The great rift : literacy, numeracy, and the religion-science divide / Michael E. Hobart.
Hobart, Michael E., 1944- author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2018
BL265.M3 H63 2018
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Title The great rift : literacy, numeracy, and the religion-science divide / Michael E. Hobart.
Author Hobart, Michael E., 1944- author.
ISBN 9780674985186 (electronic book)
0674985184 (electronic book)
9780674983632
0674983637
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 506 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number BL265.M3 H63 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 201/.65
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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