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Jacoby, B.A., Spargo, P.E. Ptolemy revived? — The existence of a mild instrumentalism in some selected British, American, and South African high school physical science textbooks. Interchange 20, 33–53 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807046
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