Inseparable impulses: The science and aesthetics of Ernst Haeckel and Charley Harper

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Inseparable impulses : The science and aesthetics of Ernst Haeckel and Charley Harper. / Halpern, Megan K.; Rogers, Hannah Star.

In: Leonardo, Vol. 46, No. 5, 2013, p. 465-470.

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Harvard

Halpern, MK & Rogers, HS 2013, 'Inseparable impulses: The science and aesthetics of Ernst Haeckel and Charley Harper', Leonardo, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 465-470. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00642

APA

Halpern, M. K., & Rogers, H. S. (2013). Inseparable impulses: The science and aesthetics of Ernst Haeckel and Charley Harper. Leonardo, 46(5), 465-470. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00642

Vancouver

Halpern MK, Rogers HS. Inseparable impulses: The science and aesthetics of Ernst Haeckel and Charley Harper. Leonardo. 2013;46(5):465-470. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_00642

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Halpern, Megan K. ; Rogers, Hannah Star. / Inseparable impulses : The science and aesthetics of Ernst Haeckel and Charley Harper. In: Leonardo. 2013 ; Vol. 46, No. 5. pp. 465-470.

Bibtex

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