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📘 Black Apollo of Science by Kenneth R. Manning

Born in Charleston, S.C., Ernest Everett Just studied "the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of the organism."--Jacket.

First publish date: 1983

Authors: Kenneth R. Manning

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