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What history tells us XV. Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897–1967) — A chemical dynamic vision of the organic world

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Morange, M. What history tells us XV. Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897–1967) — A chemical dynamic vision of the organic world. J. Biosci. 33, 669–672 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-008-0086-8

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