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- ↑ "Review of A Well-Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table by Michael D. Gordin". Publishers Weekly. 22 March 2004.
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- ↑ Gallagher, John (2 April 2015). "Review of Scientific Babel: How Science Was Done Before and After Global Englishby Michael Gordin". The Guardian.
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