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Part I - Sports

from Section 2 - The Vignettes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2021

Edward A. Wasserman
Edward A. Wasserman
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University of Iowa
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As If By Design
How Creative Behaviors Really Evolve
 , pp. 19 - 62
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Edward A. Wasserman, University of Iowa
  • Book: As If By Design
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