D. Graham Burnett

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D. Graham Burnett is an American historian of science and a writer. He is a professor at Princeton University [1] and an editor at Cabinet , based in Brooklyn, New York. Burnett received his A.B. in history (concentration in the history of science) at Princeton University and an M.Phil and Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science at Trinity College, Cambridge.

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