quantification and the Accounting Ideal in Science”. Social Studies of Science, vol. 22, no. 4, 1992, pp. 633-51, https://doi.org/10.1177/030631292022004004.
Porter, T. M. (1992). Quantification and the Accounting Ideal in Science. Social Studies of Science, 22(4), 633-651. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631292022004004
Porter, Theodore M. “Quantification and the Accounting Ideal in Science”. Social Studies of Science 22, no. 4 (1992): 633-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/030631292022004004.
Porter TM. Quantification and the Accounting Ideal in Science. Social Studies of Science. 1992;22(4):633-51.
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Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science28
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Science: Geology1
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