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The externalized retina: Selection and mathematization in the visual documentation of objects in the life sciences

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Lynch, M. The externalized retina: Selection and mathematization in the visual documentation of objects in the life sciences. Hum Stud 11, 201–234 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177304

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